The $20 trillion United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment has embarked on a major recruitment drive to hire five new staff as it emerges to become a fully fledged investor organization.
The new positions include three senior roles: a director of implementation support, a director of communications and a director of operations and finance. The senior hires, all based in the PRI's London headquarters, indicate that the organization is seriously building up internal operations capacities. In addition, the UNPRI will hire two junior level staff: a London-based manager for social issues in its online investor engagement service, the Clearinghouse, and a U.S.-based consultant who will develop the PRI's U.S. network.
In August last year, Responsible-Investor.com reported that the PRI had started recruitment of seven new permanent and temporary staff to guide a five-year expansion program. In March, RI revealed that the UNPRI was also planning to take its first steps to influence legislation in favor of ESG investment issues with the launch of a public policy network to lobby regulators and policymakers. — Hugh Wheelan, Managing Editor, Responsible Investor.
