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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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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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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Wind farm, climate, assets, green, investing, gobal

Half of global assets now back climate action


October 29, 2021

Investors with more than $52 trillion in assets under management have signed a statement to governments calling for urgent measures to end fossil fuel subsidies, phase out thermal coal-based …

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Board Gender Diversity in Europe

October 22, 2021

In the next article in Minerva’s Australia peak season preview series, we look at the issue of board diversity. 

The fourth edition of the Australian Stock Exchange’s Corporate Governance Principles strengthened its recommendations around board diversity. 

An …

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Climate Stewardship – Have your say


October 22, 2021

Left unabated, the global costs of climate inaction are equivalent to losing between 5 and 20% of global gross domestic product each year, now and forever. Achieving the goals of the …

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legal action

US manufacturers sue SEC over proxy rule


October 22, 2021

A group of US manufacturers are taking legal action in an effort to force the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to enact a Trump-era rule designed to restrict the influence …

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human rights

Investors back human rights efforts ahead of EU rules


October 15, 2021

A group of 94 investors with more than $6 trillion in assets have announced support for human rights and environmental due diligence ahead of new rules expected from …

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Investor Forum embraces ‘stakeholder capitalism’

Aussie shareholders getting serious on remuneration


October 15, 2021

In a second blog post in our series on Australia’s upcoming AGM season, Minerva provides an overview of the remuneration strike system and identifies key remuneration votes to look out for …

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