Communication
Shareholder rights – what the upcoming review means for investor engagement
20 May 2026
🎙️ 🌱 Sustainability Bridges – Episode 35
For this episode of Sustainability Bridges, we are happy to be joined by Elke Winter-Mes, Team Leader for Corporate Governance/Shareholder Rights at the Unit dealing with Company Law and Corporate Governance at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Justice and Consumers (DG JUST).
We discuss:
- Why the European Commission is reviewing the Shareholder Rights Directive II, what is working well, and where challenges remain.
- Key considerations for removing the remaining barriers to exercising shareholder rights and investor engagement, including on sustainability matters. We cover aspects such as shareholders’ right to table resolution for the company AGM, ways to improve the transmission of information between companies and shareholders, and links between directors and ESG objectives as well as a potential voluntary stewardship code.
- Next steps and timeline for the European Commission’s legislative proposal.
Listen to the episode here:
