Appendix

Commitments

COMMITMENTS

Investors as Stewards

1. Work with members to facilitate the highest standards of stewardship to provide the necessary support and challenge to investee companies in their transition to net zero business models.

2. The IA will create guidance on how stewardship in fixed income could be improved.

Empowering investors to make informed choices

3. Promote a coherent and consistent regulatory environment for corporate climate-related and sustainability disclosures (including through the work of the ISSB and TCFD)

4. Support investment managers to meet their climate-related disclosure requirements.

5. Work with pension fund clients to help them meet their climate-related disclosure requirements.

6. Support consumers to make informed investment choices through the development of sustainable investment labels based on objective criteria using common terminology.

Sharing Knowledge and Expertise

7. Support the work of the FCA-PRA Climate Financial Risk Forum.

The Path to Net Zero

8. Support investment managers in aligning their portfolios to achieve their net zero goals.

9. Support the creation of credible, comparable and decision useful transition plans for the real economy and financial services sector.

10. Support implementation of an effective UK carbon pricing mechanism

11. Support the creation of investable opportunities through well-defined sectorial pathways to transition.12. Support the creation of a common framework for defining green investments.

Data

13. Support investor protection, transparency and integrity in the ESG data and ratings market.

Talent

14. Support training and work experience opportunities for students wishing to start careers in sustainability and responsible investing.