PRI Digital Forum:

Investor Action for Social Transformation

March 2022

Institutional investors, as with all businesses, have a responsibility to respect human rights. Expectations have been driven not only by growing visibility and urgency around many human rights and social issues but also by a better understanding of investors’ roles in shaping real-world outcomes – and of their responsibility to do so – across all their investment activities.

The PRI Digital Forum on Investor Action for Social Transformation will highlight ways in which investors can play a role in driving social transformation; identifying and sharing examples of leading practices, challenges and opportunities in relation to human rights and social issues.

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How investors can strengthen health equity: lessons learned from the pandemic
10 March 2022 | 2:00pm – 3:00pm GMT

The WHO defines health equity as all people being able to enjoy the highest standard of health, regardless of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition. This session will cover lessons learned from the pandemic and the…

Using investor stewardship to tackle human rights and social issues
14 March 2022 | 9:00am – 10:00am GMT

This session will explore how investors can collectively contribute to advancing the human rights agenda through their stewardship activities. The session will also provide an overview of the new PRI collaborative stewardship initiative on social…

Spotlight on infrastructure: integrating social issues
24 March 2022 | 9:00am – 10:00am GMT

Evolving societal expectations, made increasingly stark and urgent over the last two years, have reinforced the importance of S-issues on the infrastructure investor agenda. This session will explore these issues in relation to the energy transition, and the tools available for emerging market investors to take action…

Responsible investment in times of conflict: the social implications
29 March 2022 | 1:00pm – 2:00pm BST

In this session, we will bring together different voices to highlight and discuss the social and human rights implications of conflict. What are the considerations and practical challenges for responsible investors in considering the social implications…

What is a social taxonomy and why do investors need one?
31 March 2022 | 2:00pm – 3:00pm BST

Against the backdrop of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance’s new report on the design of a social taxonomy, the panel will discuss the key ideas behind extending the Taxonomy Regulation to cover social objectives, as well as the merits and concerns of which investors should be aware.

Featured Speakers

Elena Espinoza
Senior Specialist, Social Issues
PRI

Damiano de Felice
Director of Strategy
Access to Medicine Foundation

Julia Monfrini Peev
Founder
PACE Healthcare Capital

Michael Schröter
Co-Head of Sustainable Healthcare Equity HSBC AM

Nabylah Abo Dehman
Head of Stewardship, Social Issues and Human Rights
PRI

Maria-Isabel Cubides
Head of the Globalization and
Human Rights Desk
International Federation for Human Rights 

Caroline Eriksen
Senior Analyst, Social Initiative
Norges Bank Investment Management

Kate Griffiths
Executive Manager,
Public Policy and Advocacy
Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI)

Dan Neale
Lead, Social Transformation
World Benchmarking Alliance

Dean Alborough
Head of ESG
Old Mutual Alternative Investments

Phil Bloomer
Executive Director
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Remi Fernandez
Specialist Human Rights & Social Issues
PRI

Marina Johnson
Sustainability Associate
Actis

Virginie Vitiello
Environmental and Social Head
STOA

Jessie Cato
Natural Resources & Human Rights
Program Manager
Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

Sam Jones
President
Heartland Initiative

Gerald Pachoud
Managing Partner
Pluto Advisory

Anita Ramasastry
Henry M. Jackson Professor of Law
Member of UNWG

Bettina Reinboth
Director of Human Rights and Social Issues
PRI

Laurene Chevenat
Policy and Advocacy Lead
Mirova

Meghna Mehta
Vice President,
ESG Impact & Screening Research
MSCI

Nikolaj Pedersen
Senior Lead, Human Rights
PRI

Antje Schneeweiß
Rapporteur, Sub-Group on Social Taxonomy of the EU Platform for Sustainable Finance,
and General Secretary Arbeitskreis Kirchlicher Investoren in der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland

Maria Teresa Zappia
Deputy CEO and Chief Impact & Blended Finance Officer
BlueOrchard Finance