All shareholder engagement articles – Page 4
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NewsJoseph Mariathasan: ESG’s challenge to economic theory
Traditional economic thinking needs to change to keep up with the adoption of ESG strategies
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NewsNorway’s sovereign fund pulls plug on ESG managers to cut costs
GPFG’s manager grapples with new issues in low-carbon transition
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NewsStewardship ‘tipping point’ in sight after busy year for engagement
Trade body encourages schemes to ‘take action where issues cause concern’
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NewsAll change for stewardship agenda as FRC reveals draft new code
Draft 2019 code raises the bar for what is expected of signatories
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NewsJoseph Mariathasan: Coping with autocracies
Should investors accept it when companies acquiesce to requests from autocratic regimes?
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NewsESG roundup: SSGA targets corporate culture, BlackRock scolded on climate
SSGA to scrutinise corporate culture, BlackRock told to back more climate shareholder resolutions
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NewsESG data firm Sustainalytics takes over GES International
Swedish company GES specialises in engagement and has been challenging chocolate producers on labour practices
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NewsInvestors ‘too risk averse’ on challenging executive pay – report
Companies and investors wary of impact of cutting exec pay to potentially more socially acceptable levels
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NewsChurch of England calls for ExxonMobil greenhouse gas disclosure
Church Commissioners, New York State, CalPERS and others push for greater emissions disclosure from oil giant
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NewsCorporate governance group adds members, targets Vodafone
Swiss investor group and UK foundation join as telecoms company criticised for tax policy
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NewsUK fund manager body warns corporate governance ‘repeat offenders’
Investment Association writes to 32 listed companies seen to be lagging on addressing governance issues
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AnalysisAnalysis: US proxy process under scrutiny – ESG under threat?
The SEC roundtable is bringing together stakeholders with diverging views on proxy advisers and shareholder voting. Sue Rust reports
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NewsPublic pension funds push back at criticism of climate strategies
Friends of the Earth claimed some of the UK’s biggest funds were climate change ‘laggards’
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NewsMandate roundup: UK pension pool confirms £1bn smart beta allocation
Plus: Family office hunts securitised credit investor; Danish foundation wants EM manager; German state appoints Hermes EOS
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NewsLegal & General hits out at MSCI’s dual share class index move
Index provider to launch a range of benchmarks to account for companies with unequal voting rights in their share structures
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NewsESG roundup: UK public sector schemes to oppose Ryanair chairman
Also: ABP invests €15m in green bond for Schiphol airport; World Bank backs first ‘blue bond’ for Seychelles
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NewsPension funds challenge European companies on climate lobbying
AP7, Church of England Pensions Board seek to drive change in corporate lobbying on climate change
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NewsIrcantec unveils oil and gas divestment and engagement plan
Scheme to dump traditional bond holdings, shares in specialised and non-European majors
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NewsABP overtakes PFZW as top Dutch sustainable investor
But most schemes have not set goals for ESG-related investments, says VBDO
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NewsUnilever abandons restructure under pressure from shareholders
RLAM and other major shareholders had opposed “forced divestment of Unilever under a single listing”
