Time to say goodbye
Knowing when engagement has reached the end of the road, by Castlefield’s Ita McMahon
shareholders
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£1.6trn investor group write to UK’s largest companies calling for urgent response on climate transition plans
Letter sent to 76 FTSE 100 companies including Schroders and Hargreaves Lansdown
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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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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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Shareholders vote against McDonald’s antibiotics despite pension savers support
Pressure is on McDonald’s to reduce the use of antibiotics in its meat production
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US Solar fund survives continuation vote despite shareholder dissent
35.4% of votes favoured discontinuing the trust
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Avoid exaggerating engagement impact and focus on ‘win-win’
An investor can rarely claim unilateral credit for how the company has decided to act, writes PGIM’s global head of ESG
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Trialling our revised approach to climate engagement
Following client feedback, Castlefield has taken a more progressive approach to voting, says Ita McMahon
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Aegon urges shareholders to take action over Shell’s ‘weakened’ sustainability plans
Hilkka Komulainen has called on fund managers to vote against climate transition plans at Shell’s AGM
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Green Dream with Castlefield’s McMahon: We have been exercising our right to vote against sustainability committees
Ita McMahon discusses engagement progress, training for the anti-greenwashing rule and more sophisticated conversations with clients
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Man GLG: Japan’s ‘most radical corporate reform in a generation’
The TSE is pushing for genuine change, says Man GLG portfolio manager Emily Badger