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Our informative quarterly report provides a summary of our research, company engagement and voting activities. Highlights include:
- a look back at the 50th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, where sustainability and the urgent need to address climate change took centre stage
- Euan Stirling, Head of Stewardship and ESG Investment, reviews the major issues that emerged in 2019 and how collaboration will be key to address them
- a series of articles, covering everything from human rights in a new digital world to the growing importance of a ‘living wage’
- an analysis of how investors can allocate capital to bring about positive environmental and societal change
- an overview of the companies we have engaged with this quarter.
Engagement and voting summary of Aberdeen Standard Investments*
| Voting summary Q4 2019 | Total |
|---|---|
| Shareholder meetings at which our clients’ shares were voted | 538 |
| Percentage of meetings with at least one vote against or abstention | 34.9% |
| Number of resolutions voted | 3,840 |
| Percentage of resolutions voted with management recommendations | 90.3% |
| Percentage of resolutions voted against management recommendations | 9.1% |
| Percentage of abstentions | 0.5% |
* As at 31 December 2019, Source: Aberdeen Standard Investments