EOS Engagement Plan 2022-2024
Fast reading Our engagement activities enable long-term institutional investors to be more active owners of their assets, through dialogue with companies on ESG issues. EOS focuses its stewardship on the issues with greatest potential to deliver long‑term sustainable wealth for investors and positive societal outcomes. Our Engagement Plan is client-led – we undertake a formal […]
Amazon case study
Fast reading Amazon has committed to be 100% net zero across its operations by 2040 and continues to improve sustainability reporting aligned to its business strategy. EOS welcomes the company’s greater willingness to engage with us and other stakeholders recently and its positive response. Amazon’s scale means that it has an important influence across employment […]
Adidas case study
Fast reading Adidas has achieved certification from the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi), affirming that its emissions reduction targets are aligned with a 1.5°C scenario. EOS continue to engage with the company on its circularity strategy. Technological and business model innovation is urgently needed to address climate change and environmental impacts of apparel and footwear. We […]
Tackling climate change through outcomes
Focused stewardship
DBS case study
Fast reading EOS communicated to DBS investor concerns about sustainable palm oil production and pressed for an improved palm oil financing policy for existing borrowers. We were pleased to see DBS improved its palm oil financing policy for all customers, requiring a “No Deforestation, no Peat, no Exploitation” commitment, or principles and criteria of the […]
EOS 2021 Annual Review
Fast reading Reflections from COP26, plus an update on our Climate Action 100+ activity Social inequalities and the pandemic – engaging on worker rights Q&As with engagers on biodiversity, AMR, fast fashion and Myanmar Case studies on Lukoil, Ahold Delhaize, Samsonite and others Although the Covid-19 pandemic continued to exact a heavy toll in 2021, […]
BAE Systems case study
Fast reading BAE Systems has accelerated its societal and environmental ambitions with key commitments regarding its workforce and climate. Like many of its peers in the aerospace and defence Industry, BAE has a highly experienced workforce that is nearing retirement. This presents an opportunity to reshape the workforce by diversifying and upskilling alongside the risk […]
Working for a just food system
Fast reading Human rights risks in the agricultural supply chain include food injustice, worker conditions, and pandemic-related health impacts. Investors should be concerned about the growing reputational and financial risks associated with poor labour practices in the agricultural supply chain. Our collaborative engagement through the FAIRR initiative, which targets the treatment of workers in the […]
ExxonMobil case study
Fast reading We continue our longstanding dialogue with ExxonMobil through significant leadership changes at the board level This case study covers engagement from the 2017 resolution to the 2021 proxy contest that successfully appointed three new directors to ExxonMobil’s board Case study: ExxonMobil Download Share: Case studies are shown to demonstrate engagement, EOS does not […]
Samsonite case study
Fast reading Samsonite has launched a sustainability strategy to 2030, including plans to use 100% renewable energy and achieve operational carbon neutrality by 2025. On supply chain human rights, the company will expand existing social compliance programmes to identify, mitigate and remediate possible negative human rights impacts. EOS continues to engage the company on these […]
