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Asset Stewardship
Built for Impact: Proactively using our voice and our vote to make a measurable difference around the globe.
CEO’s Letter on Our 2021 Proxy Voting Agenda
Each year, State Street Global Advisors engages with investee companies such as yours about issues of importance to investors that we will be focusing on in the coming months. We do so for a simple reason: as one of the world’s largest investment managers we have a fiduciary responsibility to our clients to maximize the probability of attractive long-term returns.
Climate Stewardship at State Street Global Advisors
Climate change has been a core theme of State Street Global Advisors stewardship actvities since 2014.
Voted Climate-related proposals
Climate related engagements
Unique companies Engaged with on climate change
Our Core Beliefs
State Street Global Advisors’ mission is to invest responsibly in order to enable prosperity and social progress. Our ESG beliefs are central to this mission and encompass the following tenets:
Our stewardship role in global capital markets extends beyond proxy voting and engagement with issuer companies.
Our approach to stewardship is designed to have an impact through thought leadership, engagement, proxy voting and client disclosure.
Companies embracing Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) best practice have strong, effective independent boards and incorporate sustainability into their long-term strategy across these two issues.
Reports & Proxy Voting Guidelines
As one of the world’s largest asset managers, we represent near-permanent capital and actively engage with our portfolio companies to promote long-term value of our clients' investments.
Annual Asset Stewardship Report
In-depth review of our annual stewardship activities, highlighting year-to-date progress, and identifying key focus areas into 2020.
Insights
Our stewardship program utilizes a risk-based approach to identify material ESG thematic topics deemed to have the most material impacts on the long-term value of our portfolio companies.
Climate Change
Why We're Joining Climate Action 100+
Annual Climate Stewardship Review
Driving Action on Climate Change
State Street Global Advisors Perspectives on Effective Climate Change Disclosure
Statement of Support for the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures
Climate Change Risk Oversight Framework For Directors
Climate-Related Disclosures in Oil and Gas, Mining, and Utilities
Board Leadership
Guidelines and Attributes for Effective Independent Board Leadership
Board Accountability in Europe
Board Accountability in Australia: A Review of Director Election Practices
Pay Evaluation
Transparency in Pay Evaluation
Data Scoring
Putting Companies in the Driver's Seat to Enhance ESG Reporting
Media Highlights
Annual Proxy Letter Featured in the Financial Times
Our CEO’s annual letter to Board Members of portfolio companies was featured in the Financial Times. Cyrus Taraporevala details the proxy voting practices that will be implemented to ensure companies in the S&P 500 and FTSE 100 are forthcoming about the racial and ethnic composition of their boards and workforces.
Letter to Board Chairs from CIO, Rick Lacaille, receives coverage in Pensions & Investments article.
Matthew DiGuiseppe, Vice President and Head of State Street Global Advisors Americas Asset Stewardship team, recently discussed the Investor Stewardship Group’s goals and what they mean for corporate boards.
For questions or additional information on our stewardship program, please email the Governance Team at State Street Global Advisors.