1 April, 2021
LGIM annual report reveals 21% rise in ‘active engagement’ in 2020
Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM) increased the level of its engagements last year as the pandemic took hold of society and business across the world. LGIM's annual report reveals an i...
16 September, 2020
Vanguard takes big names to task over pay and climate policies
The world’s second largest asset manager has, for the first time, gone public on the companies it is engaging with and the issues at the top of its agenda. In an
11 September, 2020
Board moves: Rio Tinto CEO resigns following Aboriginal caves scandal
Rio Tinto CEO Jean-Sébastien Jacques is to step down owing to investor pressure over the company's destruction of the Juukan Gorge Aboriginal caves in Australia. Jacques will leave the company by ...
30 October, 2019
Sustainable investment set to grow as investors focus on climate
Sustainable investment has improved its profile among asset owners and managers, indicating that further pressure to adapt to climate change is on the way for corporate boards. Researchers spoke to...
25 October, 2019
New UK stewardship code puts focus on investor engagement
Investor engagement with boards and companies is set to come under much closer scrutiny following the release of a new stewardship code by the UK’s watchdog for corporate reporting and governance. ...
23 October, 2019
Investors believe companies are ‘falling short’ on climate reporting
The pressure on companies to disclose more information about their climate-related issues was stepped up this week with a report from a UK watchdog revealing investor disappointment about the current ...
23 October, 2019
TCFD summit confirms climate risk should be your board’s priority
The recent global summit of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) made it clear that companies will increasingly be subject to challenge on management of climate risk by regula...
6 September, 2019
US boards increase engagement with investors’ ESG concerns
Investors and US boards appear to be agreeing more often on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, according to statistics from proxy advisory firm
1 July, 2019
Workforce Disclosure Initiative puts pressure on big names
A fresh set of companies, including one of the largest supermarket chains in the world, are under pressure to disclose more information about the way they treat their workers.
12 June, 2019
