Investor Impact on ESG

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Investor Impact on ESG

The seventh seminar in the ECGI Spotlight Series was held on Monday, 18 October 2021 at 16:00 CEST (10:00 EDT).

The seminar focused on three research papers from the ECGI Working Paper Series, presented by:

Roni Michaely, Michelle Lowry, Gaizka Ormazabal:

ES Votes That Matter

ES Risks and Shareholder Voice

The Big Three and Corporate Carbon Emissions Around the World

ABOUT THIS EVENT

Investors’ support for environmental and social (E&S) proposals at shareholder meetings has reached new heights in 2021, demonstrating that investors’ support on these issues has become increasingly strong.

In this seminar three separate studies regarding financial institutions’ involvement in promoting ES goals were presented and discussed. These studies focus on whether and when financial institutions’ funds vote in support of ES proposals, whether they do so when their votes actually make a difference, and whether institutions’ votes contain information on firms’ future risks.

Additionally, the seminar touched upon the engagements of large financial institutions with respect to reducing corporate carbon emissions around the world, and the impact of such engagements.

The ECGI Spotlight Series is a global online seminar programme highlighting chosen papers from the ECGI Working Paper Series.

Spotlight Team:

Mike Burkart (Editor) | Miriam Schwartz-Ziv | Amir Licht (Editor) | Geeyoung Min
Contact: Spotlight@ecgi.org

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