Deadline extended: Climate Stewardship – have your say


November 19, 2021

Minerva invites you to provide feedback on the state of climate stewardship. Our survey deadline has been extended until Friday, 3rd December 2021 – get your response in now!…

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Keep up with Australia’s AGM season – New Minerva Briefings


12 November, 2021

As investors and companies alike prepare for the upcoming Australian AGM season, Minerva has published two new briefings covering the latest in ESG developments and crucial information …

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COP26

Race to the finish at COP26


12 November, 2021


Minerva is launching a stakeholder survey for our clients and the wider investment community about their individual climate stewardship preferences. The survey is supported by Minerva’s latest Briefing – Climate Stewardship …

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COVID-19 Capital and Pay Response

UK launches ambitious net zero financial centre


12 November, 2021

The UK government has set a plan to become a leading global “net zero-aligned financial centre”, with aims to establish rules and financing for ambitious climate-related projects.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak …

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Deforestation

Biodiversity to the fore as billions pledged to fight deforestation


12 November, 2021

Financial institutions and world leaders pledged to curb deforestation as part of wider efforts to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change announced at the COP26 conference …

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SEC forms climate and ESG taskforce

SEC moves to streamline ESG proxy voting


11 November, 2021

A ruling by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could make it easier for investors to express views on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues through proxy votes.

The …

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UK steps closer to SRD II adoption

Investors warn ‘Big Four’ to integrate climate risk into audits


November 5, 2021

Investors are to begin voting against the reappointment of auditors that do not challenge companies on the impact of decarbonisation on their accounts.

A group of 24 …

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More reporting standards consolidation – but is it a good move?


November 11, 2021

The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation has this week announced further consolidation plans between global sustainability reporting standard setters.

On 3 November, the foundation announced …

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COP26

COP 26: the biggest investment shift, ever


November 5, 2021

This week at COP 26 saw a flurry of landmark achievements for greening the finance sector. The UK has delivered on its promise to make finance one of the core …

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UK to turn TCFD reporting into law


October 19, 2021

The UK government has announced plans to make climate reporting a legal requirement for more than 1,300 publicly traded companies ahead of COP 26.

The government announced last week that …

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