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Investment companies: Having your say
Shareholders in investment companies have more options than to just vote with their feet, says the AIC’s Annabel Brodie-Smith
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ESG in mining – a quiet revolution is underway
Clive Burstow, head of equity natural resources at Barings, outlines opportunities in the transforming mining industry as the industry works towards ESG initiatives
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‘Immediate boardroom action’ needed to tackle climate change risks
ESG issues have shot up company agendas, but the majority struggling with the ‘scale of the challenge’
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UK government opens climate consultation for pensions
Pensions minister Guy Opperman (pictured) is proposing to embed the recommendations of the TCFD in UK pensions law.
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L&G joins anti-exploitation initiative for construction workers
The insurer has joined a UK government initiative designed to stamp out modern slavery in the construction sector.
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Alphabet ‘scored a public relations hit’ with largest sustainability bond in history
Alphabet has issued $5.75bn (£4.4bn) worth of sustainability bonds
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Bloomberg launches proprietary ESG scoring
Initially covering 252 companies in the oil and gas sector
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Asset managers: Virtual AGMs are no replacement for in-person meetings
Commentators anticipate ‘hybrid AGMs’ will be the new norm
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BlackRock engagement on human capital jumps three-fold
BlackRock’s Q2 Global Quarterly Stewardship Report reveals greater focus on societal themes as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic
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Refinitiv increases corporate scrutiny with reputational risk data partnership
Partnering with organisation providing reputational risk data based on information from activist campaigns
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What the return of the state means for corporates and the issue of governance
Daniel Morgan, analyst, multi-asset at Ninety One, discusses how Covid-19 has highlighted stark inequalities and how corporate governance can tackle these
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Who topped Refinitiv’s Sustainable Finance League Tables?
Covers green bonds, social bonds and sustainability-linked bonds or loans, as well equity market issuance and M&A deals
