Author Archives: Liz Pfeuti
BP sign

Shareholders double-down as BP pushes back on climate

March 17, 2023


Shareholder activist group Follow This has urged shareholders to rally behind climate-related resolutions this year after BP pushed back ahead of its annual meeting.

The oil giant has called …

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Dutch financial and economic centre, Amsterdam

Dutch pension funds lack support for climate resolutions 

March 16, 2023


Dutch pension funds are failing to provide clear support for voting on climate resolutions at oil and gas companies and banks, according to two Dutch NGOs.  

The study of …

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TCFD aligned Pension Funds, LGPS

Kansas anti-ESG bill could reduce pension returns by $3.6bn  

March 15, 2023


Kansas’ proposed legislation to prevent ESG considerations by public contractors could lower state pension system returns by $3.6bn over the next decade.  

The Protection of Pensions and Businesses …

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Rio Tinto Headquarters, Perth

Rio Tinto pays $15m penalty over bribery failures

10 March 2023


Rio Tinto has paid the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) $15m to settle charges from the regulator over bribery failures.

In paying the civil penalty, the mining giant is …

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UK social taskforce members revealed

9 March 2023


Membership of the UK’s new social taskforce has been revealed, with Minerva Analytics part of this founding group.

Fifteen senior industry figures from across the pensions and engagement spaces have been named …

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Diversity

Do more on diversity, SEC urged by ex-chairs

7 March 2023


The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could be doing more in its work to improve diversity within the US financial services industry, several of its former chairwomen have agreed.…

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API, oil, petroleum

Activist group Follow This files resolutions against oil majors 

March 2, 2023


International climate campaign group Follow This has filed shareholder resolutions against four of the world’s largest oil and gas companies urging them to take swifter action to cut …

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DoL, Department of Labor

House passes resolution to repeal DOL ESG rule 

March 2, 2023


House lawmakers have approved a resolution to overturn the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) new ESG rule for retirement plans, after 25 Republican states filed a suit to invalidate the …

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FCA reforms omit cost to investors


The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been urged to research the potential cost implications for investors of its proposed sustainability regulation reforms.  

The Treasury Committee’s Financial Service Regulation Sub-Committee’s examination of the FCA’s fund …

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SMEs

UK SMEs left behind in green reforms

February 24, 2023


Nine out of 10 UK SMEs fail to understand how the government’s 2050 net zero targets will affect their business, according to the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC). 

The survey …

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