Responsible investment initiatives

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Many of the most pressing issues we face require a collective response from the investment community and from wider society.

We work with our clients, other investors, governments, companies and civil society organisations to build knowledge and awareness, to share expertise and to create a common voice on these issues when engaging with stakeholders in relation to our clients’ investments.

Collaborative initiatives are selected based on their importance to Insight’s clients, the contributions we can make to the goals of the initiative and the philosophical alignment with our general purpose as a responsible investor. We outline a selection of our memberships and relevant initiatives below. For more information please contact your Insight representative.

Insight’s memberships and collaborative initiatives¹

Organisation/initiative	Insight’s role	More information
CDP (formerly known as Carbon Disclosure Project)	Investor signatory Supporter of Non-Disclosure Campaign, Science-Based Targets Campaign and Municipal Disclosure Campaign	https://www.cdp.net/en
Ceres	Investor Network member Participant in Policy Working Group Participant in Paris Aligned Investment Working Group	https://www.ceres.org/
Climate Action 100+	Investor signatory Member of Engagement Working Groups for specific issuers	www.climateaction100.org/
European Leveraged Finance Association	Member Member of the Compliance Committee Member of the CLO Committee Member of the ESG Committee Member of the Leveraged Loan Committee	https://elfainvestors.com/
Farm Animal Investment Risk and Return (FAIRR)	Investor signatory	https://www.fairr.org/
IASB Investors in Financial Reporting Programme	Member	https://www.ifrs.org/investor-centre/#investors-in-financial-reporting-programme
Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)	Investor member Member of Bondholder Stewardship Working Group Co-lead investor for chemicals sector working group and engagement programme Member of UK Policy Working Group	https://www.iigcc.org/
International Capital Market Association (ICMA)	Member Member of AMIC Executive Committee Member of Green and Social Bond Sections Advisory Group Member of Impact Reporting Working Group Member of Transition Finance Working Group Member of Sustainability-Linked Bond Working Group	https://www.icmagroup.org/
Investment Association	Member Member of Sustainable Investment Committee Member of Climate Change Working Group	https://www.theia.org/
Net Zero Asset Managers initiative	Signatory	https://www.netzeroassetmanagers.org/
Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials	Committed	https://carbonaccountingfinancials.com/
Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)	Founding signatory Supporting investor in the PRI Australia Sovereign Engagement Group	http://www.unpri.org/about
Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)	Member of the TNFD Forum	https://tnfd.global/about/the-tnfd-forum/
Transition Finance Council	Member of the Sector Decarbonisation Pathways and Policies Working Group and the Scaling Transition Finance Working Groups Leading deep dive work on energy storage	https://www.theglobalcity.uk/sustainable-finance/opportunities/transition-finance/transition-finance-council
Transition Pathway Initiative	Supporter	https://www.transitionpathwayinitiative.org/
UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF)	Member	https://uksif.org/
UN Global Compact	Active participant	https://www.unglobalcompact.org/
Valuing Water Finance Initiative	Investor signatory	https://www.ceres.org/water/valuing-water-finance-initiative

Insight’s memberships and collaborative initiatives1

Insight’s memberships and collaborative initiatives¹