At the end of October, UK SfC member WHEB Asset Management issued a White Paper outlining the urgency for industry consensus on stewardship and engagement definitions and practices. The White Paper, entitled “From Obstacles to Outcomes: Enhancing effectiveness in stewardship and engagement”, aims to promote industry dialogue on the inefficiencies of shareholder engagement within[…]
The Swiss SfC member Ethos Foundation, together with DSW, the European association of private investors Better Finance, and the SfC network, has launched a new engagement campaign calling on Germany’s largest listed companies to stop holding virtual-only general meetings and to instead opt for a hybrid model. Together, the promoters represent more than €350 billion in assets under management. At the end[…]
As Shareholders for Change, we firmly believe in the “one share, one vote” principle. Therefore, in line with our previous commitment to preserving shareholder rights, we do not support the current development of European shareholder rights legislation. The Listing Act In December 2022, the European Commission published a series of proposals as part of the[…]
In June, at the annual summer meeting, SfC members met with representatives of three of the major rating agencies to discuss of the assessment process of companies involved in ESG incidents. In June, the members of Shareholders for Change gathered at the headquarters of Ethos Foundation in Geneva for the annual summer[…]
Fondazione Cariplo, based in Milan, has joined Shareholders for Change as our first supporting member. Fondazione Cariplo is an Italian banking foundation with over 10 billion euros in AUM and one of the main shareholders of Intesa Sanpaolo, among the most important banking groups in Italy and in Europe. Formally established in 1991, its[…]
EB-SIM, an asset manager specialising in sustainable investments, is stepping up its engagement by joining Shareholders for Change (SfC). “It is an honour for EB-SIM to be included in this highly respected group of pan-European investors. We look forward to working with the other members in collaborative engagement,” says Dr. Oliver Pfeil, Chief[…]
On June 6th and 7th, the members of Shareholders for Change gathered at the headquarters of Ethos Foundation in Geneva for our annual summer meeting. During these two days we welcomed for the first time EB – Sustainable Investment Management (EB-SIM) as a new ordinary member and Fondazione Cariplo as our first supporting member. Day 1 On the first day, representatives[…]
Alix Roy, ESG Analyst at Ecofi, was elected Vice-President during our Summer Meeting Three questions to Alix Roy, ESG analyst at Ecofi (France) The SfC Summer Meeting, held in Geneva on 6-7 June, was full of topics for discussion. What were the three most interesting ideas you took back to Paris? One of[…]
Forma futura engagement with Lindt & Sprüngli represents a good example of synergies within SfC Five questions to Manuel Wirth, Sustainability Analyst at Forma Futura (Switzerland) What has worked well in the engagement with Lindt & Sprüngli? We think this engagement is a good example of how the synergies of the SfC network[…]
SfC member Forma Futura engaged Lindt & Sprüngli asking for explanations on the media allegations regarding child labour in various cocoa plantations. In January 2024, a report by SRF (the German-speaking Swiss television) uncovered cases of child labour on various cocoa plantations in Ghana, from which also the Swiss chocolate producer Lindt & Sprüngli sources some of its cocoa,[…]