Voting & engagement

The latest developments in sustainable finance: fifth Japanese bank exits NZBA; EU Platform on Sustainable Finance publishes final report.

Nordic and US asset owners add to chorus of concern over EV manufacturer's governance and approach to labour rights.

Disclosure-focused proposals at Next, M&S and JD Sports seen as first step to paying 'real living wage', while reflecting other pressures on firms.

Climate change drops in topic priority focus, no action requests 'up significantly'.

It comes as JP Morgan Asset Management is latest US manager to exit NZAM.

Clients are increasingly sophisticated and do not need code to assess quality of manager stewardship, says Kimberley Lewis.

Climate change proposal greenlit at Dominion; call for vote against McDonald's chair over AMR.

Norwegian energy giant cites 'slower than expected transition' as justification for adapting its strategy.

The latest developments in sustainable finance: AP Funds' Council on Ethics publishes annual report; Railpen issues RfP for system-wide stewardship project.

The government fund, which adopted a net-zero target in October, talks to RI about 'whole-of-economy' transition strategy.