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CalSTRS wants broader Scope 3 inclusion in SEC climate plan

Jul 05, 2022

CalSTRS is pressing the SEC to go further with its climate risk disclosure plans by, among other things, throwing a wider net to take into account greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across companies’ value chains. The SEC in March proposed landmark rule changes that would require companies to disclose information about their governance of climate-related risks and how any climate-rela...

Technology & Social Media

Best use of multimedia for IR: What the Greater China and South East Asia judges are looking for

Jul 05, 2022

Garnet Roach

Best use of multimedia for IR: What the Greater China and South East Asia judges are looking for

The self-entry nominations are now open for both the IR Magazine Awards – Greater China 2022 and the IR Magazine Awards – South East Asia 2022. Deadlines for admissions are midnight (HKT) and midnight (SGT) on Friday, Augus...

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Investors adopting more ‘holistic’ approach to engagement, finds FRC survey

Jul 05, 2022

Tim Human

Investors adopting more ‘holistic’ approach to engagement, finds FRC survey

Investors are looking beyond voting at AGMs and adopting a broader range of tools for engaging with listed companies, according to new research from the UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC). The study polled the views of 55 asset managers and owners following the introduction of the UK Stewardship Code 2020, ...

Careers

New head of IR at Ingersoll Rand

Jul 04, 2022

Garnet Roach

Two years after joining Ingersoll Rand – which trades on the NYSE under the ticker IR – Matthew Fort has been promoted from vice president of finance for the company’s power tools and lifting business to lead the Ingersoll Rand IR program. Fort was named as vice president of investor relations and global financial planning and analysis (FP&A) in June. ...

Careers

Abcam appoints Tommy Thomas as vice president of IR

Jul 04, 2022

Tim Human

Abcam appoints Tommy Thomas as vice president of IR

Abcam, a UK-based provider of life-science research tools, has named Tommy Thomas as its new vice president of IR. He will be based in the company’s Waltham, Massachusetts office. Thomas joins from Avantor, another provider to the healthcare sector, where he also served as vice president of IR. Prior to that, he spent several years at Perkin Elmer, first as vice president of IR and later as CFO for the compa...

ESG

Environment Agency chair warns greenwashing companies pose risk to investors

Jul 04, 2022

James Beech

Environment Agency chair warns greenwashing companies pose risk to investors

Companies that believe their own greenwash are embedding liability, storing up risk for their investors. That’s according to Emma Howard Boyd, chair of the UK’s Environment Agency and interim chair of the independent, commercially minded Green Finance Institute, speaking at the UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment Annual Forum at the Institution of Civil Engineers in London today. ...

ESG

Research highlights 74 percent gender pay gap among FTSE 100 directors

Jul 04, 2022

Garnet Roach

Research highlights 74 percent gender pay gap among FTSE 100 directors

Male corporate directors, who dominate higher-paid executive positions across the FTSE 100, earn 74 percent more than female directors serving the UK’s biggest companies. That’s the finding from new research published by Mattison Public Relations, which shows the average compensation for male directors at those firms is now £935,000 (...

Corporate access

Meetings with non-domestic investors increase since start of pandemic, shows research

Jul 01, 2022

Garnet Roach

Meetings with non-domestic investors increase since start of pandemic, shows research

Almost four in 10 (38 percent) of companies globally say they have seen an increase in the number of meetings with investors from outside their own region since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. New research from IR Magazine, published in the Corporate Access II report, shows that this increase in non-domest...

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The week in investor relations: Companies on abortion access, worst first half in 50 years for US stocks and new ETFs go after the ‘night effect’

Jul 01, 2022

Garnet Roach

The week in investor relations: Companies on abortion access, worst first half in 50 years for US stocks and new ETFs go after the ‘night effect’

– Reuters (paywall) reported that a growing number of large US companies have said they will cover travel costs for employees who must leave their home states to access abortions, but these new policies could expose businesses to lawsuits and even potential criminal liability, according to legal experts. Amazon.com, Apple, Lyft, Micr...

Corporate access

Corporate Access II report now available

Jun 30, 2022

Staff Writers

Corporate Access II report now available

IR Magazine has released the second of two reports examining virtual corporate access and its impact upon IR. The report investigates shareholder composition by region and how corporate access outside of a company’s region has developed over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic. The report also looks at how virtual and in-person formats have affected domestic and non-domestic investor engagement. ...

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