All Listed equity articles
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Blog postProxy season by the numbers: What 2025 filings tell us about investor priorities
Analysis from proxy season 2025 indicates that while external pressures affect US filings, investors elsewhere are staying the course.
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Blog postProxy season 2025: Exercising shareholder rights remains as important as ever
It is increasingly important to reaffirm our conviction that responsible investment is an apolitical practice
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Blog postThe defence sector in focus: Common ESG risks
Nikolaj Halkjaer Pedersen, Senior Lead at the PRI’s Human Rights and Social Issues team, says investors should be cautious before re-assessing their defence positions.
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Blog postSix takeaways from the 2024 proxy season - and why voting remains a critical tool for investors
Trends from the 850+ ESG-related shareholder resolutions, management proposals and director votes compiled on the PRI Resolution Database this proxy season.
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Blog postExcluding high-emitting companies from sustainable funds is counterproductive
Rather than incentivising heavy polluters to cut back, such an approach may cause them to pollute more
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Blog postAnalysing the world’s largest asset owner’s approach to ESG engagement
Remunerated engagement, in combination with index inclusion, can significantly enhance companies’ ESG scores
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Blog postDo financial incentives drive the voting behaviour of ESG funds?
By Tao Li, The University of Florida; Lakshmi Naaraayanan, London Business School; Kunal Sachdeva, Rice University
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Blog postAmplification, not apathy: Investor proxy votes increasingly challenge corporates in 2023
By Bonnie Groves, Specialist, Stewardship and Yejin Hur, Intern, Stewardship
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Blog postThe effectiveness of divestment strategies
By Alex Edmans, London Business School; Doron Levit, University of Washington; and Jan Schneemeier, Indiana University
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Blog postYou’ve filed a shareholder proposal - what now?
By Chloe Horne, Stewardship Specialist, PRI
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Blog postPart II: ESG factors and returns – a review of industry research since 2021
By Toby Belsom, Director, Investment Practices, PRI, and Bowie Ko, Research Analyst, PRI
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Blog postAltruism or self-interest: What drives employees to invest in their companies?
By Maxime Bonelli, HEC Paris; Marie Brière, Amundi, Paris Dauphine University, and Université Libre de Bruxelles; and François Derrien, HEC Paris
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Blog postAnd now the hard part… implementing climate commitments
By Toby Belsom, Director, Investment Practices, PRI
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Blog postDo climate initiatives reduce companies’ cheap talk?
By Julia Bingler, Council on Economic Policies; Mathias Kraus, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; Markus Leippold, University of Zurich and Swiss Finance Institute; and Nicolas Webersinke, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
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Blog postShould investors expect to earn high returns on sustainable investments?
By Lubos Pastor, University of Chicago; Robert F. Stambaugh and Lucian A. Taylor, University of Pennsylvania
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Blog postThe 2022 AGM season: Which ESG issues have shareholders targeted?
By Rob Henry, Intern, Stewardship team
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Blog postHow is CEO pay set?
By Alex Edmans and Tom Gosling, London Business School; and Dirk Jenter, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Blog postWhy investors should respond to the SEC’s timely proposal on climate-related disclosures
Gregory Hershman, Head of US Policy, PRI
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Blog postESG incorporation in listed equity – thoughts on best practice
Valuation and risk models must be sufficiently long term to capture the full impact of ESG risks and opportunities. There are trade-offs between capturing the benefits of deep ESG analysis and building a portfolio that adheres to traditional diversification approaches.
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Blog postESG factors and equity returns – a review of recent industry research
By Toby Belsom, Director Investment Practices, PRI and Laura Lake, former CIO, Breckinridge Capital Advisors
