Investor Relations

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   NEWS: ESG reporting, 14 October, 2022

   TCFD publishes its 2022 status report

   Since the TCFD published its recommendations in 2017, many more companies have risen to the challenge. But ‘urgent progress’ is still needed.

2. 

   NEWS: ESG investment, 13 October, 2022

   Experts clash over ESG investment ‘agenda’

   US professor slates PRI for ‘undue influence’ on the financial markets, while PRI maintains the need to inform investors on ESG.

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   INSIGHT: Greenwashing liability, 13 October, 2022

   Greenwashing: are directors ultimately liable?

   Directors who pay lip service to climate-related risks may be exposed to breach of duty claims for failing to protect firms’ interests.

4. 

   NEWS: Legal and regulatory, 12 October, 2022

   FRC publishes advice on reporting on net zero commitments

   The FRC Lab’s report contains practical recommendations on meeting investor expectations about net zero disclosures in financial reports.

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   NEWS: Net zero pledges, 12 October, 2022

   Investors seek clarity from firms on net zero pledges

   Financial watchdog’s report reveals the need for ‘hard data’ detailing how net zero plans will be executed—and likely impacts on business.

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   NEWS: Governance, 6 October, 2022

   Meta faces US lawsuit over its corporate governance

   A Meta stockholder alleges that the company’s business model failed to consider the risks to society and to ‘diversified stockholders’.

7. 

   Comment: Investor Relations, 29 September, 2022

   The rise of corporate democracy

   After BlackRock’s move to expand voting choice to its clients, other investors will rightly be expecting their companies to follow suit.

8. 

   NEWS: ESG, 13 September, 2022

   BlackRock defends its ESG position

   The fund manager has responded to accusations from the attorney generals of 18 US states, who say BlackRock is not 'neutral' about energy.

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   NEWS: Ethics, 9 September, 2022

   Ethics, ‘shareholder wealth’ and Twitter drove companies to quit Russia

   Cutting ties with Russia after social media boycott campaigns was ‘woke-wash’ for some companies, research suggests.

10. 

    NEWS: Net zero pledges, 5 September, 2022

    Companies fail to credibly commit to net zero pledges

    Corporate governance needs a booster of ‘green pill’ obligations to hold organisations to account over their promises, write academics.

11. 

    NEWS: Shareholder voting, 1 September, 2022

    UK leads as say-on-climate voting grows across Europe

    AGM season reveals votes on climate plans have grown but so has opposition.

12. 

    NEWS: Legal and regulatory, 21 August, 2022

    FRC Lab publishes report on digital security risk disclosures

    Boards need to move beyond a ‘boilerplate and overly static’ approach to digital risk disclosures, advises the Financial Reporting Council.

13. 

    NEWS: Webinar, 15 August, 2022

    Business transformation is a priority now, say experts

    As business survival depends on adapting to the changing post-pandemic economic landscape, it's as well to be ahead of the game.

14. 

    NEWS: Governance, 8 August, 2022

    Ben & Jerry’s governance tested in court

    Unilever, owner of the ice cream brand, is in conflict with the governance legacy put in place by Ben & Jerry’s when it changed hands.

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    NEWS: Legal and regulatory, 3 August, 2022

    FCA and FRC review TCFD disclosures by listed companies

    Although firms had ‘risen to the challenge’ of reporting, many lacked specificity, metrics or an exploration of climate-related opportunities.

16. 

    NEWS: Ethics, 2 August, 2022

    Consumers judge a company by its ‘morality’

    Academics studying comments on Twitter find attitudes to brands are shaped by public perceptions of an organisation’s scruples.

17. 

    NEWS: Climate risk reporting, 1 August, 2022

    Companies urged to dig deeper on climate change reporting

    The first annual disclosures vary in the quality of data provided and lack balanced discussion of future opportunities, say watchdogs.

18. 

    NEWS: AGM trends, 29 July, 2022

    Virtual AGMs fall out of favour

    Research shows companies seek in-person shareholder approval for their intentions, which this year often include climate transition plans

19. 

    NEWS: ESG drivers, 26 July, 2022

    Investors influence ESG performance, study reveals

    Researchers find that, among the many drivers for improving ESG, intervention by corporate investors is key.

20. 

    NEWS: Executive pay, 19 July, 2022

    CEO Covid pay cuts merely ‘symbolic’

    Top-level pay was boosted to pre-pandemic levels by incentives schemes in many cases, leaving investors ‘outraged’, researchers found.