UK regime considered more robust, but ideal framework should be based on three value propositions, says new report.
Most of North America’s largest investors have made net zero pledges and are able to demonstrate headway.
Notwithstanding well-publicised exits, the investor initiative is still making progress on objectives and attracting signatories.
Two US right-wing think tanks responsible for 75% of this year’s anti-ESG shareholder resolutions say they are just getting started.
Supporting the carbon-intensive industry undermines asset owner’s efforts to upscale sustainable solutions.
With the potential of Trump 2.0 looming, many fear an arch-conservative climate-denying manifesto could become official policy.
Withdrawals and majority votes are delivering high-quality strategies by companies, according to sustainability advocacy non-profit Ceres.
Political pressures in the US have prompted fund outflows, greenhushing and a fall in support for shareholder resolutions, but views differ on how deep they run.
The Supreme Court’s overturning of a 40-year-old precedent has opened litigation floodgates, but investors can be the “voice of reason”.
Paul Bodnar says the backlash against the controversial moniker in the US means it’s time to think beyond the concept.
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