Voting & engagement

The latest developments in sustainable finance: NYC pensions successfully engage with retail giants to disclose diversity data; BSI consults on nature market principles standard for UK.

Resolution round-up: Biodiversity proposal withdrawn at Kellanova; NYC public pension funds pull green financing ratio proposal at Citi.

Australia launches consultation on assurance for climate reporting; Hesta engagement with Woodside fails; Rio Tinto promises more transparency on climate disclosures.

Investor Coalition for Equal Votes launches pre-listing engagement at tech firm as big names in 2024 IPO season face ESG concerns.

Lenders draw on CA100+ and TPT to develop increasingly sophisticated transition assessments, which they say could lead to clients or transactions being dropped.

Annual look ahead to the US proxy season reveals filers of proposals increasingly keeping details close to their chest, including on reproductive rights.

Investors in jurisdictions dealing with proposed dual-class share structures can learn from the Brazilian experience, argues Fabio Coelho.

Campaign at Starbucks could provide a template for engagement on US labour rights, but participants warn battle is not yet over.

ERAFP recommends voting against auditors if CSRD assurance is lacking in detail to "emphasise the importance of verifying this data".

Oregon state pension fund faces legally mandated coal divestment, while CalPERS reiterates development of divestment mechanism.