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Take Five: Europe’s Green Brigade Takes Shape 

Chris Hall

The EC presented its Readiness 2030 white paper, outlining its strategic priorities for rebuilding Europes defence capabilities, and provided more detail on its 800 billion (US$867 billion) ReArm Europe plan. As highlighted at last years Stewardship Summit , investors tread a fine line when engaging with carbon-intensive holdings.

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Stewardship Nears Breaking Point

Chris Hall

Although Lee noted the resources and skills needed for asset owners to wield voting power directly across the firms in their portfolios, innovative approaches are making it technically easier to do so. Technology provider firm Broadridge Financial Solutions recently published a white paper on investors’ growing interest in pass-through voting, noting (..)

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How Orsted ditched coal and became a titan of offshore wind

Corporate Knights

As an emerging market, offshore wind was expensive to produce twice the cost of onshore but as DONG divested of its fossil fuel assets, it put all of its resources into optimizing every aspect of offshore construction and operation. It ended up accomplishing that feat in a decade. To do so, it went all in on offshore wind energy.

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Due Diligence Needed by Europe’s New Defence Investors

Chris Hall

The investor] should engage the company on such impacts and divest if they do not see material impacts being appropriately managed. A white paper on this topic is currently scheduled for later this month. of GDP to 2.5% by 2027, reaching 3% by the next Parliament.