Vanguard engagement stewardship

The United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) and the World Bank have launched a summary of their Roadmap For A Sustainable Financial System. The aim is to have a final roadmap agreed by October this year.

This …

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climate-related financial disclosures

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) will be using its shareholder vote at company AGMs to put pressure on companies to take action to respond to climate change and demonstrate they are taking measures to move to a low carbon …

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The UK government should impose a duty on all companies to prevent human rights abuses with the failure to do so becoming an offence, the parliamentary joint committee on human rights has recommended in its report on human rights and …

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The Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA) has released its biennial Global Sustainable Investment Review 2016, which shows that global sustainable, responsible and impact (SRI) investment assets reached $22.89 trillion at the start of 2016,  25% more than in 2014.…

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FTSE 350 staff diversity

Business Minister Margot James has written to the chief executives of all FTSE 350 companies urging them to improve diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

This follows the publication of the findings of a review led by Baroness McGregor-Smith last …

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OECD Corporate Governance Principles

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published its paper, Responsible Business Conduct for Institutional Investors, which explains how they can apply the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.

The paper was launched online by the UN’s …

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Deutsche Borse pay cap

The German stock exchange, Deutsche Börse, is to launch a sustainable finance initiative in May with the aim of establishing new interdisciplinary structures for sustainable entrepreneurship along with some 100 of the financial centre’s key participants in order to …

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worlds ethical companies

The world’s most ethical companies in 2017 have been reveal by Ethisphere. The thinktank, which aims to measure and standardise ethical business practice, has identified the 124 companies spanning five continents, 19 countries and 52 industry sectors.

Since 2007 Ethisphere …

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pensions trustees ESG

Yes, says UK-based environmental think tank, E3G, which also believes global investors to rapidly increase their environmental, social and governance (ESG) capacity and to train all staff to be aware of ESG issues. According to E3G’s research, a third …

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Human Rights

The Corporate Human Rights Benchmark for 2017 has been revealed the performance results of the world’s leading companies in its publication this week.

The benchmark assesses 98 of the largest publicly traded companies in the world on 100 human rights …

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