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Responsible Investment services

Last updated: 28 September 2009

 

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The RI priorities, objectives and resources of organisations differ widely. Key to our approach is developing a dialogue with clients to clearly understand their specific requirements. Supporting fiduciary responsibilities and our clients’ extra-financial objectives, Mercer’s responsible investment expertise links the business and organisational goals of our clients to their financial objectives. We offer clients an integrated and tailored service that helps them achieve a cost-effective responsible investment strategy throughout the investment cycle. We work on projects both big and small, and can be involved in various stages of the process from education to strategy to implementation.

 

Our services include:  


Topic Area

Mercer Services


 Educate investors

Design and present training sessions to build trustee and plan management’s understanding of RI-related opportunities and risks


 Identify RI opportunities for your plan

Develop an RI action plan in the context of overall plan philosophy and beliefs, often including a component of peer benchmarking

 

Communicate policies, practices and outcomes with respect to RI and ESG integration
 
Assess risk and impacts of country or issue divestment

 Integrate RI into your investment policy

Review the statement of investment policies and procedures against RI objectives and then incorporate RI principles into your investment governance and policies


Integrate RI considerations into requests for proposals, investment mandates and investment manager agreements 


 Develop a coordinated approach to active ownership

Evaluate proxy voting and shareholder engagement strategies, and recommend opportunities


Review the appropriateness of collaborative initiatives, active ownership providers and/or ESG research providers


 Integrate ESG factors into investment decision making

Assess the ESG capacity of current or prospective investment managers

 

Analyse existing portfolios for exposure to ESG risks

 

Conduct an RI manager search for traditional or alternative strategies

 

Evaluate portfolio carbon footprint


 Build your intellectual capital

Investigate the latest thinking about RI-related issues and trends through global and regional research reports and surveys, including Mercer’s annual RI Trends & Insights Report

Principles for Responsible Investment

Recommend a strategy for adopting the Principles

 

Implement PRI strategy and report on accomplishments


 

To discuss how we can help you develop a value-added approach to responsible investment, contact the RI team member in your region.

 

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Not investment advice
This does not contain investment advice relating to your particular circumstances. No investment decision should be made based on this information without first obtaining appropriate professional advice and considering your circumstances.

 

Mercer is a leading global provider of investment consulting services, and offers customized guidance at every stage of the investment decision, risk management and investment monitoring process. We have been dedicated to meeting the needs of clients for more than 30 years, and we work with the fiduciaries of pension funds, foundations, endowments and other investors in some 35 countries. We assist with every aspect of institutional investing (and retail portfolios in some geographies), from strategy, structure and implementation to ongoing portfolio management. We create value through our commitment to thought leadership; world-class, independent research; and top-notch consultants with local expertise.

 

 


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