The Role of Investors in Supporting Better Corporate ESG Performance
Ceres
Investors and their membership organizations have played an active role in shaping corporate behavior on ESG issues, but there is still a lack of comprehensive information about what outcomes can be expected from various investor influence strategies such as dialogues with company management, shareholder proposals and proxy voting, divestment and public policy engagement. Ceres and EDF, with the support of KKS Advisors, undertook a comprehensive review of the literature and a series of in-depth interviews with investors and sustainability practitioners. This report identifies the key impacts of investor influence strategies and proposes a framework for understanding the drivers of successful investor engagement efforts.