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Vanguard did not back any ESG shareholder proposals during 2024’s AGM season
Follows BlackRock’s voting reaching record low
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Engagement to combat water crises
Nordea’s Eric Pedersen shares the engagement processes and initiatives the team are involved with regarding water risk
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BlackRock ‘should not be let off the hook’ as ESG voting reaches new low
BlackRock said resolutions ‘lack economic merit’
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#TalkAboutBlack details progress in initiatives for Black talent
The campaign aims to build a pipeline of Black industry leaders
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JLEN Environmental Assets board urges shareholders to vote against discontinuation
Share price return has outperformed the sector on a one-year and three-year basis
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Support for anti-ESG shareholder resolutions remained low in 2023
Cohort of anti-ESG shareholder resolutions at US companies ‘to gain attention rather than shareholder support’
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What is the most ‘under-used stewardship tool’ by wealth managers?
EQ Investors has attended seven AGMs this year to question boards on green financing targets and human rights impacts
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Invesco drops ESG mandate from fund as Tim Marshall leaves the industry
Invesco Sustainable UK Companies is reverting after taking on the ESG mandate in 2022
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Next Generation with Castlefield’s Walley: Distinguishing between the credibility of climate targets can be challenging
Assistant sustainability analyst, Eleanor Walley, believes that active ownership is the key to influencing positive change
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Amundi, Norges Bank and Union Investment call for an end to arms exports to Israel
Investors and companies ‘at risk of being complicit in international law violations’
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Next Generation with Aviva Investor’s Bowhay: Companies need to be honest about the scale of internal transformation needed
Stewardship analyst Riona Bowhay says a red flag is when companies believe they can maintain the status quo
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Carmignac launches Article 9 tech fund
To be managed by Kristofer Barrett
