Shareholder Activism

How to understand what an impact report really means.

A record number of ESG proposals were submitted this year, but fewer environmental and social proxies are earning majority support.

When it comes to indexed investment products, fund managers and indexers have continued to get away with incremental progress on climate and ESG issues.

For one investor to sell a share, another must buy it. Period.

There has never been a proxy season like 2021.

Three big oil companies had a comeuppance on a single day in May. Is it a revolution?

What ESG issues rising to the top for investors this year?

Investors are increasingly looking to see whether companies' actions live up to the rhetoric.

An amendment to the policy governing the shareholder resolution process will deeply constrain retail investors’ ability to seek corporate accountability on environmental, social and governance topics.

This year's results indicate that investors view the climate crisis with growing urgency — and that companies increasingly agree that they need to act.