Investment Stewardship
As a fiduciary, Parametric encourages companies to provide greater transparency around environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues and rectify clear lapses in oversight. Clients trust us to represent their interests through our investment stewardship activities.
Investment Stewardship Report
A combination of proxy voting and targeted shareholder engagement can help strengthen companies, protect shareholder capital, and benefit economies and communities. Learn more about our stewardship activities in 2023:
A combination of proxy voting and targeted shareholder engagement can help strengthen companies, protect shareholder capital, and benefit economies and communities. Learn more about our stewardship activities in 2023:
- Our outreach to more than 200 companies on human rights concerns
- Our engagement with various companies on the issue of workforce diversity disclosure
- Our votes at more than 9,000 shareholder meetings across 88 countries
Highlights
Child and slave labor
We encouraged companies in the cocoa and tobacco industries to report the use of child labor in their supply chains.
Workforce diversity
We stressed the importance of EEO-1 data disclosure as an easy starting point to diversify corporate board composition.
Climate change
We voted against shareholder proposals seeking to limit efforts to reduce and report on greenhouse gas emissions.
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Parametric Responsible Investing
by Gwen Le Berre, Director, Responsible Investing
August 28, 2025
The right mix of portfolio construction and active ownership can help responsible investors filter out the noise around ESG and tune in on what matters.