Join signatories calling for climate resilience votes at FTSE 100 AGMs

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Asset managers, investors and investor representatives are inviting signatories to join correspondence to FTSE 100 companies (excluding investment trusts), calling on them to give shareholders a vote on their climate risk and resilience strategies at the 2026 AGM or a future meeting.

Collaboration details

Collaboration details
We are inviting investors to sign a letter to all FTSE 100 companies (excluding investment trusts) calling for climate risk and resilience strategies to be disclosed and put to a shareholder vote at their 2026 AGM or a future meeting.

This is the fifth year that investors have written to UK-listed companies on this issue. Last year, investors with £1.6 trillion in assets under management supported the call. So far, around one fifth of the FTSE 100 have provided shareholders with such a vote, this initiative aims to build on that momentum and encourage many more to follow.

A dedicated vote not only builds trust and accountability but also ensures that the entire share register, including minority shareholders, has a say on companies’ climate resilience. 

Recent guidance from the Transition Plan Taskforce, now under the ISSB, recommends that companies update and disclose their transition strategies on a three-year cycle. A shareholder vote provides a credible and effective way to demonstrate board commitment and support the delivery of these plans.

 Next steps
If you would like to add your support to this initiative, please contact Tessa.younger@ccla.co.uk AND Conor.Constable@pirc.co.uk, or send a message via this collaboration.

 

Objectives
  • Drive greater consistency in disclosure of climate risk and resilience strategies across the FTSE 100.
  • Encourage companies to adopt shareholder votes as a practical governance tool for accountability.
  • Reinforce alignment with evolving best practice, including TPT/ISSB guidance.
  • Build investor confidence in companies’ ability to manage material climate risks and long-term resilience.

 

Created on
ESG theme
  • Environment
ESG sub-theme
  • Climate change
Sustainable Development Goal
  • 13 - Climate action
Geography
  • Global
  • United Kingdom
Asset class
Listed Equities
Asset class subcategory
  • Listed equity