Content Type: Viewpoint

ICGN Viewpoint: Workers’ voice in corporate decision-making

ICGN Investor Viewpoint  Workers’ voice in corporate decision-making   Integrating workers’ voice as an input into corporate decision-making is part of effective human capital management. It can help company boards and management identify risks and opportunities early, attract and retain talent, and enhance company performance. Consulting workers is also an important aspect of responsible business conduct, anchored in international standards and conventions.1   Workers are often a […]

ICGN Investor Viewpoint: The assurance of sustainability reporting

ICGN Investor Viewpoint  The assurance of sustainability reporting    Many jurisdictions are adopting mandatory requirements for companies to report sustainability information, notably in accordance with global standards. This is something investors have been calling for, as […]

ICGN Investor Viewpoint: Artificial intelligence – An engagement guide

ICGN Investor Viewpoint  Artificial intelligence: An engagement guide  1. Introduction  Artificial intelligence (AI) presents both extraordinary opportunities and complexities for today’s companies. The OECD defines an AI system as “a machine-based system that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers, […]

ICGN Investor Viewpoint: Biodiversity as Systemic Risk Viewpoint

Biodiversity as Systemic Risk   10 Game-Changers for Board Directors and Stewardship Teams  January 2023  Introduction  For the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN), the primary obligation of investor fiduciaries is to align investment […]

ICGN Investor Viewpoint: Occupational Safety and Health – The Pandemic, the Changing World of Work and How Investment Stewards Can Engage to Enhance Corporate Performance

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ICGN Investor Viewpoint: Occupational Safety and Health – The Pandemic, the Changing World of Work and How Investment Stewards Can Engage to Enhance Corporate Performance

Will Farrell

Federated Hermes
Assistant Manager, EOS
London

Will co-leads the climate change theme at EOS, the stewardship arm of Federated Hermes Limited, where his coverage includes companies in Europe and Australia, primarily financial services, energy, chemicals, and materials. Prior to joining EOS, Will worked in the energy and infrastructure investment banking team at Macquarie Capital, where he specialised in renewable energy. Before that, Will held a number of roles across the UK climate policy space, including as a parliamentary researcher for Rt. Hon. Chris Skidmore MP on climate and energy issues, and as a climate and economic policy analyst at a diplomatic institute. He was appointed as a voluntary adviser to Rt. Hon. Alok Sharma MP, President of COP26, on preparations for COP26 after co-founding a Westminster climate policy group in 2019, which engaged MPs and Members of the House of Lords to advocate for more ambition on climate action in public policy. Will has a Bachelor’s degree (1st Class Honours) in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.