State Street's 2020 Proxy Season Review summarizes its global voting and engagement activity during the most recent proxy season with noteworthy statistics concerning its activity on board gender diversity, its proprietary ESG rating system (R-Factor), and climate change. This figure shows its support and relative lack of support for different types of shareholder climate proposals:
See Morrow Sodali' "State Street Global Advisors R-Factor Rating" (p2); our prior reports: "State Street Explains its Proprietary ESG Scoring Approach," "Sustainability-Based Proxy Voting: State Street Follows Suit," "State Street: Climate Change Risk Oversight Framework," "Vanguard & State Street Concede Need for Flexibility in COVID-19 Crisis," "State Street Reports on Board Gender Diversity Achievements"; and additional resources on our Institutional Investors page » State Street. This post first appeared in the weekly Society Alert!