The Great (Stakeholder) Expectations: From Post-Proxy to Next Engagement — A Podcast Series on ESG Trends
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Welcome to the “Great (Stakeholder) Expectation” Podcast Series, jointly created by FTI Consulting’s Americas M&A and Shareholder Activism Communications Practice and Freshfields. This 4-part series examines a turning point on ESG, unpacks the status of climate disclosures, observes a bastion of support for social issues, and discusses expectations for future activism levels.
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Listen to all the episodes below, or on Spotify. |
Episode 1 – A Turning Point For ESG
| This episode discusses ESG trends coming out of the past proxy season, the so-called “anti-ESG” movement, implications for the engagement season, the root causes behind them, and where companies should really be focusing their attention in the short-term.
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It’s going to get weirder and harder before it gets better.
Episode 2 – Unpacking the Status of Climate Disclosures
| This episode unpacks the status of climate disclosure, predictions for upcoming SEC rulemaking, and how to prepare for potentially significant changes on the horizon. |
If this risk is more worth taking than running afoul of investor expectations, take the risk.
Episode 3 – A Bastion of Support for Social Issues
| This episode discusses the bastion of support for social issues coming out of the past proxy season, the implications for the engagement season, and the different pressures companies face on the broadest ESG category with potentially the most reputational risk. |
Choose one carefully articulated path and hang with it, even under pressure.
Episode 4 – Activists All Around
| This episode discusses the shareholder activism developments coming out of the past proxy season, expectations for future activism levels, new vulnerability points for companies, the potential impact of universal proxy, and ESG activism. |
Activists are not creatures of trends or habits, necessarily, but are reactive to the market, society and where they fit in.
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