Not all index funds
do shareholder engagement: the iShares Jantzi Social Index Fund (XEN) doesn't do it, but the US - listed iShares SRI funds do [These are the iShares MSCI Socially Responsible (DSI) and iShares MSCI Select Socially Responsible (KLD).]
Whereas with socially responsible investments, if
they do shareholder engagement your vote will be used to push that company toward greater transparency, greater disclosure, greater sustainability.
Not exact matches
After four decades of
shareholder advocacy, we are bolstered in the knowledge that as the field of corporate social responsibility which ICCR members helped to promote in the early 1970s continues to evolve, so
does the work of our growing coalition of active shareowners as they refine their methodology and design newer and more effective models for corporate
engagement.
«In terms of what companies are
doing wrong: First, underestimating the knowledge and sophistication of institutional investors... Second, misinterpreting the
shareholder engagement process... Third, paying big bonuses on operating metrics when
shareholders have lost money.
I am not saying I know how we will
do this — that is why
shareholder engagement and guidance is so important.
Meritas has a long record of
shareholder engagement, which the iShares ETF
does not share.
However, some argue that
shareholder proposals and other forms of
engagements do not go far enough.