PRI Executive Education

Empowering leaders for the future of responsible investment

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Why Executive Education?

The imperative for responsible investment has never been greater. As climate risks materialise across the globe, investors are increasingly focused on system-level issues that go beyond traditional portfolio management.

Successful leadership in this increasingly complex reality of responsible investment demands new skills and ways of working. Leaders must navigate not just technical complexities but also manage stakeholders, form coalitions and set their long-term, strategic vision.

This is why the PRI has launched PRI Executive Education, partnering with leading business schools across the globe to provide relevant and impactful training for senior responsible investment leaders.

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Wharton/PRI Executive Certificate: Impact, Value and the Materiality of Sustainability

  • Course begins February 2026

For more than 140 years, Wharton has been the place where visionaries, inventors, and trailblazers get their start.

This programme brings together leaders from across the investment and corporate sectors to explore the evolving nature of responsible investment, the materiality of sustainability factors, and how investors and companies can engage with these issues to preserve and create long-term value. Created through a partnership leveraging PRI Academy’s deep industry connections and real-world responsible investment implementation experience alongside Wharton’s distinguished faculty expertise, this course creates an unmatched learning environment where theory meets practice.  

Participants will master essential areas including climate risk governance, competitive sustainability strategies, geopolitical scenario planning, and data analytics while benefiting from Wharton Executive Education’s proven methodologies and teaching practices. Through  dialogue with leading academics and collaboration with peers, executives will learn how create long-term sustainable value while achieving stakeholder harmony and serving as stewards for environmental and societal change. Leaders will leave feeling empowered to drive positive change in their organisation, in an increasingly complex and volatile environment.

To find out more and receive an invitation to our online launch event, please complete our short form.

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Ivey Business School/PRI: Leading Responsible Investment for System Change

  • Course begins late Spring 2026

Ivey Business School at Western University, Canada’s leading provider of real-world, case-based business education.

The Responsible Investment Leadership Programme is built for investment fund senior leaders who are navigating the reality of responsible investment in a polarised and unpredictable world. For those who are responsible for aligning sustainability, strategy, and financial performance – and find it increasingly hard to reconcile competing demands – this programme brings participants into a community of top-level peers facing the same pressures. The curriculum is designed around how to make decisions with high stakes in a challenging environment, including engaging with stakeholders and thinking about systemic issues. The programme offers practical coaching and research-backed frameworks for leaders facing uncertainty and crisis.

Participants will engage in experiential learning that blends confidential peer labs, hands-on case studies, and post-programme coaching. The experience helps leaders to develop actionable strategies for leadership resilience and influence. Participants will leave with an action plan for advancing responsible investment within their organisation, including how to navigate conflict, manage complexity, and drive meaningful change.

To find out more and receive an invitation to our online launch event, please complete our short form.

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Who should apply?

Our Executive Education programmes are designed for senior responsible investment professionals including:

  • Chief Investment Officers and Deputy CIOs
  • Heads of Sustainable/Responsible Investment
  • Board members and trustees
  • CEOs and COOs
  • Director of RI; Director of Sustainability; Director of ESG; Director of Sustainability Disclosure

What’s unique about PRI Academy’s approach?

Our Executive Education programmes combine three critical elements

  • Academic rigour: Partnerships with leading global business schools and universities ensure participants receive robust research and evidence-based frameworks, as well as advanced educational methods to develop their leadership skillset.
  • Practical application: The programme is designed around real-world implementation. Case studies, simulations, and project work focus on the global and regional challenges faced by responsible investment leaders.
  • Peer learning: Exclusive cohorts of senior investment leaders create unprecedented networking opportunities and peer learning experiences. Our programmes provide a safe space for participants to share experiences, discuss challenges and develop best practice