Investor Impact

Ranking asset managers' ESG impact orientation revealed by their proxy votes

Description

Recent advancements in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations have increasingly influenced company shareholder meetings, where votes on these issues have become a critical mechanism for impact-oriented investors to exert positive influence through their voting choices. Consequently, a systematic examination of proxy voting records can yield significant insights into asset managers' ESG impact orientations. The project aspires to explore cutting-edge machine learning algorithms to accurately estimate the ESG positions of asset managers based on their observed voting behavior.