RIAA's Nature Working Group is an initiative to support members in their stewardship responsibilities to protect nature and biodiversity in their business operations and their portfolio of companies.
The Nature Working Group has a three-fold purpose:
- Supporting members to identify and address nature-related investment risks and opportunities including impacts and dependencies
- Supporting members to consider nature in the stewardship of their assets;
- and finding and sharing the most impactful local and international research and regulatory developments on nature for responsible investors.
The above purpose should be fulfilled with the understanding of the connectedness of this work with Indigenous People and Local Communities, Human Rights and Climate.
To open the meeting, we were pleased to have Glenn Maguire, Head of Governance Research APAC ex Japan at ISS STOXX, join us for our third Nature Working Group for 2025.
Glenn presented on nature related shareholder resolutions and trends. Specifically, insights on shareholder resolutions globally, who proposes them, topic type, shareholder support and engagement.
Following Glenn, we were pleased to have Kobad Bhavnargi,Head of Strategy at BloombergNEF.
Kobad Bhavnagari is a leading expert on the energy trasnition and a forward-thinnking business strategist. As Global Head of Strategy for BloombergNEF, he is an intenrational research provider speciailising in the trabnsition to a low carbon economy.
In his presentation, Kobad highlighted companies impacts and dependencies on nature related risks, and where ecosystem services have a direct effect on company supply chains and investment decision making.
The meeting followed with industry, subgroup, policy and advocacy and StockWatch report updates. A special segment reviewed the 2024–25 Workplan and explored the updates aligned with current priorities.
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Nature working group principal partner
Head of Asia ex-Japan Governance Research
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ISS STOXX
Glenn Maguire is the Head ofAsia ex-Japan Governance Research at ISS STOXX. He leads a team of analystsacross multiple Asian markets, providing institutional investors withindependent research, governance insights, and voting recommendations. Glenn’s teamdelivers in-depth assessments of corporate governance practices for publiccompanies, ensuring transparency, accountability, and investor protectionacross the region.
Glenn is a highly experiencedresearcher with a deep understanding of the Asia-Pacific region and capitalmarkets. With three-decades of extensive experience in economic research,policy analysis, and stakeholder engagement on-the-ground in Asia, Glenn bringsa unique perspective to corporate governance. His expertise spans financialmarkets, economic development, regulatory frameworks, and ESG factorsinfluencing investment decisions. Prior to joining ISS STOXX, Glenn held seniorroles in payments/technology, investment banking, commercial banking, andeconomic advisory.
Based in Sydney, Glennoversees research operations across diverse markets, ensuring consistency,quality, and alignment with global governance trends. He holds an EconomicsDegree (Honours) from the University of Newcastle (Australia) and post-graduatecertificates in Data Science and Sustainable Development. Glenn has contributedto influential reports on governance, economic policy, and investment trendsacross Asia.
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BloombergNEF
