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Responsible Investment Standards & Expectations

Practical steps to work towards being a truly responsible investor, grounded in detailed research.

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ShareAction is supporting the investment community with a series of guidance papers that set out Responsible Investment Standards & Expectations (RISE) across specific topics.

Grounded in detailed research, we will recommend actions that asset managers can – and should – take in today’s investment environment to work towards being a truly responsible investor. This guidance can also be used by asset owner clients, investment consultants and other stakeholders to inform their engagement with asset managers.

Asset managers interested in our recommendations can view our downloadable summary of recommendations here.

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Rise Paper 3 - the need for a new investor blueprint for the fossil fuel sector

To ensure that finance is driving action to tackle social and environmental challenges at the scale and pace we urgently need, ShareAction is urging the investment community to align with its ambitious new definition of responsible investment. We believe that “Responsible investment is a transparent approach, embedded throughout the investment process, that takes the negative and positive impacts on people and planet as seriously as financial risk and return.” ShareAction is supporting the investment community to meet this ambition by releasing a series of guidance papers that will set out Responsible Investment Standards & Expectations (RISE) for asset managers across specific topics. This guidance, grounded in detailed research, recommends actions that asset managers can – and should – take in today’s investment environment in pursuit of being a truly responsible investor. This is the third guidance paper. This is the third guidance paper in the RISE series. In it, we address fossil fuel policies, recommending how asset managers can take a much more purposeful and effective approach to investing in and engaging with the sector.

Watch our RISE launch webinar
Watch our webinar on escalation pathways
Watch our webinar on Effective Fossil Fuel Policies for Asset Managers