Extended Viewer

Placeholder thumb

Subscribe

View transcript



Are Shareholders Turning Against ESG?


17 mins listen June 30, 2023



Part of proxy season is over, so we take a look at the landscape of shareholder proposals. And it is well known for to those who are closely watching shareholder proposals that ESG proposals have pretty much plummeted this year vs. last year and previous years – but why is that? Are ESG shareholder proposals losing steam and momentum? Or is that maybe too simple of a reading of the data? We also discuss the new crop of proposals coming out from a set of contrarian shareholder groups that buck the trend of proposals to date.

Loading Are Shareholders Turning Against ESG?...

Featuring

Harlan Tufford

Vice President, MSCI Research

Related content


Related content

ESG Now Podcast

The world of ESG explored. A rotating cast of environmental, social, and governance researchers join hosts Mike Disabato and Bentley Kaplan as they discuss the most pressing news of the week. But in an enjoyable way.
Say on Climate: Investor Distraction or Climate Action?

Say-on-climate shareholder votes are on the rise globally. Are they a distraction to real climate efforts or an effective way for shareholders to engage management?
Climate Infuses Proxy Strategy and South Korea Ponders 69-Hour Work Week

South Korea’s government has proposed a change to laws governing working hours. We look at why the proposal has not been well received by some stakeholders and what it could mean for how companies manage their workforces in future. And then we look at how shareholders’ approach to climate engagement might be changing, but also staying the same.