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An Increasing Sense of Urgency

Chris Hall

The pace has quickened further in 2022 in response to then Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s April 2021 announcement that by 2030 the country’s emissions would reduce by 46% relative to 2013 levels. Such high levels volumes in the ESG investment space partly reflect the lead taken by the country’s policymakers and financial regulators.

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Voting Policies Offering Asset Owners Closer Scrutiny

Chris Hall

According to Morningstar data on US proxy voting, the number of shareholder resolutions on environmental and social topics opposed by management almost doubled to more than 250 in 2022, but barely 10% (27) gained majority support. Digging into the data.