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🎬 Our 2026 banks AGM season wrap up is here! Read our blog 👉 shareaction.org/news/2026-ba... Watch our video 👇

Today we attended Next’s AGM to ask the company to review its base pay, with a view to raising it to the real Living Wage reflecting the true cost of living. Our statement was backed by investors managing $3 trillion in assets who want to see Next pay its staff fairly. Hear from our team ⬇️🔊

📍Yesterday our banks team attended NatWest's annual general meeting (AGM) in Edinburgh. ❌8% of investors voted against the re-election of the Chair, a significant level of dissent in a vote for re-election. 📹Hear more from the team about the AGM

This Earth Day, your donation can go twice as far. Banks and investors still fund activities driving the climate crisis. See our latest video that highlights our crucial AGM work with supporters. Donate through the Big Give and your gift is matched £ for £. donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

We’re delighted to introduce a video from Simon Clark, a science communicator, who explains how banks are watering down their climate commitments But you have the chance to hold them to account! And you can do this by asking your pension fund to help action.shareaction.org/page/186324/... (1)

Banks are rolling back their climate commitments and our pensions are paying for it. 📽️ Watch our new film to find out more about how pensions work and find out how you can join our campaign to hold banks to account. shareaction.org/pension-powe...

We sat down with Paddy Goffey from the High Pay Centre to discuss how their engagement with companies went this past AGM season. The High Pay Centre is a think tank that works towards fairer pay. Watch the full interview with Paddy on YouTube🎥 youtu.be/Mu3Dmpfzuio

🚨Last chance to protect your shareholder rights🚨 Donate to us today to help us fight for your rights as shareholders and protect the in-person AGM Help us protect in-person AGMs so more shareholders like Lorna and Jennifer can have their voices heard🎥 donate.shareaction.org/page/89342/d...

Earlier this month we co-hosted a webinar on the future of #CSDDD & #CSRD under the #Omnibus proposal With voices from civil society, and +800 participants, the debate explored how the proposed changes could undermine these EU’s key #sustainability laws 📺Full recording bit.ly/4pDga2n

Today we are introducing #TheHealthDividend – advancing investor action on health. As part of our LIPH Initiative, this Autumn we will be pushing for health to be prioritised as an investment issue, culminating in The Health Dividend Live symposium in London on 13 November.

Building on our Long-term Investors in People’s Health (LIPH) initiative – now backed by 50+ signatories – we are stepping up our investor strategy on health. What’s next? The Health Dividend: a unifying agenda to put people’s health at the centre of responsible investment.More info coming tomorrow

We’ve been working tirelessly to shape the financial system so that it serves both people and planet🌍 Take a look at some of the wins we’ve achieved so far this year 🏆

Our Senior Campaigns Officer, Jo, explains how buildings contribute to the climate crisis, and why real estate investment managers need to take responsibility for their climate impacts. Our benchmark on the sector, 'Built to Last?' launches next week. Stay tuned! shareaction.org/real-estate-...

This afternoon, our Senior Campaign Manager, Jackie Garton, attended Linde’s AGM to ask the company to set a target for renewable energy procurement. The industrial gas company consumes more electricity every year than Google, with most of this energy use coming from fossil fuels.

Our Senior Campaign Manager, Jackie Garton, explains the climate impact of the industrial gas sector and how little-known industrial gas companies are contributing to the climate crisis. To learn more about industrial gases, read our blog on the topic⏬ shareaction.org/news/why-res...

34.3% of JD Sports independent shareholders voted for our resolution today which called on the company to be transparent about how many in their workforce are paid below a real Living Wage. Hear more from our supporters Brett and Olarewaju at the AGM ⬇️🔊

30.7% of M&S shareholders voted for our resolution today which called on the company to be transparent about how many in their workforce are paid below a real Living Wage. Hear more from our Chief Executive Catherine Howarth ⬇️🔊

Our resolution co-filers had the chance to directly ask the M&S board to tackle low pay across its workforce in this video pre-submitted to the company ahead of its AGM tomorrow 👇 We look forward to hearing the Board’s answers tomorrow & the outcome of the resolution.

The Consultation on mandatory ethnicity pay gap (EPG) reporting as part of the Equality Bill is now live! Hear from Dianne, Founder of the EPG campaign on the importance of your input👇 Respond to the consultation with our pre-written email: action.shareaction.org/page/171686/...

Earlier today, we travelled to Shell’s AGM with Rosemary. She was one of the individuals who signed our letter to Shell asking them to explain how its plans to grow its fossil gas business reconciles with its own climate commitments. Hear from Rosemary below 👇

📣 RESULTS UPDATE! This morning at Next’s AGM, we asked the board to be transparent about how many in their workforce are paid below a real Living Wage & how they're addressing low pay. We'd filed a resolution, meaning shareholders voted on whether they agreed with our ask or not... 👇

Yesterday, we were at Barclays AGM to ask the bank to publish a methodology explaining how it's quantified its sustainable finance targets & also to set a target for the renewable power sector. We also asked if the bank will call for mandatory transition plans for all large UK companies 🔀

We’re heading to Air Liquide’s AGM to ask the industrial gas (IG) company to move away from fossil fuel energy consumption. Air Liquide is one of the world’s biggest electricity consumers – with most of their electricity coming from fossil fuels. Hear more from Jackie in our Climate team⏬