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AXA IM warns companies on climate lobbying

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... voting season, a global asset manager with US$1.4 trillion in assets under management has announced it will take action and vote on key ESG proposals. AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has changed its voting policy, stating it will this year hold to account ...

FS Sustainability opens final voting round for ESG Power50

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... statements of sustainability. This shortlist of corporate ESG leaders is once again open to our online readers, who can choose to vote for one or as many ESG professionals featured in the shortlist. All shortlisted candidates stand as individuals, however ...

Dramatic spike in votes against ASX remuneration: Georgeson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... remuneration report. Under legislation, if a listed company gets two strike votes in consecutive years at AGM, shareholders can then vote to spill the board, requiring directors to present themselves for re-election. That has not yet happened in Australia. ...

SIX launches share platform for investors, activists

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... Australia's listed companies," Verwey said. "We are currently running two campaigns on the platform - one on the forthcoming vote on the chairs of Santos and Woodside, and the other towards Woolworths and Coles to get them to stop sourcing their ...

Shell shareholders worth €4tr to vote for Paris

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... gas company align its medium-term emissions reduction targets with the Paris Agreement. Shareholders will take an advisory vote to update the company's energy transition strategy before the annual general meeting in May. In 2023, 20% of Shell shareholders ...

ESG in 2024: key trends and legislative changes for the year ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
If 2023 marked a broadened focus on climate adaptation, transition, biodiversity and modern slavery, 2024 is poised to be the year of ESG integration, consolidated reporting, legislative compliance, supply chain due diligence, and managing artificial ...

AustralianSuper rejects latest Brookfield overture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... October 2023 (as amended on 2 November 2023) be successful. "AustralianSuper's position is unchanged on the upcoming vote on 23 November 2023 as we believe the offer remains substantially below our estimate of Origin's long-term value." The Brookfield-led ...

Morgan Stanley makes second climate private equity deal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... McMaster, CEO of Huel commented that the partnership will help the company in its global expansion efforts. "This is a huge vote of confidence in the business and 1GT's commitment to us demonstrates the significant potential of our brand and the strength ...

Brookfield ups the ante on Origin by $1.2bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Expert's Report and is endorsed by the Origin Board." Origin's largest shareholder, AustralianSuper, announced it would vote against the revised takeover bid on the grounds that the bid in the scheme booklet was undervalued. AustralianSuper has ...

Investors press Boral for clarity on net zero ambitions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... transition," Australian Ethical said. Speaking purely for Australian Ethical's strategy, Fraser said that the ethical investor would vote against chair Ryan Stokes at this year's AGM and would also vote against the executive remuneration report. "It ...