engagement

Sustainability in Practice

Lessons from the mining sector: Engage with the issue, not the company

The Church of England Pensions Board led change in the mining industry by engaging with the issue rather than individual companies. The process led to the introduction of new standards on tailings dams.

Sarah RundellMay 16, 2022

Sustainability

Active engagement needs research, cadence and materiality

Investor engagement and stewardship programmes seek to change corporate behaviour, reduce risk and shape positive real world impacts. But experts notice that to be most effective investors need to ensure they are seeking to change the most material and important issues.

Sarah RundellApril 25, 2022

Sustainability

PMT builds out its ESG screening and engagement program

PMT, the Dutch fund for metal and technical workers, has just increased the screens guarding its equity and bond allocations from ESG laggards. It is also increasing its engagement with companies to try and build climate awareness.

Sarah RundellMarch 1, 2022

Sustainability

Railpen: Why internally run engagement makes the difference

Railpen, well known for its belief in the cost and control benefits of inhouse management visible in its large in-house team has also built up an internal engagement team to better align stewardship with its ESG objectives, particularly ambitious net zero targets.

Sarah RundellFebruary 21, 2022

Uncategorised posts

New York State Common engages on political spending

The New York State Common Retirement Fund has ratcheted up pressure on companies in its listed equity portfolio to disclose their political spending in what it calls a “priority issue,” up there with climate, DEI and capital management. Liz Gordon, executive director of corporate governance, explains.

Sarah RundellJanuary 11, 2022

Investor Profile

Why engagement fails: APG and South Korea’s KEPCO

APG's Yoo Kyung Park offers insights into the challenges of engaging with state-owned monopolies and why APG finally threw in the towel with South Korea's KEPCO.

Sarah RundellDecember 7, 2021

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Sustainability in Practice

Lessons from the mining sector: Engage with the issue, not the company

Sustainability

Active engagement needs research, cadence and materiality

Sustainability

PMT builds out its ESG screening and engagement program

Sustainability

Railpen: Why internally run engagement makes the difference

Uncategorised posts

New York State Common engages on political spending

Investor Profile

Why engagement fails: APG and South Korea’s KEPCO

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