In 2025, we engaged with nearly 3,000 companies worldwide, more than doubling our efforts over the past five years.
Carried out by a dedicated team of around 40 experts across five countries, stewardship is one of the cornerstones of our responsible investment policy. It refers to the responsibility of shareholders to actively engage with the companies they invest in to promote long-term sustainability and good governance. Voting and engagement are powerful tools to influence corporate behaviour.
Highlights of our 2025 engagement and voting activities
- Dialogue with 2,948 companies worldwide
- 95% of the MSCI World equity index and 76% of the Bloomberg Global Corporate debt index coverage
- 2.7x engagement growth in emerging markets since 2021
- 45% of commitments closed with a positive outcome, with the issuer having largely met key performance indicators or being well on track to do so
- Participation in over 10,800 Annual General Meetings
- 86% support for climate-related shareholder resolutions
- 26% opposition rate for company proposals that didn’t fully meet our high standards
We engage in in-depth dialogue with companies to encourage them to improve their environmental, social and governance practices. Our technical expertise, together with the scale and consistency of our shareholder engagement, is designed to create sustainable value for our clients. We consider the interdependencies between climate, biodiversity, social and governance issues, with the aim of achieving measurable progress that strengthens the long-term resilience of portfolios.
