18 January, 2021
Boards urged to reform AGMs as part of post-pandemic strategy
Boards have been called upon to improve and rejuvenate their annual general meetings after a year in which four out of five FTSE 350 companies staged their AGMs behind closed doors. A letter to com...
30 April, 2020
Companies ‘failing to demonstrate oversight of vulnerable workers’
More than eight out of ten companies are failing to respond to investor demands to demonstrate how they are have oversight of their most vulnerable workers, according to new research. The
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.
7 June, 2019
Why workforce disclosure is a governance issue
We are in an era in which mainstream asset managers are paying closer attention to both the direct impacts and the externalities of their investments. This applies equally to how they deliver sustaina...
8 October, 2018
Workforce disclosure – on the agenda and here to stay
Corporate decision-makers are aware that the current and future success of a business often hinges on the talents and motivation of its workers. But until recentl...
7 June, 2018
Why serious investors demand more than just climate disclosure
In 2014, when I first started engaging pension funds on the issue of climate change, a worrying number would respond that they could not take savers’ “ethical concerns” into account. Not only a ...
20 April, 2018
Campaign demands more ‘sustainable’ companies for investors
Chief executives at some of the world's largest companies are receiving letters from investors calling for improved environmental performance. Coordinated by the campaign group ShareAction, investo...
1 August, 2017
Human capital disclosure – resist, comply or exploit?
On 6 July 2017, the Human Capital Management Coalit...
14 May, 2015
