Memberships

Impax works collaboratively with our peers to support the expansion of sustainable finance. Here is a selection of our current memberships.

• A Just Transition: Looking at challenges faced when moving to a more sustainable economy and why investors need to integrate a social dimension into their climate strategies.
• ACGA: Focuses on collaborative engagement with companies and policymakers to improve governance structures and practices in Asia.
• Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP): An independent organisation holding the largest database of corporate climate change information in the world.
• Climate Action 100+: An investor-led initiative aimed at encouraging the world’s largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters to improve governance on climate change, emissions and climate-related financial disclosures.
• Council of Institutional Investors (CII): Promoting strong governance and shareholder rights standards at public companies.
• Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association A non-profit association dedicated to enhancing the retirement security of America’s workers.
• Energy Transitions Commission: A global coalition of leaders from across the energy landscape committed to achieving net-zero emissions by mid-century.
• FAIRR: A collaborative investor network that raises awareness of the environmental, social and governance risks and opportunities brought about by industrialized livestock production.
• Financing a Just Transition Alliance: Identifies the role finance can play in connection action on climate change with inclusive development pathways.
• Finance Sector Deforestation Action: Collaborative to unite organisations around a shared engagement approach to tackling deforestation and other climate and nature-related initiatives.
• Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN): The largest global community of impact investors (asset owners and asset managers) and service providers engaged in impact investing.
• Global ESG Benchmark for Real Assets (GRESB): Industry-led organisation that provides environmental, social and governance data to financial markets.
• Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC): A forum for collaboration on climate change for European investors.
• Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility: Coalition of institutional investors aiming to integrating social values into corporate and investor actions.
• Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR): Partners with investors worldwide to advance investment opportunities and reduce material risks posed by sustainability challenges such as global climate change and water scarcity.
• Long-term Investors in People’s Health Initiative (LIPH): Giving investors the tools to improve health outcomes by sharing best practices and creating opportunities to collaborate on corporate engagement.
• Natural Capital Investment Alliance: Mobilising investment in Nature-based economic opportunities.
• Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative: An international group of asset managers committed to supporting the goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner.
• Plastic Solutions Investor Alliance (As You Sow): International coalition of investors that engage publicly traded consumer goods companies on the threat posted by plastic waste and pollution.
• Powering Past Coalition Alliance: Coalition of governments, businesses and organizations working to advance the transition from unabated coal power generation to clean energy
• Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI): Aims to help investors integrate ESG considerations into investment decision making and supports sharing best practice in active ownership.
• PRI Sustainable Stock Exchanges Working Group: A peer-to-peer learning platform for investors, regulators, and companies. Looking at enhancing corporate transparency, and ultimately performance, on ESG risks and encourage sustainable investment.
• Race at Work: Part of BITC Business in the Community, The Prince’s Responsible Business Network, this initiative seeks to accelerate change through five calls to action for organisations committed to improving equality of opportunity in the workplace.
• ShareAction Investor Decarbonization Initiative: Aims to bring together investors to accelerate corporate action on climate change
• Shareholder Rights Group: Association of investors that defends share owners’ rights to engage with public companies on governance and long-term value creation.
• Sustainable Investment Institute: A non-profit organisation conducting research and publishing reports on organized efforts to influence corporate behaviour on social and environmental issues.
• Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD): Develops voluntary, consistent climate-related financial risk disclosures for companies providing information to investors, lenders, insurers and other stakeholders.
• Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures: Member of TNFD Forum to help develop and deliver a risk management and disclosure framework reporting and acting on nature-related risks.
• Thirty Percent Coalition: A unique and groundbreaking national organization committed to having women, including women of color, hold 30 percent of board seats across public companies.
• UK Stewardship Code: Aims to enhance the quality of engagement between institutional investors and companies to help improve long-term returns to shareholders and the efficient exercise of governance responsibilities.
• UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF): Provides services and opportunities to align investment profitability with social and environmental responsibility.
• USSIF: A US based membership association promoting sustainable, responsible and impact investment.
• Women’s Empowerment Principles: The UN Women’s Empowerment Principles are a set of practical guidelines that businesses can use to promote gender equality in the workplace and the community.
• Women in Finance: Commitment by the UK’s HM Treasury to build a more balanced and fair industry, seeing to see gender balance at all levels across finance services firms.