ESG backlash

Filers encouraged by limited response to SEC's step back from proxy process despite exclusion of ESG proposals by some corporate giants.

Summary judgment granted in favour of American Sustainable Business Council, which argued law impinged free speech rights.

Firm's 2025 US proxy review finds continued drop in support for environmental and social proposals, but some large managers buck the trend.

The latest developments in sustainable finance: Schroders echoes concerns over SFDR sovereign treatment; ECB research links repo pricing to transition risk.

Amid an assault on the proxy process, filers are not backing down and signs are emerging that companies may not exploit a system tilted in their favour.

Project aims to 'set the record straight' about proxy advisers amid growing attacks on market participants.

After the regulatory rollercoaster of 2025, next year should deliver more certainty on the final form of reformed sustainability rules.

A combative year awaits amid regulatory scrutiny and litigation, but investors remain bullish on US clean energy investment.

Wide-ranging order sets SEC, FTC and DoL to work on rulemaking to curb influence of proxy advisers and look at shareholder proposal changes.

Comptroller’s evaluation says investment giant is taking ‘restrictive’ approach to engagement with US firms.