Stewardship
Investors at odds over Shell’s climate policy
Ahead of Shell’s AGM next week, investors are at odds over voting for a climate resolution filed against UK oil and gas supermajor Shell as one of its biggest shareholders has come out to back the board
Money talks: investors turn their focus to fossil fuel funders
With the AGM season drawing to a close, Net Zero Investor assesses how investors have switched their engagement focus from oil firms to banks
WWFD (what would a fiduciary do)? A rejoinder to Tom Gosling
Paul Rissman, co-founder at Rights CoLab sets out why he disagrees with the view that asset owners should maintain modest objectives when it comes to tackling climate change
Illinois treasurer and Maryland comptroller join opposition to Exxon’s leadership
Ahead of Exxon Mobil’s AGM on 29 May, the state comptrollers for Maryland and the treasurer for Illinois have also joined the pushback against Exxon's leadership
Wespath’s Schoeppner: why we are calling for a vote against Exxon’s board
NZI caught up with Lucas Schoeppner, manager Sustainable Investment Stewardship at Wespath to find out why he is calling for a vote against Exxon's leadership
Asset owners call out Shell’s LNG expansion plans
Oil giant Shell is putting Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) at the heart of its expansion plans but ahead of its AGM, asset owners warn it is failing to meet Paris targets
Now:Pensions’ Keith Guthrie on ditching third party managers and new stewardship strategies
UK master trust Now:Pension has ceased relationships with its third party managers over stewardship misalignment. NZI caught up with Keith Guthrie, head of sustainability at Cardano and Now:Pensions to find out more
Shareholders back off BP to ramp up pressure on Shell and Exxon
Shareholders have overwhelmingly supported BP’s board despite the oil and gas supermajor backtracking on its climate targets, focussing their pressure on Shell and Exxon instead
Brunel to vote against Exxon’s board
Brunel Pension Partnership has announced that it will vote against all all management resolutions at the forthcoming Exxon AGM in response to the oil firm's legal threats against shareholders
Why universal owners need modest objectives
Tom Gosling, executive fellow at London Business School argues that by aiming for less, asset owners can achieve more as universal owners