Asset Management

Why BlackRock is backing fewer ESG proposals

Too many proposals were ‘overreaching, lacking economic merit or simply redundant’, according to the funds giant

BlackRock’s support for shareholder proposals focused on environmental and social issues has plummeted for a second consecutive year, even as the number of proposals has soared.

The world’s largest asset manager said it supported 26 out of 399, or 7%, of proposals focused on environmental and social considerations. That is down sharply from a year ago, when BlackRock supported 22% of 321 such measures and 47% of 172 the year before.

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