Counting the cost of the climate crisis
Investor groups and standard-setters have called on companies to follow best practice guidelines and fully reflect climate-related risks in their financial statements. That means companies should disclose how climate change and decarbonisation commitments are being captured in their accounting assumptions and judgements. Are their accounts aligned with a 1.5°C world, as set out in the […]
EOS Stewardship Report 2022
Fast Reading Expanded section on the training offered to team members and an update on our diversity, equity and inclusion strategy. Focus on our approach to engaging on the cost of living crisis, and our CA100+ activities. In 2022, a host of geopolitical and macroeconomic factors combined to threaten the fragile recovery from the pandemic. […]
Appetite for destruction
Cattle ranchers have been responsible for clearing great swathes of virgin rainforest in Brazil in recent years. According to the World Resources Institute, over 40% of the global tropical primary forest loss in 2021 occurred in Brazil, a total of 1.5 million hectares. This was attributed to forest fires and agricultural expansion, with deforestation for […]
Public Engagement Report Q1 2023
Fast reading Cattle ranching remains the main driver of deforestation in the Amazon with land cleared for grazing Why companies should be accounting for climate risk Engaging on gender equity and eliminating sexual harassment from workplaces The Amazon rainforest represents nearly a third of all the tropical rainforest remaining on Earth. But deforestation has increased […]
Mercedes-Benz-Fallstudie
Die Verbände der Automobilindustrie haben erheblichen Einfluss auf Politik und Regulierung. Damit die Automobilindustrie ihre erklärten Netto-Null-Ziele im Einklang mit einer 1,5-Grad-Obergrenze erreichen kann, ist es wichtig, dass jegliche Lobbyarbeit, einschließlich derjenigen der Handelsverbände, auf dieses Ziel ausgerichtet wird. Wir beschäftigen uns seit 2007 mit der Mercedes-Benz Group und sind einer der Hauptverantwortlichen für die […]
Volkswagen-Fallstudie
Im September 2015 wurde festgestellt, dass Volkswagen Fahrzeuge so programmiert hatte, dass sie die Labortests für NOx-Emissionen unterliefen. Dieser Skandal wurde als „Dieselgate“ bekannt. Infolgedessen wurde das Unternehmen mit Klagen überzogen und der Ruf der Marke geschädigt. Ein erheblicher Rückgang des Aktienkurses und Kosten in Höhe von schätzungsweise 35 Mrd. US-Dollar waren die Folge1. Unseren […]
BMW-Fallstudie
Wir beschäftigen uns seit 2008 mit BMW und sind auch für die Initiative „Climate Action 100+“ mitverantwortlich. Unser Engagement bei BMW konzentriert sich auf zwei Bereiche: die Strategie für Elektrofahrzeuge und das politische Engagement des Unternehmens. Wir haben uns über einen Zeitraum von fünf Jahren konsequent mit diesen Fragen beschäftigt und unser Engagement unter anderem […]
Colgate-Palmolive case study
Colgate-Palmolive is an American multinational consumer products company that specialises in the production, distribution and provision of household, health care, personal care and veterinary products. Due to the millions of families and homes that use its products worldwide, and thus its potential for climate impact, Colgate was identified as a CA100+ focus company.¹ CA100+’s Net […]
Stewardship navigating a polarised world
Fast reading EOS integrated cost-of-living engagements into its wider stewardship programme, asking companies to provide an assessment of the impacts on their business model and their stakeholders. We continued our leading work on biodiversity, advocating for an ambitious Global Biodiversity Framework. It is critical for all in the investment industry to remain focused on delivery […]
EOS at Federated Hermes publishes engagement priorities for 2023
EOS at Federated Hermes, one of the world’s largest stewardship service providers representing client assets of US$1.3 trillion, has launched its 2023 Engagement Plan. The plan, assembled in collaboration with its clients, identifies the focus of its engagement with companies in the year ahead based on the most material drivers of long-term sustainable wealth for […]
