Qatar Investment Authority (QIA)

No leading practices were identified for Qatar Investment Authority in the governance and strategy measurement area.

No leading practices were identified for Qatar Investment Authority in the respecting planetary boundaries measurement area.

Qatar Investment Authority discloses a global tax strategy.

In terms of its approach to senior leadership accountability, Qatar Investment Authority could link the remuneration of its executive or management teams to sustainability performance criteria. Furthermore, it has an opportunity to describe its engagement approach on sustainability themes and impact topics with investees. Additionally, it could also provide a public commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment and has an opportunity to reach at least 40% female representation in senior leadership positions. Qatar Investment Authority could disclose the ratio of basic salary and remuneration of women to men in its total direct operations workforce for each employee category and the actions taken to address any pay gaps.

Qatar Investment Authority could disclose a target to reach net-zero financed emissions by 2050 and the key sectors and companies it has identified as priorities to engage with on climate change, specifically on the alignment with the Paris Agreement. Furthermore, Qatar Investment Authority could disclose its financing activities devoted to climate solutions. Regarding nature and biodiversity, it has an opportunity to demonstrate how it is committed to minimising its negative impacts or financing regenerative solutions. No evidence was found regarding Qatar Investment Authority’s approach to fossil fuels that spans across the fossil fuel value chain, such as the amount or share of finance it directs towards fuels, or its stance on financing companies with new fossil fuel projects.

Qatar Investment Authority could provide a publicly available policy statement committing it to respect human rights laid out in the UN Guiding Principles and the ILO declaration on fundamental rights at work. It could also describe a comprehensive process for identifying its human rights risks and impacts across all its activities, especially its financing activities and establish a grievance mechanism accessible to all workers, external individuals and communities to raise human rights complaints or concerns. It has an opportunity to disclose the proportion of its total direct operations workforce for each employee category by age group and gender. To provide transparency on financial inclusivity, it could disclose the amount of finance directed towards women-owned businesses, small- and medium-sized enterprises or low-income developing countries.