30 October, 2020
BlackRock backs global sustainability reporting standards
BlackRock, the world’s biggest fund manager, has put its shoulder behind the creation of a single set of global sustainability reporting standards. The support is timely. If implemented, new stan...
15 January, 2020
BlackRock CEO letter issues warning on sustainability disclosures
Boards and directors have been placed on notice that the world’s biggest fund manager will vote against if they fail to adapt to making sustainability disclosures. The warning to act or lose the ...
10 January, 2020
Heartache to headache: why workplace relationships are a problem
Late last year workplace relationships hit the headlines with a bang. First global fast-food chain McDonald’s
18 December, 2019
BlackRock challenged to provide details of stakeholder pledge
You can’t talk the talk without having to walk the walk. BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is being held to account for signing up to a major reset of corporate values. At the end o...
21 January, 2019
Culture and intangibles top list of engagement concerns
It’s culture, stupid! Whichever way you look at the annual letters from two of the world’s biggest investment managers, it all comes down to a concern for corporate culture. Culture was either ...
26 October, 2018
BlackRock’s sustainable investment ambition
It was probably inevitable, but the fact that the world’s largest fund manager has thrown its weight behind sustainable investing really puts down a marker. [pull-left]“Sustainable investing wi...
23 May, 2018
Asset managers devise questions for “purpose-led” companies
A group of ten asset managers have formulated questions for boards to assess whether their businesses are “genuinely purpose-led”. Investors with assets worth $8trn, including BlackRock, Legal ...
18 May, 2018
Sustainable expectations: how the ESG investment agenda is shifting
It’s a perennial debate, but one that refuses to go away. Companies need to plan for the long term but are concerned that demands from investors create a short-term attitude that will drive focus aw...
19 March, 2018
BlackRock reveals more details on its engagement priorities
BlackRock, the world's largest investor, has attempted to put flesh on the bones of its CEO's statement in January about the topics it expects to prioritise for engagement this year. In a
17 January, 2018
