ShareAction calls for ISSB to prioritise human rights reporting
September 1st, 2023
Investor coalition ShareAction has written to the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) to design international reporting standards for human and worker rights.
ShareAction, which represents investors managing …
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CalSTRS votes against 2,035 boards for inadequate climate risk disclosures
August 18th, 2023
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) escalated its efforts to hold global companies to account after they did not provide sufficient climate risk disclosures to …
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Investors Agenda overhauls ICAP Expectations Ladder
July 25th, 2023
Sustainability advocacy group Investors Agenda has updated its Investor Climate Action Plans (ICAP) Expectation Ladder, with new measures including deforestation actions.
The ladder is designed to provide a framework to …
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UK asset managers U-turn on climate at oil firms’ AGMs
21st July, 2023
Some of the biggest UK asset managers have withdrawn their support for a shareholder resolution to cut carbon emissions.
UK AMs including Legal & General, Schroders …
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€2.1tn investor coalition forms to tackle digital harm
July 14, 2023
A coalition of investment firms representing €2.1tn in AUM has launched to tackle digital harm, focusing on the largest companies in the media, Internet and gaming sectors.
Sycomore …
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Kenyan workers’ case to be heard in Scotland
July 14th, 2023
A Scottish court has ruled that it will allow a case brought by Kenyan farm workers against a major global tea firm to be heard in Scotland.
Up …
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May 11, 2023
Lead investors engaging Shell under Climate Action 100+ have indicated their intention to support a climate resolution requiring the company to align its scope 3 emissions targets with the Paris Agreement.
Dutch …
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May 10, 2023
An investor coalition overseeing $10trn in assets has called for urgent action from the consumer goods and grocery retail sector to address the plastic crisis.
In a joint statement, 185 …
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May 5, 2023
BP is under pressure to align its Scope 3 emission reduction plans with the Paris Climate Agreement after investors backed a shareholder resolution at its AGM.
At the meeting late …
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May 5, 2023
Moderna, the Cambridge-based biotech firm, has found itself in hot water for executive pay in the lead-up to its annual general meeting.
The controversy centres on the $393m netted by CEO …
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