Vaishnavi Ravishankar, head of Stewardship at Brunel Pension Partnership takes stock of this year's AGM season arguing that climate stewardship is at an inflection point where alignment between managers and owners has to become a priority
What do the results of CA100+ flagged votes for the 2024 proxy season tell us about progress on the road to decarbonisation?
With governments worldwide turning their heads towards nuclear for energy security and environmental reasons, is there investor appetite to commit to the controversial power source?
Union Investment, one of the largest managers in the German institutional market has taken further steps to cut back fossil fuel exposure across its investment fund range
The scramble for critical minerals to the energy transition has been at the heart of BHP's bid to take over Anglo American but investors warn that it could become detrimental to a sustainable transition
How has corporate reasoning to avoid climate resolutions at US AGM's evolved?
European stock market growth has been dominated by a handful of companies dubbed the “Granolas”, how are they scoring on net zero?
Could US stock market concentration become a stumbling block on the road to net zero?
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has voted to adopt a watered-down version of its climate disclosure rule but dropped reporting requirements, the move was welcomed by investors who said more needs to be done
For climate-related shareholder resolutions to work, they must first pass the ordinary business test
The People’s Pension, one of the UK’s largest private workplace pension providers has introduced an overhaul of its investment strategy, with more than half of its assets to be invested in climate aware equity strategies
During the PLSA conference in Edinburgh, pension funds were split about the benefits of investing in private markets, with lack of transparency on carbon footprints being one concern