Shareholders lack confidence to hold companies to account
Large swathes of shareholders are not voting on company resolutions because they do not believe their vote will make a difference, a report has suggested.
The astonishing finding, from a poll conducted …
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French proposals to curb shareholder activism spark debate
The French government has been criticised for publishing a report suggesting a crackdown on shareholder activism.
The report, published at the end of last year, comes as shareholders keenly anticipate …
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Industrial companies largely ignoring climate risks
The world’s largest industrial companies have been warned they have been “too slow” in curbing their carbon emissions.
The warning comes as a major report reveals less than a fifth of these high-emitting corporations …
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UK reporting watchdog issues diversity warning
The majority of the UK’s leading companies are failing to act on boardroom ethnic diversity, a major report by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) reveals.
The report, which reveals most of the FTSE 350 …
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More than a fifth of FTSE 350 companies faced significant shareholder dissent in the 2019 AGM season – with executive pay and directors’ elections topping the list of investor discord.
The shocking findings, from data gathered by the Minerva Analytics …
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Companies commit to standardised ESG data reporting
More than 140 of the world’s largest companies are set to sign up to new set of non-financial reporting disclosures, which will chart their performance on ESG metrics such as greenhouse gas emissions, …
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The UK’s foremost standards body, the BSI, has released what it labels a “pioneering” framework to help organisations embed the principles of sustainable finance into their business processes.
The framework, or so-called Publicly Available Specifications (PAS), is launched in collaboration …
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Reporting on workforce-related issues needs to improve to meet investor needs and reflect modern-day practices, according to a new report from the Financial Reporting Council’s Financial Reporting Lab.
Workforce-related matters such as working conditions, changing contractual arrangements and automation …
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Major investors demand change at Barclays
A group of investors has filed a landmark shareholder resolution with banking giant Barclays over its financing of fossil fuel intensive companies.
Eleven major institutional investors, including Brunel Pension Partnership and LGPS Central, together …
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The Risk Coalition has published its long-awaited final principles-based guidance for UK board risk committees – urging firms to adopt the principles early to meet the “challenging” framework.
In its guidance report, titled ‘Raising the Bar’, the Risk Coalition outlines …
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