Who cares what individual investors think?

The lobby to balance shareholder interests with broader stakeholder interests is now a familiar and firmly embedded element of the narrative around business. From The Better Business Act via the alphabetti spaghetti of reporting standards - TCFD, CSRD, SASB, TFND - we are all very familiar with the idea that business should be held to account for its wider impact.  Reframing society and nature as stakeholders in how we operate our biggest companies has boosted engagement from major investors. ESG factors are hugely important, with investors increasingly applying these non-financial facto...