What is an Indigenous law understanding of the duties of someone who holds assets in trust for the benefit of others? What can Indigenous legal orders and traditions tell us about the duties of Indigenous trustees? How does Indigenous law speak to the issues of applying Indigenous values, beliefs, and interests in investment policy? […]
Shareholders are using their votes to push corporations to address environmental, social and governance reforms in ever-increasing numbers. Now more than ever, how institutional shareholders vote makes a difference for diversity and inclusion, climate justice, and corporate accountability. Please join GIR and SHARE for a webinar on October 15, 2020, 1:00pm Eastern. This is a timely […]
This series will focus on Shareholder Engagement and Stewardship strategies and different methods to implement them. Industry experts and practitioners will share their stories, challenges and the positive outcomes that they have encountered.
This webinar highlights the findings of the CCSN's latest report, which drew attention to significant gaps in oversight by real estate investors on COVID-19 mitigation measures.
Affordable housing is at a crisis point in Canada. Against a backdrop of rising homeownership costs, a shortage of affordable rental units and escalating rents, institutional investors are increasing their allocations to residential real estate through vehicles such as joint ventures, private equity funds and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). Predatory practices to replace low-paying tenants with higher paying tenants, evictions disproportionately impacting racialized communities and deteriorating conditions in aging buildings owned by […]
Join us for a look at key proxy votes related to decent work in the 2022 AGM season. This is an online event.
This event is hosted by the Global Unions’ Committee on Workers Capital and the SOC Investment Group. Is Amazon fulfilling its promise to be the “Earth’s Best Employer” and the “Earth’s Safest Place to Work”? How Amazon, one of the largest global employers, answers these challenges will be critical for the company’s long-term success. Leading […]
This webinar provides an overview of human rights and climate-related shareholder proposals going to a vote at Tesla's AGM on August 4, 2022.
In order to accelerate the climate transition, many investors, including those involved in the CA100+ and CEC, are looking for companies to align their policy advocacy with a net zero, 1.5 degree pathway. InfluenceMap and SHARE will present findings from reports each have recently published on climate policy engagement by Canada’s oil and gas sector. […]
With unionization efforts at Starbucks and other US companies continuing into 2023, workplace rights have become an increasingly important topic of investor engagement. A number of the companies where workers are seeking to organize, and face resistance, claim adherence to fundamental rights at work such as freedom of association and collective bargaining. Some companies that […]
In advance of the Amazon Annual General Meeting, we would like to invite you to our upcoming webinar discussing the investor case for freedom of association and collective bargaining.
This webinar presents a synopsis of a new report from SHARE that identifies a set of recommended disclosures for real estate investment trusts (REITs), and highlights how investors can assess their impact on housing affordability and habitability.
