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AkademikerPension Holds Tech Firms to Account

Chris Hall

Investors have heightened their focus on tech companies’ failure to address human rights risks inherent to their business models, with as many as 14 shareholder proposals filed ahead of the 2024 proxy season. trillion in market capitalisation.

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Exxon Investors Signal Growing Ill Will

Chris Hall

He said in a statement that the outcome of the company’s AGM showed that rules and value creation matter most. A stronger possibility is that more investors choose to divest from Exxon, following continued examples of climate denial and obfuscating. Exxon then lashed out at proxy giant Glass Lewis.

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“Reason Will Win Out”

Chris Hall

Many ESG issues can be material to a company’s core strategy and long-term value creation. billion in AuM – informed Kentucky State Treasurer Allison Ball and Attorney General Daniel Cameron that it would not divest, as instructed, from asset managers, including BlackRock, as it would violate its fiduciary duty.