Please find below the latest documents from Hermes EOS.
Stewardship – About Hermes EOS (English)
Stewardship – About Hermes EOS (German)
Stewardship – About Hermes EOS (Japanese)
Responsible Ownership Principles
Islam & Responsible Ownership: Belief in your investment
Remuneration Principles
Remuneration Principles: Clarifying Expectations
Engagement Objectives and Plan
2019
Q1 2019 (Plastics, board diversity, bondholder engagement, UK Stewardship Code)
2018
Q4 2018 (Climate change, US opioid epidemic, engagement plan)
Q3 2018 (Shareholder Rights Directive, board management, board remuneration, board evaluations)
Q2 2018 (Circular economy, firearms, overboarding and independence, challenges for the tech sector)
Q1 2018 (Climate change, cobalt, dominant founders and families, cybersecurity)
2017
Q4 2017 (Pollution and waste management, antibiotics, listing rules, China)
Q3 2017 (TCFD recommendations, diversity, cross-shareholdings in Japan, stewardship in Brazil)
Q2 2017 (Water, Dakota Access Pipeline, voting season, stewardship codes in Asia)
Q1 2017 (Automotive sector, bribery and corruption, corporate governance failures, stewardship in the US)
2016
Q4 2016 (CDP disclosure, Western Sahara, board composition, stewardship in South Korea)
Q3 2016 (Bee welfare, pharma industry, chair vs CEO, supervisory boards in Germany)
Q2 2016 (Palm oil, supply chain management in Bangladesh, remuneration, mining)
Q1 2016 (Low oil price, indigenous rights, corporate governance in Japan, value-add of intangibles)
This is a description of Hermes EOS' historic voting recommendations where we opposed management on one or more resolutions on behalf of our clients. We publish our voting disclosure one quarter in arrears so that we are transparently accountable but our dialogue with companies around voting issues is not compromised. Company meetings where we have recommended voting in line with management on all resolutions are currently not displayed.
2019
Q1 2019
2018
Q4 2018
Q3 2018
Q2 2018
Q1 2018
| 12 June 2019 | Spanish proposed transposition text for SRDII |
| 30 April 2019 | FCA/FRC Building a regulatory framework for effective stewardship |
| 18 April 2019 | SEBI Consultation Paper on differential voting rights |
| 29 March 2019 | Response to FRC proposed revisions to the UK Stewardship Code |
| 15 March 2019 | GRI standard on tax and payments to governments |
| 31 January 2019 | German Corporate Governance Code 2019 |
| 11 January 2019 | UK consultation on ethnicity pay reporting |
| 20 December 2018 | Climate policy letter to power companies |
| 30 November 2018 | Hermes EOS SRD Consultation Response |
| 13 November 2018 | SEC roundtable on the proxy process response |
| 29 August 2018 | HKEX Consultation Paper Response |
| 26 July 2018 | Response to ASX Corporate Governance Council consultation |
| 31 May 2018 | Consultation on the treatment of unequal voting rights structures in the MSCI equity indexes |
| 18 May 2018 | ICMM Principles |
| 08 May 2018 | BEIS Select Committee corporate governance response |
| 27 April 2018 | Corporate Governance Code Japan |
| 27 April 2018 | Engagement guidelines Japan |
| 10 April 2018 | Gender pay gap |
| 10 April 2018 | Afep-Medef Corporate Governance Code |
| 23 March 2018 | New listing regime in Hong Kong |
| 26 February 2018 | UK Corporate Governance and Stewardship Codes |
| 22 January 2018 | EC consultation on sustainability duties of investors |
| 14 December 2017 | Hong Kong Corporate Governance Code + listing rules |
| 13 October 2017 | FCA proposal for new premium listing category |
| 29 September 2017 | Investment fund governance |
| 4 August 2017 | New board concept in Hong Kong |
| 12 May 2017 | Review of the effectiveness of primary markets |
| 5 May 2017 | Review of Japan's Stewardship Code |
| 13 April 2017 | Dual-class share structures in Singapore |
| 28 February 2017 | Parker review on ethic diversity of UK boards |
| 17 February 2017 | Corporate governance reform green paper |
| 9 February 2017 | Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures |
| 23 December 2016 | Universal proxy rule |
| 15 December 2016 | German Corporate Governance Code amendments 2017 |
| 30 November 2016 | Climate policy of Switzerland post 2020 |
| 29 November 2016 | Flexibility of earnings reports (English) |
| 29 November 2016 | Flexibility of earnings reports (Japanese) |
| 26 October 2016 | BIS Committee corporate governance inquiry |
| 15 August 2016 | US auditing standard |
| 22 July 2016 | Incentive-based compensation arrangements |
| 21 July 2016 | Concept release on business and financial disclosure required by regulation S-K |
| 13 July 2016 | Afep-Medef Corporate Governance Code |
| 1 May 2016 | Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures |
| 14 April 2016 | Directors’ remuneration reporting guidance |
| 4 February 2016 | UK board succession planning |
| 4 February 2016 | Sustainability reporting in Singapore |
| 4 February 2016 | Stewardship Principles for Institutional Investors in Taiwan |
| 15 January 2016 | ICGN Global Stewardship Code |
