May Madness: Vote No Campaigns & ESG Wars
May 15, 2025
By Daniel Kehoe and Caoimhe Taylor
Proxy season continues as we move into the second half of May, and as expected, there is still high numbers of shareholder proposals …
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Shareholder Showdown: High Dissent Shakes Up Woodside Energy and Plus500
May 16, 2025
By Daniel Kehoe
The 2025 season has marked a clear shift in shareholder engagement strategy, with ‘Vote no’ campaigns emerging as a prominent tool being utilised by …
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UN urges EU to ensure CSDDD revisions protect human rights standards
May 16, 2025
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has urged the European Union (EU) to ensure any changes made to its Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive …
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Legal group campaign for Walmart and Colgate to rethink ‘plastic pollution crisis’ policies
May 16, 2025
The National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) has launched a campaign aimed at questioning Colgate-Palmolive and Walmart on their plastic packaging policies.
The conservative …
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UKSIF puts forwards recommendations to address systemic risks
May 9, 2025
The UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) has set out recommendations to help asset owners, managers, and policymakers better tackle the challenges that systemic risks pose to investors.…
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Rolls Royce rolls back DEI groups amid pressure from the US
May 7, 2025
Rolls Royce has abandoned its LGBTQ+ and other diversity programmes after coming under pressure from the US government to drop its DEI initiatives.
The company has …
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2025 Proxy Season at Full Throttle: ESG, DEI and Climate at The Forefront
May 2, 2025
By Daniel Kehoe and Caoimhe Taylor
May brings a wave of shareholder proposals that continue to highlight key investor concerns, particularly related to …
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ISSB proposes changes to ease requirements for financial companies
May 2, 2025
The IFRS Foundation’s International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has proposed reforms to its climate-related disclosure standards to ease greenhouse gas reporting requirements for companies.
The board has proposed …
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