What Amazon’s AGM revealed about shareholders’ ESG priorities
And how these trends will shape the corporate agenda
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Calls for US-style executive pay in the UK are misguided
Two years ago EdenTree approved several remuneration packages of FTSE 100 companies – that number is now zero
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Cazenove Capital sets out voting best practice for asset managers
Schroders-owned wealth firm pens six-point letter to 93 asset managers overseeing £30trn AUM
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Barclays AGM: ‘World cannot function without fossil fuels’
Bank stands firm on oil and gas financing despite shareholder disruption
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Say on Climate: Engagement opportunity or box-ticking?
Brings climate into an AGM context but proposals can lack clarity and ambition
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Credit Suisse takeover governance process ‘disastrous’
‘Inversion of the normal hierarchy of claims will not go down well with institutional investors’
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BlackRock’s Fink: ‘It’s not our place to be environmental police’
Annual letter to investors says firm just offers clients choice
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BlackRock’s Fink: ‘It’s not our place to be environmental police’
Annual letter to investors says firm just offers clients choice
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Investors urged to veto Credit Suisse’s climate plan
Latest climate plan is ‘one of the weakest in the European banking sector’
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Companies not implementing shareholder resolutions
PRI says ‘inaction should raise red flags for investors’
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PRI stewardship warning as companies do not implement shareholder resolutions
Investors must hold boards to account as research finds only half of passed proposals implemented
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CEO pay is a financial risk many fund firms are ignoring
Executive compensation at major companies went up 21% last year