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Stewardship

Recent articles and updates on stewardship in Aotearoa New Zealand


Code extension to service providers featured in NBR
Code extension to service providers featured in NBR

The NBR summarises the Code's extension to service providers, and the broader global origins and current context of stewardship.

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NewsJackson Rowland3 March 2025News
Webinar: Introduction for Service Providers
Webinar: Introduction for Service Providers

A recent webinar focused on the expansion of the Aotearoa New Zealand Stewardship Code to include investment service providers as signatories, in a move that reflects the strong growth of stewardship in this country.

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Jackson Rowland2 March 2025
Stewardship Code extends to investment service providers
Stewardship Code extends to investment service providers

Find out more about the extension of the Stewardship Code to investment service providers.

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Jackson Rowland2 March 2025
Stewardship Masterclass: Voting
Stewardship Masterclass: Voting

The Code recently hosted a Stewardship Masterclass with stewardship leaders from around the world to discuss their approaches to proxy voting

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Jackson Rowland19 November 2024
Year Two in review: Stewardship in Aotearoa
Year Two in review: Stewardship in Aotearoa

With the Code recently celebrating our two year anniversary, we've looked back at some of the milestones across the past 12 months.

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Jackson Rowland15 October 2024
Deep dive into the nuts and bolts of responsible investing
Deep dive into the nuts and bolts of responsible investing

Aotearoa New Zealand Stewardship Code Secretariat Jackson Rowland attended the recent RIAA conference and reports on his key takeouts from the event.

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Jackson Rowland2 October 2024
Signatory Survey results featured in Responsible Investor
Signatory Survey results featured in Responsible Investor

A recent survey found that nearly half of NZ Code signatories plan to increase their stewardship resourcing in the next year.

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NewsJackson Rowland25 September 2024News
Stewardship Code Signatory Survey Results
Stewardship Code Signatory Survey Results

Code Signatories were recently surveyed to better understand stewardship activity in New Zealand

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Jackson Rowland24 September 2024
Stewardship limitations call for a more strategic approach
Stewardship limitations call for a more strategic approach

Stewardship Code Director discussing how investor stewardship could become more strategic beyond the ESG, company engagement and proxy voting playbook.

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Jackson Rowland27 July 2024
2024 Stewardship Survey released
2024 Stewardship Survey released

The 2024 Annual Stewardship Survey has been released. Have your say to influence the future of stewardship in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Jackson Rowland23 July 2024
Investor Collaboration Legal Opinion
Investor Collaboration Legal Opinion

A legal opinion prepared by Chapman Tripp summarising competition law considerations for investors considering collaborative engagements

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Jackson Rowland2 July 2024
Investor Engagement Masterclass Webinar
Investor Engagement Masterclass Webinar

The Stewardship Code’s recent public webinar with stewardship experts about investor engagement in Aotearoa New Zealand

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Jackson Rowland12 June 2024
Podcast: Can investing in fossil fuels actually be the ethical choice?
Podcast: Can investing in fossil fuels actually be the ethical choice?

Frances Cook dedicates an episode of her “Cooking the Books’ podcast to understanding some of the complexities of investing in fossil fuels

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Jackson Rowland10 May 2024
Trust Waikato becomes first Community Trust to join Stewardship Code
Trust Waikato becomes first Community Trust to join Stewardship Code

Trust Waikato shares some of the reasons they think it’s important to sign up to the Stewardship Code as an asset owner

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Jackson Rowland9 May 2024
Milford talks about their approach to engagement with Business Desk
Milford talks about their approach to engagement with Business Desk

Frances Sweetman, Head of Sustainable Investment at Milford, shares insights into how they approach engaging with companies

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Jackson Rowland9 May 2024
Good Returns features Stewardship Review
Good Returns features Stewardship Review

Good Returns have released a story summarising ‘Investors Stepping Up’, New Zealand’s first annual stewardship review.

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Jackson Rowland9 May 2024
First annual Stewardship Review is released
First annual Stewardship Review is released

Titled ‘Investors Stepping Up’, this Review summarises the various investor stewardship activity happening in New Zealand during the first full year of the Stewardship Code.

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Jackson Rowland9 May 2024
A Glimpse into Investor Stewardship in Practice
A Glimpse into Investor Stewardship in Practice

A summary of the recent Stewardship In Practice event hosted by INFINZ

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Jackson Rowland9 April 2024
Aligning governance and investor expectations
Aligning governance and investor expectations

A summary of key themes that came up at the Stewardship Code and IOD’s Enabling Effective Engagement event.

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Jackson Rowland30 January 2024
The FRC's Mark Babington talks stewardship with the NBR
The FRC's Mark Babington talks stewardship with the NBR

The UK Financial Reporting Council’s regulation head Mark Babington says he’s taking climate and sustainability regulation tips from NZ back home

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Jackson Rowland22 November 2023
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