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Catherine Howarth
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@ShareAction
Building the movement for responsible investment BBC Woman's Hour Power List 2020 | WEF Young Global Leader | Advisor to FCA
London, Englandshareaction.orgJoined February 2015
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Catherine Howarth
@ca_howarth
More #AGM action today from #HSBCAGM, where shareholders are challenging the bank on its #greenwashing and oil & gas financing💷
@ShareAction
's
@SalkeldIsabella
is in Birmingham with more great coverage to round out this busy week of AGMs - see the🧵below for live updates ⏬
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Isabella Salkeld
@SalkeldIsabella
Outside, @xrbham are making themselves heard loud and clear on the samba drums 🥁 And highlighting @HSBC_UK #greenwashing with their greenwash bath 🧼🛁
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Superb #AGM coverage at #BarclaysAGM from
@ShareAction
's
@JeanneMartin25
. Barclays are a major financer of top oil & gas expanders in Europe & have some of the weakest oil & gas policies. We are partnering with investors at the AGM to demand accountability. Follow the🧵⏬
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Jeanne Martin
@JeanneMartin25
⚠️ One minute in and the @Barclays AGM is being disrupted the Climate Choir of @money_rebellion 🎶Stop burning the Earth; Stop burning fossil fuels; And End this madness. We have had ENOUGH 🎶
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Whilst unbearably sad that Ali Hussein Jaloud should be dead at 21 from leukaemia linked to oil flaring at a #BP plant in Iraq, I’m proud that
@ShareAction
was able to support his father to give powerful testimony at last week’s BP #AGM. #ClimateActionNow
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Greta Thunberg
@GretaThunberg
“Cancer became just like a flu…” Ali, a young man from Iraq who lived on a @bp_plc oil field, died of leukaemia last Friday. His father challenged BP at its AGM, demanding an end to its cancer-causing pollution.
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Attracta Mooney
@AttractaMooney
Viral divestment tweets hit valuations: the 2018 viral news that the Dáil, Ireland’s parliament, voted to dump fossil fuel companies, wiped $14bn, or 3.1 per cent, off the collective market value of the biggest US oil, gas and coal companies
ft.com
Fossil fuel groups hit extra hard by divestment pledges that go viral
[FREE TO READ] Tweets about investors’ plans have an outsized impact on the value of carbon-intensive companies, research finds
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@ca_howarth
Major news from the #EU 🇪🇺 today as
@EP_Legal
voted to adopt its report on the #csddd. This is a key step in holding companies accountable for their impact on #humanrights and the #environment - but rules for the finance sector do not go far enough. See the🧵for more⏬
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ShareAction
@ShareAction
✅@EP_Legal just voted to send a new corporate accountability law for a vote by the entire Parliament This is an important win for holding corporations accountable for their impacts on people and planet MEPs voted to include the financial sector in the law BUT🧵 #csddd
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Catherine Howarth
@ca_howarth
Powerful words from Claire Brinn, who describes herself as a mum, lawyer, investor, strategy consultant and economist. Sounds like someone who knows what they're talking about! #AGMactivism #ClimateEmergency
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ShareAction
@ShareAction
Claire Brinn is holding @Glencore accountable on their coal plans. Co-filing a climate resolution at Glencore is important to her for professional and personal reasons⤵ To stay up to date with the resolution, sign up to our mailing list👇 action.shareaction.org/page/89819/dat
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Catherine Howarth
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The
@BigGive
is a brilliant opportunity to support
@ShareAction
's work to harness the power of the #investment system for the benefit of people and planet🌍 All donations will be doubled for one week starting today - follow the link to support⏬ donate.biggive.org/campaign/a0569
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ShareAction
@ShareAction
Despite the climate emergency, banks are still funding new fossil fuels We’re using the power of the investment system to win systemic changes for our planet 🌍For 1 week starting today, every pound you donate to us through the @BigGive, will be doubled donate.biggive.org/campaign/a0569
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Catherine Howarth
@ca_howarth
💡Pay disparities based on gender are getting worse. On average, companies have >2x the proportion of male workers (65%) in the upper pay quartile than female workers (30%). Companies had an average gender pay gap of 24%, up by 7% on 2021's average pay gap of 17%. 🧵(4/5)
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Catherine Howarth
@ca_howarth
💡Emerging markets outperform developed markets in providing key data. 71% of emerging market companies shared CEO to median worker pay ratios compared to 33% in developed markets. 67% provided info on workers in the supply chain compared to 25% in developed markets. 🧵(3/5)
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Catherine Howarth
@ca_howarth
💡Participation in the survey is a key driver of improvement for #workforce data disclosure. Companies that have participated 5+ years completed 20% more than first-timers on average. Great to see the positive impacts of the survey flagged up so clearly in the report. 🧵(2/5)
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Catherine Howarth
@ca_howarth
Absolutely love this interview with Richard Murphy, a retired actuary who's become a volunteer #shareholder #activist, attending company #AGMs to grill boards of directors about their social and environmental performance .
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Triodos Bank UK
@triodosuk
Looking at the scale of the global challenges we face, it’s easy to feel powerless. We spoke to Richard, a @ShareAction member, on how shareholders can use their voice to challenge company leaders on key environmental and social issues 👇 triodos.co.uk/articles/2023/
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@ca_howarth
The merger presents a new host of climate risks, as Credit Suisse's carbon-heavy clients change hands. Shareholders want action, and assurances that people across the world will not pay for the inadequacy of these climate strategies as the merger progresses. 🧵(3/4)
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ShareAction
@ShareAction
Why are we attending
@UBS
's annual general meeting (AGM) in Switzerland today❓ Hear from our Head of Banking
@JeanneMartin25
and follow her thread for live updates today🧵
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Jeanne Martin
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Today @UBS hosts its AGM in Basel. Shareholders are being greeted by a huge carbon bubble to highlight the risks posed by UBS’ inadequate climate strategy. @KellyShields145 & I are here to ask questions on the climate implications of the CS & UBS merger 🧵 #UBSAGM @ShareAction
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Jeanne Martin
@JeanneMartin25
I'll be at the
@CreditSuisse
AGM together with
@kellyshields145
tomorrow. Follow us for some
@ShareAction
flavoured updates of what will be a pretty wild and historic AGM...
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Owen Walker
@OwenWalker0
At a 15k-seater ice hockey arena in north Zurich on Tuesday, Credit Suisse will hold its first in-person AGM in four years. It will also be its last shareholder meeting as an independent company - and executives are bracing for angry protests. 🏒😡🏦🇨🇭 ft.com/content/ce7d68
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Catherine Howarth
@ca_howarth
UBS' AGM will take place next Wednesday 5th April. It is an invaluable opportunity to place climate at the heart of the #UBS #CreditSuisse merger. Investors - vote against UBS' climate plan, and demand an ambitious strategy which credibly aligns with #NetZero.
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