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''Environmental social and governance (ESG).''
(PBGC). ''US Pensions''. 
An organisation set up by the US government to take over the assets and liabilities of insolvent pension funds and to provide limited guarantees as to the payment of pensions by those funds. 


Abbreviation for Principles for Responsible Investment, established to be the world’s leading proponent of responsible investment.
The PBGC has wide powers to investigate US pension schemes and their sponsoring companies.


It is supported by, but not part of, the United Nations.
The equivalent in the UK is the Pension Protection Fund.


== See also ==
* [[Pension Protection Fund]]


==See also==
*[[Due diligence]]
*[[Environmental concerns]]
*[[Equator Principles]]
*[[European Bank for Reconstruction and Development]]
*[[ESG investment]]
*[[OECD]]
*[[Principles for Responsible Banking]]  (PRB)
*[[Principles for Responsible Investment]]
*[[Principles for Sustainable Insurance]] (PSI)
*[[Project finance]]
*[[Risk management]]
*[[Social concerns]]
*[[Sustainable Development Goals]]  (SDGs)
*[[United Nations]]
==External link==
[https://www.unpri.org/pri/an-introduction-to-responsible-investment/what-are-the-principles-for-responsible-investment/ Principles for Responsible Investment webpage]
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[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
[[Category:Investment]]
[[Category:Long_term_funding]]
[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]
[[Category:Ethics]]
[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]
[[Category:Risk_frameworks]]
[[Category:Risk_reporting]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]

Revision as of 14:20, 23 October 2012

(PBGC). US Pensions. An organisation set up by the US government to take over the assets and liabilities of insolvent pension funds and to provide limited guarantees as to the payment of pensions by those funds.

The PBGC has wide powers to investigate US pension schemes and their sponsoring companies.

The equivalent in the UK is the Pension Protection Fund.

See also