Voting & engagement

The latest developments in sustainable finance: Armenia to host next biodiversity COP; WHEB calls for consensus on stewardship engagement definitions and practices in white paper.

Institutional investors have a key role to play in driving a shift towards more sustainable farming practices, write Laura Chapman and Lucy Hussona.

Investors slowly warm to the sector, but remain wary of central sustainability claim amid government push for acceptability.

Asset owners and investment managers defend the quality of shareholder proposals but call for more open debate.

The latest developments in sustainable finance: Glass Lewis backs BHP's climate transition plan; AXA IM shutters social bond fund.

Assessment, Indigenous rights and lobbying among weak spots flagged in engagement initiative's first benchmark.

Norway's sovereign wealth fund at loggerheads with other investor heavyweights over Aussie miner's climate strategy.

Biodiversity-named funds AUM continues to grow; Iceberg Data Lab launches deforestation tool.

In the latest episode of The Responsible Investor Podcast, pension fund veteran Adam Matthews discusses the challenges for investors of engaging with a high-risk sector that is crucial to the energy transition.

Investor giant calls for ‘equivalence’ based on ISSB over EU alignment, while local Swiss investors are split on the issue.