All engagement articles – Page 2
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NewsSampension and PBU link up to push multinationals on responsible tax
Danish pension funds work with Nordea AM and Engagement International, calling out large tech companies for low tax ratios
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NewsChurch Commissioners for England boosts responsible investment activity
‘Our integrated approach to responsible investment aims to affect real change in the wider economy,’ says First Church estates commissioner
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NewsInstitutional investors propose key characteristics of credible engagement
Bank für Kirche und Caritas, Shareholders for Change and Union Investment ‘see need to work towards common industry standard’
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NewsNew recruits bring sovereign climate engagement group to $8trn AUM
New members include insurer Munich Re, pension funds LGPS Central and Rest, and the Queensland Investment Corporation
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NewsUK roundup: Small DC schemes fail to meet value expectations
Plus: Border to Coast sets up engagement programme; Risk sharing could provide an age-old solution, says Hymans Robertson; Impact Cubed launches SDG dataset
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NewsABP sold €170m Thames Water stake in 2022
The sale came shortly after the Dutch civil service scheme had engaged with the troubled water firm on ‘several issues’ in 2021
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NewsEthos lays out new net zero transition metric to engage with CO₂ emitters
The foundation plans to set up a new engagement campaign centered on the highest emitters
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NewsESG roundup: Impact Cubed launches Smart ESG portfolio engine
Plus: IIGCC’s bondholder climate stewardship guidance; Novata sets up private markets’ ESG benchmark collection; Rabobank blacklists Teva Pharmaceuticals
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NewsLGIM grows climate engagement list by 500%, prioritises lobbying
The Climate Impact Pledge applied across LGIM’s equities and fixed income portfolios
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NewsAsset owners should include human rights in RFPs, says PRI
The severity of actual and potential human rights outcomes is a deciding factor in company prioritisation
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NewsCorporate governance: Voting for stronger rules
‘Stewardship codes weren’t developed to save the planet,’ says Dionysia Katelouzou of King’s College London
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NewsNedlloyd finds combining engagement overlay with active management ineffective
The Dutch pension fund of shipping company Maersk has therefore ended its engagement overlay service contract with Columbia Threadneedle Investments
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NewsABP sold Credit Suisse after fruitless engagement
Several large Dutch pension funds have sold their shares in the troubled bank in the last few years
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Stewardship beyond the surface: not all engagement is created equal
Put simply, good engagement leads to better client outcomes over the long run – and the opposite also applies
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NewsMost asset managers have withheld or ditched investments as part of ESG engagement, says study
ShareAction urged assets managers to develop and publish their escalation strategies for dealing with uncooperative companies
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NewsBaFin gives go-ahead to engagement platform for asset owners, managers
Sustainable finance advisory committee to set up platform and publish taxonomy paper, while taking clear stance on ESMA’s ESG consultation
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InterviewsPME Goes Back To The Future – PME Pensioenfonds
Marcel Andringa (pictured) of PME, the Dutch pension fund for the metal and electronics industry, talks to Tjibbe Hoekstra about the fund’s decision to ditch index investing and move to a more concentrated portfolio
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NewsInvestors should pay more attention to people, says Federated Hermes
EOS will next year expand its requirement for FTSE100 companies to have at least one director from a minority ethnic group to the FTSE350
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NewsPandemic positively impacted on LGPS knowledge levels of pension committees
‘Maintaining knowledge from all members is also a vital aspect of funds governance requirements.’ says Hymans Robertson
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NewsUK roundup: Border to Coast reappoints Robeco for voting and engagement support
Plus: FTSE 350 pension scheme funding stabilises following Gilt market turmoil; Coats UK scheme completes buy-in with Aviva
