Shareholder Activism and ESG: What Comes Next, and How to …
WEBMay 29, 2021 · As ESG rises in prominence among investors, activist shareholders have at their fingertips new and potent themes from ESG’s repertoire of concepts and criteria to use in campaigns to change control and strategy at companies.
Activist ESG investing — the Goldilocks of responsible investing
WEBOct 8, 2022 · AESG investing is when an activist investor takes a position at a company and actively (usually from a board level) and qualitatively analyzes and improves not only financial, operational and...
An Activist Investor Takes On BlackRock Over E.S.G.
WEBDec 7, 2022 · A hedge fund sees BlackRock’s embrace of E.S.G. principles as a distraction, and it wants the money-management giant’s C.E.O., Laurence Fink, to step down. By Andrew Ross Sorkin Ravi Mattu ...
Activist investors push companies for stronger action on climate ... - NPR
WEBApr 9, 2023 · But as the Earth heats up, annual shareholder meetings have become a battleground for activist investors who are pressing companies for more aggressive action on climate change.
ESG Activists Met the Moment at ExxonMobil, But Did They …
WEBFeb 16, 2023 · The impact-investment hedge fund Engine No. 1 made a big splash in May 2021 when it managed to get three nominees elected to the ExxonMobil board of directors. It was an open effort to prod the oil giant toward renewable energy and test whether activist investing could make a difference.
Activist Investing And ESG: A Conversation With Dianne McKeever - Forbes
WEBJul 22, 2022 · Dianne McKeever is the Co-Founder and CIO of Ides Capital, an activist investor. Women activist investors are a rare breed, let alone those who see ESG as a key pillar in how they create...
New Tactics and ESG Themes Take Shareholder Activism in New Directions
WEBFeb 3, 2021 · Even companies with solid financial performance may face activists. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) themes featured prominently in 2020 activist campaigns, and several factors are likely to accelerate that trend.
Rethinking Acting in Concert: Activist ESG Stewardship is …
WEBOct 19, 2023 · The activist stewardship movement suggests that major institutional investors should lead – rather than follow – ESG campaigns. To succeed in such campaigns, institutional investors would have to act collectively to harness their combined shareholder power to forcefully promote ESG.
2021 Trends in Shareholder Activism - The Harvard Law School …
WEBFeb 19, 2022 · A. ESG Activism Comes to the Forefront. Activism focused on ESG—environmental, social and governance criteria, with special emphasis on “E”—has gained significant prominence and momentum this past year.
Activism Landscape Continues To Evolve | Insights | Skadden, Arps ...
WEBJan 19, 2022 · ESG activism took center stage, with more ESG shareholder proposals in the first half of 2021 than all of 2020. (See “Investors Press for Progress on ESG Matters, and SEC Prepares To Join the Fray.”) The most prominent activist event of the 2021 proxy season was the campaign against ExxonMobil by …
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