Principles for Responsible Investment

BlackRock has been a signatory to the United Nations supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) since 2008. Our participation as a signatory primarily consists of responding to PRI’s annual survey in service to our clients who are interested in PRI's assessment. From time to time, we may also participate in asset class specific working groups.

PRI’s 2024 assessment methodology for investors can be found here and its investor reporting guidance can be found here. For more information see the About PRI page of the organization’s website.

BlackRock’s 2024 PRI Assessment Highlights

BlackRock’s 2024 Assessment Report reflects the 2023 calendar year.

  • BlackRock maintained or improved its scores across 96% of this year’s assessment.
  • 96% of the modules produced four- or five-star rankings for BlackRock.
  • BlackRock scored four- or five- stars (90% or above) for the Confidence Building Measures module and the following direct asset classes: Real Estate, Private Equity, Fixed Income (SSA), Fixed Income (Corporate), Fixed Income (Private Debt), Fixed income (Securitised), and Infrastructure.

Please refer to our full Transparency Report for additional information.

The table below summarizes BlackRock’s 2024 PRI Assessment Scores.

  2024 BLK
Stars (1-5)
2024 BLK Score
(0-100%)
Policy Governance and Strategy 4 84%
Indirect - Listed equity – Passive 4 84%
Indirect – Listed Equity – Active 4 84%
Indirect – Fixed income – Passive 4 81%
Indirect - Fixed income - Active 4 84%
Indirect - Private equity 4 86%
Indirect - Real estate 4 84%
Indirect - Infrastructure 4 84%
Indirect - Hedge funds 4 86%
Direct - Listed equity - Passive equity 3 58%
Direct - Listed equity - Active quantitative 4 88%
Direct - Listed equity - Active fundamental 4 88%
Direct - Real estate 5 97%
Direct - Private equity 5 91%
Direct - Fixed income - SSA 5 97%
Direct - Fixed income - Corporate 5 100%
Direct - Fixed income - Securitised 4 90%
Direct - Fixed income - Private debt 5 96%
Direct - Infrastructure 5 99%
Direct - Hedge funds - Long/short equity 4 83%
Direct - Hedge funds - Long/short credit 4 88%
Direct - Hedge funds -Distressed, special situations and event-driven fundamental 4 88%
Direct - Hedge funds - Global macro 4 88%
Direct - Hedge funds - Other Strategies 4 88%
Confidence building measures 5 100%