Should investors rebel against Schroders on leadership and pay?
Proxy adviser Glass Lewis is calling on investors to vote against proposals to appoint a family member to the board
Author: Joe Mcgrath
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MetLife to track suppliers’ emissions levels
The move was one of several sustainability plans announced in the company’s Global Impact report
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PRI seeks feedback on future framework
Chief executive Fiona Reynolds says “it’s now time to re-evaluate the reporting framework”
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China is the ESG backmarker while Europe sets the pace
China’s listed firms make it the global laggard on environmental, social and governance factors while Big Tech is dragging on the US score. Global ratings firm Morningstar has just published a Sustainability Atlas examining and rating 46 country equity indices on ESG criteria. Morningstar researchers analysed the firm’s entire suite of global equity indexes, representing…
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ESG bond engagement improving with corporates
Pimco’s latest ESG investing report finds that corporate issuer engagement rates are improving worldwide
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Investors most likely to vote together on pay issues
Alignment of corporate objectives with executive incentives has become a key AGM issue
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Wheb and Impax lead the way as ‘impact washing’ confuses investors
Environmentally and socially-minded investors seek transparency but find mixed results
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Bluefield fund achieves first with green award
The Bluefield Solar Income Fund has been recognised for its alignment to targets set by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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Investors push food companies on animal welfare
Brunel Pension Partnership – which oversees some £30bn in assets – is the latest investor to join a growing initiative
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Moody’s takes controlling stake in ESG specialist
The deal is a response to the increasing importance of sustainability factors to investment decision-making
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Rowe and Wildgoose chase sustainable equity winners
The new launch takes Nomura Asset Management into the increasingly crowded global sustainable equity fund market
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UK chancellor calls for action on economic sustainability
Philip Hammond is travelling to Washington to speak at the annual International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring Meetings, taking place from Friday 12 to Sunday 14 April