Australian ESG Shareholder Resolutions

2024 proxy season & flagged shareholder votes - Climate Action 100+

Flagged proposals represent only a subset of climate-related shareholder proposals aligned with the goals of the initiative filed this year. Certain resolutions ...

2024 Benchmark Policy Guidelines Shareholder Proposals & ESG ...

2024 Benchmark Policy Guidelines — Shareholder Proposals & ESG ... In recent years, shareholders have proposed amendments to Australian companies' constitutions ...

Shareholder resolutions - Market Forces

Market Forces is seeking to make the discussion and management of climate change risk mainstream in Australia's boardrooms.

Call for submissions to resolve shareholder resolutions deadlock

Ed John, Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, Executive Manager, Governance, Engagement and Policy ; Vas Kolesnikoff, ISS Australia, Head of Australia ...

Boards Brace for 'Say on Climate' Resolutions | ESG - Morrow Sodali

Boards are bracing for a wave of “say on climate” resolutions this meetings season in Australia, as banks and other big companies consider ...

For or against? The year in shareholder resolutions—2023

In Australia, climate was the dominant theme of shareholder ... The quality, intent, and utility of shareholder resolutions on ESG matters are highly variable at ...

Shareholders need greater voice on ESG: ACSI | Financial Standard

Based on its research, ACSI is recommending the introduction of a non-binding shareholder resolution in Australia, maintaining the current ...

Shareholder resolutions: Defining Newton's approach

We tackle these resolutions on a case-by-case basis. To illustrate, for a global beverage company, we supported a shareholder resolution asking ...

Corporate social responsibility/ESG shareholder activism in Australia

Fingerprint. Dive into the research topics of 'Corporate social responsibility/ESG shareholder activism in Australia: A case study of the Australasian Centre ...

Shareholder Proposals and Proxy Season: What to Expect From ...

2023 Proxy Season Trends: Proposals, Themes and Voting Patterns ... The number of shareholder resolutions proposed at companies has been on the ...

ESG and the AGM Season - First Advisers

For many investors support will be less about the resolution itself and more the message they want to send regarding a company's commitment to and progress on ...

2023 Policy Guidelines ESG Initiatives - Glass Lewis

Facilitating Nonbinding Shareholder Proposals (Australia) ... sponsored ESG resolutions. When reviewing these proposals, we will consider a variety of ...

Net zero engagement in Asia: a guide to shareholder resolutions

Each jurisdiction's expert also provides a brief summary of key developments relevant to climate risk and ESG in 2021-22 in that jurisdiction, to situate ...

Keeping up with ESG in Australia - January 2024 - Lexology

Having regard to the themes noted in recent requisitioned resolutions, we anticipate the Australian AGM season may see an uptick in shareholder ...

Support continues to fall for climate-focused resolutions, finds ...

Morningstar highlights that, as the number of ESG-focused shareholder resolutions has grown in recent years, some fund managers have become ...

Keeping up with ESG in Australia - January 2024

While shareholder resolutions were not at the forefront of activism in 2023, based on what we have seen overseas, we predict that 2024 will see ...

Australian companies are facing more climate-focused ESG ...

A record 36 shareholder ESG resolutions were put forward in 2020. So far in 2021 a further 20 have been put forward, with more foreshadowed. The ...

Australian super funds vote down climate proposals - AsianInvestor

Our investment managers make decisions on shareholder resolutions on ... ESG policy, which governs how we invest from an environmental perspective ...

Support for ESG shareholder proposals stagnant among super funds

A recent look into the voting patterns of Australia's 50 largest super funds has shown that only eight funds supported more than 50 per cent ...

The 'Say On Climate' - what do boards need to know? - Allens

An 'advisory resolution' is a non-binding resolution that allows shareholders (by voting in favour or against) to express their opinion on how ...