Organized by Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business, the Shareholder Association for Research and Education (SHARE), and the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI), this speaker event featured keynote Dr. Wolfgang Engshuber, Chair of PRI. The event was followed by presentations and discussion with the audience on the role of responsible investment in comprehensive risk management and building healthy, sustainable capital markets.

The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Initiative is a partnership between the United Nations and global investors with the goal of promoting and main streaming responsible investment practice. Launched in 2006 by UNEP Finance Initiative and the UN Global Compact, the PRI Initiative has become the leading network for investors to learn and collaborate to fulMill their commitments to responsible ownership and long-term, sustainable returns. Pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth and development funds, investment managers, service providers and other supporters make up the PRI network. Presently, there are over 1000 signatories worldwide with assets of $32 trillion.