All shareholder engagement articles – Page 6
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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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Church 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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Corporate 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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ESG 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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Pension 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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Ircantec 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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Unilever abandons restructure under pressure from shareholders
RLAM and other major shareholders had opposed “forced divestment of Unilever under a single listing”
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UK roundup: L&G, Scottish Widows back bulk annuity deals
Plus: Willis Towers Watson selects Hermes’ stewardship arm to lead engagement for £3bn equity fund
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PGB to exclude supermarket chains over firearm sales
Multi-sector scheme to divest from Walmart and Kroger
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News‘Sharp rise’ in shareholder rebellion over FTSE 100 pay in 2018
Investment Association CEO: ‘deeply disappointing’ that message being sent by shareholders not being heard
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Kempen to go ‘tobacco-free’ by end of 2018
Number of asset managers and asset owners banning tobacco grows
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Wider stakeholders and trust at heart of revised UK corp gov code
New provision aims to enable board engagement with the workforce; FRC says formulaic pay systems should be rejected
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NEST takes first steps into commodity investment
CoreCommodity Management to run DC provider’s first segregated mandate
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Church investors set 2023 climate engagement deadline
Companies that fail to address climate change in the next five years will be cut from the Church of England’s portfolios
