Paul Verney

Eumedion also urging Dutch MPs to back advisory vote on mandatory sustainability reporting by listed companies via CSRD implementation bill.

Responsible Investor is anonymously asking stewardship professionals at European managers for input on the number and quality of sustainability-focused requests at corporates.

Data from Sustainable Investments Institute (Sii) shows proportion of resolutions withdrawn drops to below a third for the first time in seven proxy seasons.

Annual FTSE Russell global investor survey finds confidence in sustainability data ‘growing fast’.

University Pension Plan Ontario unveils new stewardship plan to tackle inequality-based systemic risks.

New York City’s ESG head tells RI private market players go from strength to strength, while public market managers retreat from spotlight.

Lawyers for public pension fund beneficiary seek court approval for further claims against blocked boycott legislation, amid appeal threat.

Investors pre-declaring voting intentions instinctively feels like a positive move, but there could be risks of unintended consequences if not done in a consistent way.

Signs of a slight bounce on environmental and social requests; negligible support for anti-ESG proposals falls further; growing interest in governance issues.

As RI’s stewardship survey enters its final week, here are some interesting findings from the initial responses.

Rebellion against Woodside climate plan; LGIM living wage proposal survives ‘no action’.

US faith investor targets chief executive and lead director in SEC filing following US oil major’s ‘hostile treatment’ of shareholders.

UK pension pool’s proposal could see the removal of two firms on controversial weapons grounds, member fund suggests.

Future step by US financial watchdog would be ‘easy and meaningful’, according to SEC commissioner Caroline Crenshaw.

As final rule rows back significantly on corporate emissions disclosures, big investors express cautious optimism, while others, including SEC commissioner Crenshaw, lament what could have been.

Development of sustainability disclosure standards has forced investors to ‘take a good hard look’ at what is feasible, Morningstar’s Lindsey Stewart tells RI.

Former SEC lawyer Kurt Gottschall tells RI that a change in government would bring ‘significant pressure to wipe the climate disclosure rule off the books’.

Brad Lander responds to reports that US watchdog plans to drop Scope 3 disclosure requirements as market awaits imminent release of final rule.

ShareAction's Good Work Coalition tells RI about its shift to a systemic risk approach and efforts to bring on more asset owners.

The move follows PFZW’s divestment of the oil major, along with 309 other Paris non-aligned oil and gas companies.