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  • Most large French companies 'still don't have enough women on boards'

    17 January 2022

    A €5 trillion ($5.7 trillion) French investor initiative focused on improving corporate gender diversity hopes for "more tangible progress" in 2022...

  • COP26 round-up, 9 November: Nuclear, Obama and gender

    09 November 2021
  • BTNZ commits $143m to new climate-themed index

    09 November 2021

    BT Funds Management (BTNZ) has committed NZD200 million ($143 million) () to a 'Paris-aligned' equity index managed by Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM).

  • LGIM, Aviva join call for UK to mandate transition plans

    11 October 2021

    Aviva Investors and Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) are among organisations calling on the UK government to require large, listed companies to prepare and disclose 'transition' plans to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions.

  • $9trn PRI-led investor group demands extending scope of EU's CSRD

    24 September 2021

    A $9 trillion group of 54 investors led by the Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI) has asked legislators to extend the scope of the EU Commission's proposed Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) to include non-listed small and medium-sized enterprises from 'high risk sectors'.

  • EDF and LGIM partner on science based corporate engagement

    04 August 2021

    Partnership hopes to convert aspirational pledges into concrete plans

  • $14trn investor group pushes for AGM vote on 'net zero' claims

    30 July 2021

    A group of 53 investors with a combined $14 trillion of assets under management has called for new climate-related corporate governance measures, including an annual general meeting (AGM) vote on corporate 'net zero' transition plans.

  • FAIRR asks G20 to set agricultural emissions targets in NDCs

    30 June 2021

    The FAIRR Initiative has asked the G20 nations to set targets for reducing their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in agriculture

  • Investors give ExxonMobil, Chevron bloody nose over climate policies

    27 May 2021

    US oil supermajors ExxonMobil and Chevron faced a significant investor revolt over their climate policies after a number of shareholder resolutions received majority support at their annual general meetings.

  • ExxonMobil faces mounting investor pressure on climate action

    13 May 2021

    US oil major ExxonMobil is facing growing pressure from major investors over its response to climate change ahead of its annual general meeting later this month, including from Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) and the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS).