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Owen Farley is an Associate with Teneo’s Strategy & Communications business, based in New York. Owen works with clients across a range of industries, including AI and technology, industrials and chemicals, healthcare, as well as aerospace and defense sectors.
Owen has advised C-suites on crisis and issues management, executive positioning, M&A transactions, governance restructuring and general corporate communications campaigns. He also collaborates with Teneo’s Governance and Sustainability team on a bi-weekly thought leadership newsletter, Teneo’s U.S. ESG Roundup. Prior to his current role, Owen worked as a Media Analyst, providing detailed traditional media analysis and real time issues monitoring for clients in a variety of industries and business sectors.
Prior to Teneo, Owen worked as a legislative intern for U.S. Senator Chris Murphy’s Washington D.C. office.
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. Teneo’s Governance and Sustainability team published a piece on “Three Key Consideration for Companies Heading into 2024 Proxy Season.” The piece highlights challenges for 2024 proxy season and shares considerations for companies to…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The European Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on a proposal for regulation of ESG rating activities. The new rules would require ESG ratings providers to be authorized…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News BlackRock’s Investment Stewardship team released updated 2024 proxy voting guidelines for U.S. securities summarizing the asset managers philosophy and approach to engagement and voting, as well as outlining governance…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures announced that 320 organizations from over 46 countries will start making nature-related disclosures, with some to begin with their annual corporate reporting in…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The European Parliament announced an agreement on its proposed negotiating mandate for the regulation of ESG ratings as the bloc aims to eliminate greenwashing and protect businesses and consumers.
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The United Nations Climate Conference, COP28, concluded with a historic agreement to transition away from fossil fuels and rein in climate change. Representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed to…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News State Street Global Advisors announced it will offer investors a new company board-aligned voting policy option to further expand investor choice. The Vote with Company Board Recommendation Policy provides…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) announced its Sustainable Investment 2030 Strategy, which will more than double its climate-focused investments to $100B by 2030 and cut in half its portfolio’s…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. Teneo published our annual study of proxy season trends, entitled: 2023 Proxy Season Review: Institutional Investor Expectations in a Divided World. In addition to covering recent proxy voting trends, the report looks at…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The SEC’s Division of Examinations released its 2024 examination priorities, designed to inform investors on the key topics the Division plans to focus on in the upcoming year. Notably, there was…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to the “Names Rule,” which modernize and enhance the rule. Current regulations require registered investment companies whose names suggest a focus on…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. Teneo launched the first publication in our ESG thought leadership series titled ’23 & ESG: The DNA of 2023 U.S. Sustainability Reports. For the 3rd year in a row, we analyzed 250 sustainability…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) – a group representing over 400 global institutional investors – and 36 members, mostly consisted of European asset managers, called on proxy advisor Institutional…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The S&P Global Ratings system announced that it would no longer publish updated ESG credit indicators in its reports or update outstanding ESG credit indicators effective immediately. Following…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The SEC has finalized a wide-ranging cybersecurity-related disclosure rule, which will require publicly traded companies to disclose hacking incidents and establish, maintain and enforce written policies and procedures that are reasonably…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The International Sustainability Standards Board published its inaugural standards, launching a set of G-20 backed global rules that aim to curb greenwashing. The rules build upon the foundation…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The number of shareholder resolutions on ESG issues for the 2023 proxy season are on track to exceed 2022, though average support for ESG proposals has declined by 7.8% compared to…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The Science Based Target Network (SBTN) has released the first science-based targets for nature, providing a framework for companies to holistically assess their environmental impacts. The new targets include guidance for…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News Broadridge published a paper on asset manager’s increased adoption of pass-through voting options. The report highlights the growing appetite in the industry for tailored processes to provide institutional and retail investors…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News On May 10, the Republican led House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing with state Attorneys General related to ESG investing. The hearing focused on Republican allegations that inclusion…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News A group of 23 venture capital firms across the U.S. and Europe announced the formation of the Venture Climate Alliance, an organization that will define, facilitate and realize net-zero aligned pathways…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News In an annual letter to board members on State Street’s 2023 proxy voting agenda, new President and CEO Yie-Hsin Hung discussed the asset managers' fiduciary duty, its stewardship activities, and commitment…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News Earlier this week, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink published his annual letter to investors, which discussed the asset manager’s fiduciary responsibilities and the potential “domino” affects to the economy from raised interest…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News Teneo has published a new thought leadership brief, “Communicating Your Company’s ESG Strategy in 2023: Five Tactical Considerations.” The brief discusses the challenges facing U.S. companies over…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News Democratic members of the House of Representatives announced last month the formation of the Congressional Sustainable Investing Caucus. Sean Casten (D-IL) and Juan Vargas (D-CA) will…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News Republican attorneys general from 21 U.S. states wrote a letter on Tuesday to the leading proxy advisory firms Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, seeking answers by month’s end…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News In 2023, U.S. and global regulators are set to build on the busiest year yet in climate and sustainability rulemaking, focusing on standards and clearer market guardrails. The Securities and…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The Teneo Governance team has published a new client brief, "Be Careful What You Wish For: Four Potential Consequences of Pass-through Voting For Companies." The brief defines…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News Teneo’s U.S. GA and Governance teams have published a brief “Who’s Down With ESG? The US Midterm Elections and the Future of ESG Investing.” The brief provides views on the…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News Vanguard Group is planning a trial in 2023 to give retail clients more say over how their shares are voted at corporate meetings. The firm becomes the latest large money…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The International Sustainability Standards Board voted unanimously at its October meeting to include Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 emissions and use climate-related scenario analyses in their disclosures. The ISSB aims…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News This week the Missouri State Employees’ Retirement System pulled all public equities managed by BlackRock, as Missouri become the latest conservative state to propose or implement rules…
