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‘The client is king’ investors send warning message on stewardship alignment

Asset owners are on track to increasingly challenge their managers on stewardship alignment, UK investors warn

By Mona Dohle

SSGA reports 63% rise in proxy voting adoption

US asset manager State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has reported strong demand for its proxy voting offering in Q1, indicating growing investor appetite to exercise control over their holdings

Banks ramp up fossil fuel funding in defiance of net zero pledges

The world’s largest banks have significantly increased their support for the fossil fuel industry, despite pledging to align their financing practices with the Paris Agreement

Banking

Banking on bankers: is investor pressure on fossil fuel lenders falling short?

Investment Manager

US-Europe manager divergence on climate widens

Engagement

Shell AGM: significant minority of investors raise concern about LNG push

‘We are going public’: Australian Ethical escalates engagement with QBE over fossil fuel underwriting

The super fund's private conversations with the insurer have not yielded satisfactory results

By Atharva Deshmukh

Equinor AGM pitches Norwegian state against climate-conscious shareholders

Stronger together: Japan’s stewardship reform aims to bolster engagement

Woodside AGM: investor discontent over climate governance grows

Revealed: the companies with exposure to deforestation debt and how investors can engage

BP suffers historic shareholder rebellion at 2025 AGM

“If you fund destruction, you’re responsible”: Ugandan activist urges investors to drop TotalEnergies

Equities

Investors predeclare vote against BP chair in protest at climate U-turn

Engagement

Follow This pauses shareholder resolutions citing lack of investor support

NGO

As You Sow’s Fugere: ‘SEC’s rule change is a violation of due process’

Nordea confirms quarantine for fossil fuel major

Nordea Group has confirmed an effective quarantine on TotalEnergies, with no further bonds or shares being bought amid growing concerns about the firm’s fossil fuel expansion in East Africa

Banking

Nordea shareholders reject resolution on fossil fuel lending

Pensions

Akademiker terminates DKK 3.2bn mandate with State Street citing ESG concerns

Investment Manager

‘Capital at risk’ -Sarasin & Partners divests from Equinor over climate concerns

Pensions

Tesla shares in the rearview as pension funds shift into reverse

Regulation