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ASSET managers gave record-low backing to proposals at shareholder meetings addressing environmental and human rights risks, new analysis finds today
ShareAction, a charity which campaigns for responsible investment, found that only 1.4 per cent of such resolutions received majority support, a sharp decrease from 21 per cent in 2021.
Researchers said that in 2024, four of the largest asset managers — BlackRock, Fidelity Investments, State Street Global Advisors and Vanguard — voted against shareholder proposals aimed at protecting human rights and the environment.
Powerful agribusiness interests are trying to overturn efforts by the Lula government to protect the environment and indigenous peoples of the Amazon region, writes GABRIELA SA PESSOA
Mr Burnham's £2 cap on bus fares welcomed by trade unions
From summit to summit, imperialist companies and governments cut, delay or water down their commitments, warn the Communist Parties of Britain, France, Portugal and Spain and the Workers Party of Belgium in a joint statement on Cop30