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The rise of ESG and talk of stakeholder capitalism means there is a strong demand on companies to account for their actions and the impact they have on wider society. Their responsibilities can be seen as not just a matter of internal performance, but also that doing the right thing is about seeking to bring about change in others and lending their voice to issues they see as important.
This report looks at how actively engaged corporations are with social and political issues. We examine whether companies refuse to do business with countries, institutions or other corporations on socio-political grounds and for what reasons.
The report also assesses the importance both IROs and investors attach to certain social issues and to corporate social activism in general. We look at the level of engagement between investors and IROs on a number of different areas of social concern and examine how corporate stances on these issues can affect investment.
Findings are taken from IR Magazine’s Global IR Survey, conducted in Q3 2022 and the Global Investor Survey conducted from Q4 2022 to Q1 2023. This report uses the term ‘IRO’ to represent IR professionals in general and the term ‘investor’ to represent members of the investment community, both buy side and sell side.
Data in this report from IROs is broken down by geographical region and market capitalization. For the purposes of this report, market cap is defined as:
