Initiatives supported by the FRR
As part of this strategy, in 2005 the FRR actively participated in the UN initiative to promote responsible investor behavior (PRI) and in 2006 supported other initiatives such as the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and academic research in the field of SRI.
Participation in the development of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment
In early 2005, the UN Secretary-General invited a number of leading international institutional investors, including the FRR, to jointly define a set of principles aimed at promoting the integration of socially responsible investment practices into financial management.
After six working sessions and with the help of experts representing various stakeholders (companies, NGOs, researchers, etc.), the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) were defined and officially signed in New York and Paris in the spring of 2006.
A Long-Term Investment
PRIs now reflect the shared values of a group of investors characterized by a long-term investment horizon and diversified portfolios, such as insurers and reinsurers, pension funds, and other public or private institutional investors. They are fully compatible with the FRR's SRI strategy.
Membership in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
Supported by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), CDP is one of the most important international initiatives in the field of the environment and climate change.
Keen to improve information on corporate behavior in relation to the environment, energy consumption, and the effects of climate change, the FRR lent its support to the CDP at the end of 2005.
Research in the field of socially responsible investing
The FRR supports the initiative of the French Asset Management Association and participated in the launch of the FDIR research institute in France. This initiative focuses on building a theoretical framework for analyzing investor demand and how financial professionals should respond to it.
It also aims to develop a set of operational rules for asset valuation that combine financial, social, and environmental criteria. The results of this work will be scientifically validated through international publications.
The institute is run by specialists in finance, econometrics, and industrial economics at the Institute of Industrial Economics (IDEI), affiliated with Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), and the economics department at École Polytechnique.
She began her research work in the first quarter of 2007.
Support for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
This initiative aims to enhance transparency and accountability among actors in the extractive industries sector through the verification and full disclosure of payments made by companies and revenues received by governments in connection with the exploitation of mineral, oil, and gas resources.
“Strengthen EITI transparency.”
Olivier Sichel
Chairman of the Board of Directors
The FRR has joined the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance
In November 2019, the FRR joined the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAO), an initiative bringing together leading investors committed, in line with the Paris Agreement, to implementing measures to achieve carbon neutrality in their investments and the economy by 2050 and to reporting regularly on their achievements at various milestones.
The Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) now has 89 members representing $9.5 trillion in assets under management.
