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2020
JANUARY
- Formed ESG Committee within PGIM Fixed Income
DECEMBER
- Hired Sustainalytics for ESG screening and in-depth research
JANUARY
- Added documentation of material ESG issues into internal credit
reports
FEBRUARY
- Became a UNPRI signatory
JANUARY
- Added formal ESG section to our in-depth credit write ups
MAY
- Developed internal ESG sovereign ratings framework
NOVEMBER
- Initiated formal tracking of ESG issues and engagement
JANUARY
- Began the formal documentation of incorporating ESG factors into our
relative value decision making
MAY
- Placed a dedicated specialist focused exclusively on ESG within credit group
THIRD QUARTER
- Enhanced ESG portfolio reporting capability
DECEMBER
- Introduced internal ESG Impact Ratings for asset-backed securities
SECOND HALF
- Hired MSCI for ESG screening and in-depth research
- Initiated discussions of internal ESG ratings that cover Sovereigns,
Corporates, and Securitized Products
JANUARY
- Became a signatory to the PRI Statement on ESG in Credit Risk
and Ratings
FIRST HALF
- Launched internal ESG Impact Ratings across all asset classes
- Began working towards becoming a signatory to the new 2020 UK Stewardship Code
JANUARY
- Became a workstream member of the PRI Advisory Committee on Structured Products
MARCH
- Publicly supported the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
SEPTEMBER
- Created a new Head of ESG Research role within the Firm (joined in September),
reporting to Head of Credit, which will be supported by a new team of ESG Specialists
2014
JANUARY
- Added documentation of material
ESG issues into internal credit reports
FEBRUARY
- Became a UNPRI signatory
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2015
JANUARY
- Added formal ESG section to our
in-depth credit write ups
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2016
MAY
- Developed internal ESG sovereign
ratings framework
NOVEMBER
- Initiated formal tracking of ESG
issues and engagement
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2017
JANUARY
- Began the formal documentation of
incorporating ESG factors into our
relative value decision making
MAY
- Placed a dedicated specialist focused
exclusively on ESG within credit group
THIRD QUARTER
- Enhanced ESG portfolio reporting
capability
DECEMBER
- Introduced internal ESG Impact Ratings
for asset-backed securities
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2018
SECOND HALF
- Hired MSCI for ESG screening and
in-depth research
- Initiated discussions of internal ESG
ratings that cover Sovereigns,
Corporates, and Securitized Products
JANUARY
- Became a signatory to the PRI
Statement on ESG in Credit Risk
and Ratings
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2020
FIRST HALF
- Launched internal ESG Impact Ratings
across all asset classes
- Began working towards becoming a signatory
to the new 2020 UK Stewardship Code
JANUARY
- Became a workstream member of the PRI
Advisory Committee on Structured Products
MARCH
- Publicly supported the Task Force on
Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
SEPTEMBER
- Created a new Head of ESG Research role
within the Firm (joined in September),
reporting to Head of Credit which will be
supported by a new team of ESG Specialists
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