Paul Verney
UK standards body says investors felt ignored by global sustainability standard setter in consultation response.
Comptroller Lander describes legal action as ‘weak attempt by anti-ESG, anti-union forces to undermine the decisions by our pension system trustees to assess the very real risks of climate change to their portfolios'.
Right-wing critics of ESG are increasingly turning their attention to SEC’s oversight of shareholder proposals. Is this simply old wine in new bottles or a genuine threat to a decades’ old system?
New York State Comptroller writes to entertainment giants, including Apple, Disney and Paramount, urging fair and quick resolution to industrial action.
Financial watchdog calls on European Commission to consider defining standards for sector's codes of conduct.
Big asset managers committing to 2050 net-zero targets was ‘frankly never going to work’, says responsible investment body’s chief sustainable systems officer at Oxford event.
Analysis by Dutch activist reveals HSBC AM is the only big UK asset manager to support all five of its resolutions this year.
Sustainable finance frameworks have triggered a 'lack of recognition' for transition finance which means it could be perceived as greenwashing, warns Amundi.
Europe’s largest asset manager also voted against executive pay 89 times over lack of climate-related performance criteria in compensation schemes.
Record numbers of climate proposals in Japan were filed in 2023. RI talks to investors behind the push about the progress seen this season, the cumbersome filing process and what's ahead.