Action on climate needed for global equity values July 24th, 2024 Climate risk has a significant impact on global equity valuations and aggressive policies are needed to reduce losses, according to research from EDHEC-risk climate impact institution. The study, “How Does Climate Risk Affect Global Equity Valuations? A Novel Approach“, found over 40% of global […]
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Several major shareholder resolutions are set to be held in the coming weeks, including numerous Canadian banks voting on remuneration requests.
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ICEV warns dual-class shares will harm investor interests December 1st, 2023 A report by the Investor Coalition for Equal Votes (ICEV) on unequal voting rights has urged companies with dual-class share structures to switch to single-class to equalise investor voting rights. A dual-class share structure involves a company issuing two share classes – one typically […]
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The Investor Initiative on Hazardous Chemicals (IIHC) has warned chemical companies to quit production of PFAS chemicals, calling them the “new asbestos” for the sector.
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The Minerva 2023 Proxy Review will be published later this month highlighting the impact of the uncertain geopolitical climate has had on investor voting this year.
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Some of the world’s largest asset managers are far off track on meeting their 2050 net zero commitments, a study by data tool FinanceMap has found, with many failing to improve their climate performance over the past two years.
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The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has recently published an insightful analysis of the ESG ratings and proxy research market.
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Despite average support for environmental and social shareholder proposals declining in FTSE 350 copmany AGMs in 2022, Minerva predicts that there may be a return to strength in 2023.
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The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has launched a nature-related Data Catalyst to address data challenges and gaps identified in its March 2022 TNFD’s Data Landscape Discussion Paper.
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The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA), the membership body for UK’s pension funds, has published its AGM Season Report 2016, focusing on executive pay using data provided by Manifest. A survey of PLSA members for the report found that 87% of respondents believe executive pay is too high. A majority – two-thirds (63%) – of the 87% believe […]
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