Moving ESG Beyond Policy into Practice

Bankers Seek Common Ground with Politicians

Accountability in voting is in the news, and nowhere more so than on Wall Street. Through their U.S. credit policy association and its Asian counterpart, Bankers have responded to suspicion among critics that problems abound in the murkiness of the proxy voting practices of asset managers for large pensions, mutual funds, and other institutional investors. With the launch of the "Global Framework for ESG and Securities Lending (GFESL)," the partnership by the two industry associations aims to provide a shared decision-making framework for managing ESG considerations in securities lending. But does it go far enough?

Wednesday, June 2, 2021/Author: David Schwartz J.D. CPA/Number of views (3604)/Comments (0)/
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