SIF 2023: How to boost effective investor engagement

Approaches to engagement and voting discussed at SIF 2023

Jasmine Urquhart
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More rigorous investor engagement can help boost positive outcomes for businesses and the wider world, a panel discussion has said.

The panel at Sustainable Investment Festival 2023 discussed how to identify opportunities to influence businesses, what effective engagement and voting looks like, and ways of demonstrating the impact of engagement. Speaking on the panel, ShareAction chief executive Catherine Howarth said investors can best use their influence by being "more rigorous and structured in their shareholder rights and bondholder influence", adding there should be "tightly defined priorities" and good communication and interaction. Northern Trust Asset Management head of EMEA investment stewardship Philip V...

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