Engagement has a crucial role to play in the green transition – Federated Hermes Limited

The transition to net zero cannot be achieved without directly tackling carbon-intensive industries. Investor engagement can provide a vital platform to facilitate change among high emitters.

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  • Encouraging carbon-intensive companies to implement decarbonisation strategies is crucial to bringing down global emissions and supporting the transition to net zero.
  • Investors are in an important position to affect real change among high-emitting companies through purposeful and effective engagement.
  • The greatest potential for improvement lies with small and mid-cap companies, in Federated Hermes Limited view. The US, in particular, offers unique improvement opportunities on this front.

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