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...“The ESG view on defence companies has always been nuanced rather than inherently negative,” said Mirza Baig, global head of ESG investments at Aviva Investors....
...But Mirza Baig, Aviva’s global head of ESG research and stewardship, said time was running out for this approach....
...I was encouraged to buy the two books by Mirza Asad Baig, founder of the Midland Book Shop in Delhi. “Don’t listen to literary snobs who won’t read comic books,” he said....
...Mirza Baig, head of investment stewardship at Aviva Investors, said many shareholders had given companies some grace on pay in 2020 as they grappled with the pandemic....
...“The FCA has the opportunity to learn,” says Mirza Baig, head of ESG at Aviva Investors, which holds £357bn under management....
...Climate “When it comes to climate change, it’s an AGM season around the nuances and details,” said Mirza Baig, global head of ESG investments at Aviva Investors....
...Mirza Baig, global head of ESG investments at Aviva Investors, says fellow asset managers must have a “very clear objective” of how their actions encourage efforts to meet the goals of the 2015 Paris climate...
...“An approach where you have perpetual engagement with no real change at a corporate level will be untenable,” said Mirza Baig, global head of environmental, social and governance investments at Aviva....
...Mirza Baig, global head of environmental, social and governance investments at Aviva Investors, who was involved in the discussions, predicts that more asset managers will consider tools such as divestment...
...Mirza Baig, global head of ESG research and stewardship at Aviva Investors, the £366bn UK fund manager, said that as well as bonuses, companies needed to think carefully about pay rises....
...But 2020 “was the year ESG came of age”, said Mirza Baig, global head of ESG research and stewardship at Aviva Investors, the UK fund house....
...“[Say on Climate] is a positive development in the AGM season,” says Mirza Baig, head of environmental, social and governance research and stewardship at Aviva Investors....
...Mirza Baig, global head of governance and stewardship at Aviva Investors, said: “This is a positive step and should support the bank’s leadership ambition in sustainable finance.”...
...Baig, global head of governance and stewardship at Aviva Investors, said this year’s share price falls were “a reflection of the depressed oil price and the shedding of income investors”.Companies spoke...
...Mirza Baig, global head of ESG research and stewardship at Aviva Investors, the £355bn asset manager, also believes the growing sums of money managed in ESG funds will affect share prices....
...“An unprecedented global crisis requires unprecedented global co-ordination in response,” said Mirza Baig, global head of governance at Aviva Investors....
...“There was some reactionary comment that this [pandemic] would be the death of ESG,” said Mirza Baig, global head of governance at Aviva Investors, with companies focused on short-term survival rather than...
...Mirza Baig, head of governance at Aviva Investors, said: “Rather than derail the climate agenda, the pandemic has bolstered investors’ commitment to tackling systemic risks.”...
...“We strongly welcome Barclays’ updated climate strategy which establishes a new ambitious benchmark for the sector,” said Mirza Baig, global head of governance and stewardship at Aviva Investors....
...Mirza Baig, global head of governance at Aviva Investors, said there was “clearly a trend of increasing total packages” in some of the pay policies proposed so far, whether across base salaries or various...
...It is a view echoed in part by Mirza Baig, global head of governance at Aviva Investors, the £356bn UK asset manager....
...Mirza Baig, global head of governance at Aviva Investors, said he wanted chief executives to share risks with shareholders. “We want to see more co-investment,” he said....
...Baig, global head of governance at Aviva Investors....
...Mirza Baig, head of governance at Aviva Investors, noted that there has been no such resetting of financial priorities. “Do we expect buybacks and dividends to be cut? Absolutely not,” he said....
...Mirza Baig, global head of governance at Aviva Investors, said: “The debate on executive pensions is symbolic of the broader sense of inequality and exclusion felt in society....
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