S&P Global's APAC Season Review 2022 - ESG Focus

Globally speaking, ESG investments experienced a range of setbacks in 2022, yet ESG investing remained firmly in the investor spotlight despite geopolitical setbacks and some debates in the media on "greenwashing."

Extreme weather in 2022 underlined the progression of global warming and ensured that climate change adaptation and mitigation would remain key areas of focus going forward.

Shareholder meetings were also influenced by ESG investment movements. In the first half of 2022, more than one and a half times as many ESG-related shareholder proposals were submitted to AGMs and EGMs globally than during the same period in 2021.

In this APAC Season Review, the ESG, Corporate Governance and M&A Advisory team at S&P Global analyses 2022 AGM season and identifies key themes that are impacting voting decisions in Greater China, Japan and South Korea.

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Authors: Sabrina Zhang, Kazuhiko Tahara, Atsushi Matsunaga, Kyungmi Natalie Kim, Cherry Chu, Mark Zhang and Xuan Shao.

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This article was published by S&P Global Market Intelligence and not by S&P Global Ratings, which is a separately managed division of S&P Global.