ACTIVE STEWARDSHIP ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM
Maximize Your Engagement Impact and Efficiency
Easily expand your engagement reach with Active Stewardship Engagement.
Engaging with all your portfolio companies can be challenging amid growing mandatory and voluntary obligations. Active Stewardship Engagement helps investors scale their engagement program by participating in outsourced engagements, led by Glass Lewis' stewardship team.
Key Features and Benefits
Detailed Quarterly Report
Our Stewardship team issues quarterly reports that summarize progress by pillar and theme, and include case studies and spotlights on topical engagement themes.
Engagement Themes
Governance
- Board Effectiveness
- Executive Pay
- Shareholder Rights
Environmental
- Environmental Incidents
- Environmental Transparency
- Governance of Sustainability
Fundamental Rights
- Human Rights
- Labour Rights
- Community Rights
- Consumer Rights
Risk Oversight
- Board Oversight of Policies and Procedures
- Corruption & Bribery
- Unethical Business Practices
Investors can join the Active Stewardship Engagement program at any time.
Here’s how Glass Lewis engages with companies through our program:
1
Initial Outreach
Our Stewardship team identifies material issues at focus list companies using a methodology based on Glass Lewis' longstanding expertise in proxy voting. We alert contacts via email and through Governance Hub, our corporate platform with 2,500+ subscribers.
2
Regular Engagement
We schedule engagement meetings with the company to discuss the issues, and conduct follow-ups via email or through meetings at least twice per year.
3
Progress Tracking
All progress on engagement milestones and communication is tracked on our Engagement Management Platform until the issue is resolved.
Engagement
The company has been contacted by the Stewardship team
Understanding
The company has expressed its intention to consider the concern
Action taken
The company has at least partially addressed the issue through enhanced disclosure or practices
Action completed
The company has satisfactorily addressed the issue
Progress
The company made progress on engagement milestones in the last twelve months
Neutral
The company's progress on engagement milestones remained the same in the last twelve months
Insufficient progress
The company showed deteriorating performance, failed to take sufficient action, or did not act within the last twelve months
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