Balancing act: Dealing with anti-ESG sentiment
ESG reporting has grown from being a CSR tick-box exercise into a variety of measurable corporate benchmarks that investors have...
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Activism, M&A Archive
Activism, ESG and universal proxy: How to make friends and influence shareholders
The London borough of Hounslow wants a greater say in your governance. In March, the west London pension fund became the first...
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Glencore launches shares buyback scheme amid plunging profits and activist attack
Glencore has issued a $1.2 bn share buyback program despite profits dropping by almost 50 percent in the first half of the year...
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The week in IR: US investors could face restrictions on Chinese stock ownership, firms with good ESG scores pollute as much as low-rated rivals and Robinhood shares fall on decline in users
- Reuters reported that a US congressional examination of Chinese stock holdings in BlackRock funds built on MSCI indexes could...
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Don’t close the door on ESG activists – they won’t go away
With more companies taking their sustainability reporting more seriously through TCFD disclosures and the upcoming International...
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Boohoo launches coup at Revolution Beauty
Retail group Boohoo has kicked off an activism campaign that seeks to gain control of the board at Revolution Beauty. Boohoo...
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Greenwashing: How to avoid it
One of the sessions at the 2023 Australasian Investor Relations Association (AIRA) annual conference looked at defining and...
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Anti-ESG funds see inflows slow to trickle, finds report
The level of inflows to anti-ESG funds, which explicitly oppose investing along ESG principles, has slowed significantly since...
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Wagamama owners fend off shareholders as CEO pay rise gets green light
The Restaurant Group (TRG) narrowly escaped a shareholder revolt at its AGM on Tuesday as more investors call for a company-wide...
Pernod Ricard exits Russian market after succumbing to external pressures
Pernod Ricard has ceased all operations in Russia after facing increasing pressure from the Moral Rating Agency (MRA) to exit and...
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