Responsible Investor

Name

Responsible Investor

Legal name

PEI Group

Website

https://responsible-investor.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainable Finance Media

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities (523)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

ESG/Sustainable Investment Advisory (FSAEAAAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

ESG Reporting, Disclosure & Regulatory Compliance (SFDR, EU Taxonomy, TCFD/ISSB) (FSAAALAK), Stewardship & Active Ownership (Engagement, Proxy Voting, Shareholder Advocacy) (FSAAALAD), Sustainable/Thematic Investing (Climate, Clean Tech, Water, Biodiversity) (FSAAALAB)

Keywords

• Sustainable finance news
• ESG media publishing
• Responsible investment analysis
• Climate risk reporting
• ESG regulatory updates

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Subscriptions (Publications and Databases): PEI Group offers two subscription tiers: Gold and Platinum. Subscriptions provide access to news, analysis, reports, and special reports on sustainable finance topics. Minimum subscription period is 12 months. Users can purchase single or multi-user subscriptions.
2. Books: Print or digital products consisting of multiple chapters covering specialist topics in sustainable finance and ESG.
3. Conferences and Events: RI Europe and other events provide conference fees for attendance, including sessions, refreshment breaks, materials, and access to networking opportunities.
4. Networks: Network membership products provide access to networking platforms, directories, knowledge hubs, webinars, and conference attendance for 12 months.
5. Sponsorship: Financial or in-kind contributions from sponsors to support events and publications in exchange for promotional opportunities.
6. Marketing Solutions/Advertising: Advertising and marketing services including the publication and distribution of promotional materials to reach the sustainable finance professional audience.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Responsible Investor is a dedicated news, analysis, and events service covering sustainable finance for institutional investors. It operates as a digital publication (under PEI Group) providing news articles, special reports, webinars, podcasts, and an annual conference (RI Europe), with full content gated behind Gold and Platinum annual subscription tiers. The publication targets asset managers, pension funds, banks, regulators, and ESG professionals with practitioner-focused coverage of climate risk, ESG regulation (SFDR, CSRD, CSDDD, ISSB), nature and biodiversity (TNFD), voting and engagement, and ESG data.

Product overview

Responsible Investor is a publication/media platform operated by PEI Group that provides news, analysis, special reports, webinars, and podcasts focused on sustainable finance for investors. The core offering is the Responsible Investor website/publication covering topics including climate risk, nature/TNFD, regulation (CSRD, SFDR, CSDDD, SDR), ESG data and ratings, and social issues. The product portfolio includes multiple special reports (Climate Risk and Resilience Survey in partnership with Standard Life, COP30 Report, Data and Disclosure Report, ESG in Asia-Pacific Report, COP29 Report, Biodiversity Report), webinars, podcasts, and the RI Europe annual conference event.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Responsible Investor Publication (Website) Main online publication providing news, analysis, and insights on sustainable finance for institutional investors, covering climate risk, nature, ESG regulation (CSRD, SFDR, CSDDD, SDR), ESG data and ratings, social issues, and ESG backlash. Accessed via registration (free limited access) or Gold/Platinum paid subscriptions.
• Responsible Investor Webinars Online webinar events on sustainable finance topics such as climate risk, political risk in investment management, and strategic climate risk quantification, featuring industry experts for the sustainable finance professional audience.
• Responsible Investor Podcasts Audio podcast series discussing sustainable finance topics including SFDR 2.0, investor action on climate change, and portfolio company engagement, aimed at sustainable finance professionals.
• RI Europe Conference Annual conference event for sustainable finance professionals held in Europe, featuring industry discussions, sessions, networking opportunities, and access to thought leadership on responsible investment.
• Climate Risk and Resilience Survey Special report and survey conducted in partnership with Standard Life, examining how asset managers and asset owners approach physical climate risk and resilience, including methodologies, hurdles, and future evolution of the space.
• COP30 Report Report covering the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) held in Belém, Brazil, focused on physical climate risk issues for investors.
• ESG Data and Disclosure Report Annual report examining ESG data and disclosure practices, covering pivotal times for data quality and regulatory reporting requirements such as CSRD and SFDR.
• Biodiversity Report Report examining biodiversity risks and opportunities for investors, including nature-related disclosures and TNFD frameworks.
• ESG in Asia-Pacific Report Regional report focusing on ESG trends, regulations, and investment practices specific to the Asia-Pacific market.
• COP29 Report Report covering the outcomes of the COP29 climate conference and the implications for investors.
• RI Resource Resource hub on the Responsible Investor website providing additional editorial content and curated materials for sustainable finance professionals.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Standard LifecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2026Responsible Investor partnered with Standard Life to conduct the inaugural Climate Risk and Resilience Survey in 2026. The survey examines how asset managers and owners approach physical climate risk and resilience in investment decision-making. Standard Life contributed thought leadership content including 'The Standard Life view on climate risk and resilience' and 'Standard Life on connecting the climate resilience dots'.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• MSCI ESG Research: MSCI ESG Research is a dominant ESG ratings and analytics provider serving the same institutional investor base as RI, representing a broad incumbent in sustainable investing intelligence though primarily data-driven rather than media-driven.
• Reuters Events: Reuters Events runs large-scale financial industry conferences and editorial coverage, including sustainable finance forums that compete with RI Europe for institutional attendee mindshare and sponsorship dollars.
• S&P Global Sustainable1: S&P Global Sustainable1 offers ESG data, analytics, research, and indices to institutional investors — a much larger incumbent that overlaps with RI's audience and competes for ESG intelligence wallet share, but focuses on data products rather than journalism.
• Bloomberg ESG: Bloomberg's ESG products include news coverage, data, and analytics serving asset managers and financial institutions that overlap with RI's audience, representing a much broader incumbent that bundles ESG content into a larger terminal/data offering.

Direct peers

• ImpactAlpha: ImpactAlpha is a B2B news and events platform focused on impact investing and sustainable finance, closely overlapping with RI's audience of asset managers, asset owners, and sustainable investment professionals.
• GreenBiz: GreenBiz is a media and events business covering sustainable business and ESG, with comparable newsletter, web content, and event formats targeting sustainability and finance professionals.
• ESG Today: ESG Today is a digital news publication covering sustainable finance, ESG investing, and corporate sustainability — directly competing with Responsible Investor for the same asset manager and institutional investor audience with a similar daily news + analysis format.
• Environmental Finance: Environmental Finance is a long-running subscription publication covering green and sustainable finance markets, serving a comparable institutional readership of investors, banks, and regulators with overlapping coverage of ESG bonds, regulation, and climate risk.
• Net-Zero Investor: Net-Zero Investor is a sustainable finance publication also owned by PEI Group, providing overlapping coverage of net-zero and climate investing and sharing cross-promotion and audience with Responsible Investor.

Emerging players

• Carbon Brief: Carbon Brief is a climate-focused news outlet covering climate science and policy with a partial overlap to RI's climate risk coverage, but with a more journalism/policy orientation and a broader non-financial audience.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/responsible-investor

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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