22 May, 2024 Support for sustainability-related requisitioned resolutions may be dropping, but ESG-related activism is unlikely to go away By George Murray According to a recent report by ShareAction, the voting success of shareholder resolutions driven by ESG concerns dropped significantly...
21 Jul, 2023 Global trends in climate litigation: risks for corporates and financial institutions By Max Cheung On 29 June, the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment launched its annual report on global trends in climate...
30 May, 2023 ESG Shareholder Activism in the 2023 AGM season By Shanuk Mediwaka Srimukundan Rajaram Shareholder activism with environmental, social or governance (“ESG”) objectives has steadily increased in recent years — the 2023 AGM /...
10 Mar, 2023 Investors step up pressure on boards to keep pace with climate targets in upcoming AGM season By Stephanie Schiller In its annual letter to investee companies at the beginning of 2023, Aviva Investors issued a warning that, in the upcoming AGM season,...
02 Feb, 2023 Feet to the fire: Is an action in the UK courts an effective way to enforce compliance with the Paris Agreement? By Julius Handler Sam Edwards Case Analysis: R (Friends of the Earth) v UKEF [2022] EWHC 568 (Admin) The Paris Agreement and its legacy (so far) The long-term goal of...
25 Nov, 2022 Results of ISS’ recently published annual benchmark policy survey focused on climate change risk management and disclosures By Alissa Veiga-Pestana The influential proxy advisory firm, Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”), has released the results of it’s the annual Global...
05 Sep, 2022 A Bridge to Better Business: the Positive Case for Updating Directors’ Duties By Jeff Twentyman George Murray The rising cost of living along with the energy, climate change, water, pollution and other crises are all bearing down on people and the...
09 May, 2022 Set adrift or in full sail? Corporate purpose and “ESG risks” By Dean Hickey According to a new briefing from the Financial Reporting Council (“FRC”), corporate purpose can serve as a company's “moral anchor”. This...