Stewardship during a crisis
Lessons from the pandemic
EOS 2020 Annual Review
Fast reading Key lessons from the pandemic for companies and investors Update on Climate Action 100+ and the companies where we lead or co-lead engagement Q&As with engagers on biodiversity and AI ethics Case studies on AMN Healthcare and Baidu Although pandemic risk was identified by many companies as a low-likelihood, high-impact event, Covid-19 demonstrated […]
EOS publishes biodiversity paper Our Commitment to Nature
Fast reading The paper highlights the value of biodiversity and makes the case for its protection Outlines our expectations of sectors with high biodiversity impacts and dependencies Companies should commit to having a net-positive impact on biodiversity We are all dependent on the common goods provided by nature – such as clean air and water, […]
Our commitment to nature
Fast reading This paper outlines our expectations of sectors with high biodiversity impacts and dependencies Companies should commit to having a net-positive impact on biodiversity They must accelerate their focus on biodiversity protection and restoration ahead of COP 15 We are all dependent on the common goods provided by nature – such as clean air […]
Biodiversity in focus in EOS’s Q3 Public Engagement Report
Fast reading Deforestation raises risk of emerging infectious diseases jumping species barrier Business purpose debate revitalised by Covid-19 pandemic Innovative business models needed to cut fast fashion’s environmental cost Companies have tended to take the immense value of nature for granted, but global ecosystems are now threatened at unprecedented levels. While a key 2020 summit […]
Plastics and the circular economy
In this episode of Amplified, Amy Wilson, an engager at EOS, talks to the co-authors of the report – Aaron Hay, lead engager for the Federated Hermes International fixed income team and its SDG Engagement High Yield Credit fund, and Lisa Lange, an engager at EOS, who leads on the theme of pollution, waste and […]
Guiding Principles for an Effective Board
Insights from Engagement
Investor expectations for global plastics challenges
Fast reading Companies reliant on the take-make-waste model will face substantial commercial risks in coming years In 2020 and beyond, we are amplifying our engagement in the chemicals, consumer goods and retail sectors Our report concludes with a series of questions that investors can put to companies Investors are concerned that a failure to account […]
Climate responsibility and going beyond net-zero
Within EOS at Federated Hermes, we have devoted significant resource to engaging on the climate crisis, particularly in the last few years, as our clients have made it clear they see it as the most important issue for our engagement. Many companies have begun to take action to reduce their own emissions and to explain […]
Hermes calls for active stewardship transformation across asset management industry
The investment management industry is today falling short of its duty to create long-term, sustainable wealth and must now put active stewardship at the centre of its activities, operations and purpose. This is the conclusion of a new paper from Hermes Investment Management. The paper, Stewardship: The 2020 Vision, calls for an end to the short-term […]
