2020, Climate Change and Stewardship Code

Towards a Model of Enlightened Stewardship

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Here, stewardship codes can play a vital role in addressing these different types of relationships to help shape modern expectations on institutional investors. These codes provide guidance and expectations on investors’ engagement with investee companies and other stakeholders to promote long-term value.

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Europe’s Next Big Step

Chris Hall

AUGUST 28, 2024

Supervisory authority ESMA is calling for EU-wide stewardship code to hone and standardise investors’ engagement efforts and disclosures. There’s also the stewardship code introduced by the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA), which was first adopted in 2011.

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Take Five: Ready to Engage

Chris Hall

JULY 26, 2024

Proposals to bolster sustainable finance in Europe include recommendations for a new region-wide stewardship code. Hungry for change – With six years to go, UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 – which aims to end hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition – is back to square one, at best. Finance is an issue.

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Take Five: The Waiting is Almost Over

Chris Hall

MARCH 1, 2024

With the Swiss Re Institute naming the US as the second hardest-hit country by climate change globally in terms of annual economic losses, firms across the country have plenty of incentives to address this material risk. Done deal? – Evolution or revolution?

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An Increasing Sense of Urgency

Chris Hall

OCTOBER 1, 2022

According to figures published by The Global Sustainable Investment Alliance in 2021, Japan’s total sustainably invested assets stood at US$42,874 billion in 2020, representing a more than fivefold increase from 2016. These long-held principles of sustainability have filtered down to the world of investment. Significant progress.

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Managers not Committing to “Most Impactful” Stewardship Measures

Chris Hall

MARCH 13, 2023

Despite strong progress by asset managers on stewardship since 2020, voting data disclosure and new policies “are not being matched by real-world action”, reports ShareAction. Regarding stewardship, ShareAction found high levels of transparency across voting and engagement, but noted gaps in key areas.

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ESG Overload

Chris Hall

OCTOBER 25, 2023

This was followed in 2010 by high level reporting for the Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) original Stewardship Code. Despite both being voluntary, they quickly became industry norms, along with a minority of asset owners starting to do voluntary Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD ) reporting in 2019/20.

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Will Fiduciary Fog Clear for Trustees?

Chris Hall

MAY 24, 2023

Today, says Lee, it is “undeniable” that climate change is having an impact in the real world and in the financial world. I assume that the aim of the latest review is to examine ongoing issues around fiduciary duty, especially in the context of the revised UK Stewardship Code 2020, to see what obstacles (real or perceived) remain.”

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Stewardship Dialogue Must be Ongoing – FCA

Chris Hall

MAY 9, 2023

According to Manning, the FCA is keen to identify regulatory constraints on collaborative engagement, which has been used increasingly by asset owners and managers in recent years, particularly to address systemic environmental risks, such as climate change and accelerating biodiversity loss.

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Trustees to Engage with Future

Chris Hall

JULY 6, 2022

Stewardship is widely considered one of the most effective tools in an asset owner’s toolbox to ensure companies are prioritising ESG-related issues, such as mitigating the effects of climate change. . “ The DWP will assess whether further guidance is needed in H2 2023. . Plotting a path to Paris .

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Fidelity Stewardship Hub Responds to Transparency Drivers

Chris Hall

APRIL 20, 2022

As well as Statements of Investment Principles or Implementation Statements required by the UK’s Pensions Regulator, which require reporting on fund managers’ stewardship activities, trustees must ensure their funds are managed and report in line with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-Related Disclosures.

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A Missed Opportunity

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The concept of assessing what effective stewardship should look like was first introduced by the FCA in 2019 in a joint effort with the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), setting the groundwork which helped define what the minimum expectations should be for financial services firms investing on behalf of clients and beneficiaries.

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Stewardship Nears Breaking Point

Chris Hall

MAY 17, 2023

While 88% of asset managers disclosed their votes publicly (up from 55% in 2020), 42% failed to publish their rationale for votes against shareholder resolutions, the report said. Transparency is improving, but slowly.

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Take Five: A Gift from God

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell insisted agreement on Article 6 would “help countries implement their climate plans faster and cheaper”, while acknowledging the difficulties facing the process. But would its effect be felt at COP29 in Azerbaijan? Back for good?

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Keeping Up with the Neighbours

Chris Hall

JULY 5, 2023

New Zealand’s Minister for Climate Change James Shaw tells ESG Investor that Australia and New Zealand have a uniquely close relationship. “2023 is the 40 th anniversary of Closer Economic Relations,” Shaw says. “2023 is the 40 th anniversary of Closer Economic Relations,” Shaw says. “By By working together we can achieve more.

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