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Nov 05, 2019

The confluence of passive investing, ESG and activism: Ticker 109

‘Boards are starting to wake up to this’

This episode of The Ticker podcast comes to you from the Citadel Securities trading post on the floor of the NYSE. 

IR departments need to go into listening mode when they engage with investors over ESG issues, says Alexandra Higgins, managing director at Okapi Partners, the proxy solicitation and investor response firm. 

Listen to the podcast recording below >

In this podcast, you’ll hear about: 
* Investors are starting to use their votes to get attention focused on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues 
* How companies should engage with investors over these topics, and what role IR should play in the process 
* The different ways activist investors are involving ESG issues in their campaigns 

 

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