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Investor Relations

Investor relations resources

Overview

For many years, investor relations has included within its area of concern shareholder resolutions. Since the 1970s, but more so in recent years, these expressions of shareholder activism have included sustainability issues such as climate change, environmental degradation, human rights, and executive compensation. This puts investor relations in the sustainability spotlight. It requires those working in the investor relations function to understand a company’s sustainability risks, opportunities, and strategy so that they can speak intelligently with investors.

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Attraction and retention

Financial performance, growth potential, and risk management are fundamental to investment decisions. Investors, especially institutional investors, are increasingly incorporating sustainability – environmental, social, and governance factors – into investment decisions. Sustainability management is a means of attracting and retaining high-quality, long-term investors. This creates stability, better access to capital, and fertile ground for good rapport between a company and its investors.

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Activists & engagement

Investor activism has risen significantly in recent years as investors increasingly assert their rights and express their views on how a company should be run. Where activists promote sustainability, companies can partner with them to create and protect shared value. By contrast, speculators looking for quick profits can threaten long-term strategies inherent in sustainability management. Working with investors to make the business case for sustainability can help a company inoculate itself against short-term profiteers.

Investor relations basics

Investor relations is a business function that enables and supports communication between a business organization and its owners. Its operations are often organized in medium to large public companies under a distinct and dedicated department.

The investor relations function serves as an intermediary between the owners of a company – its shareholders – and its management. It fields and responds to inquiries from investors. A company’s investor relations department also serves as a bridge for providing market intelligence to corporate management. The primary focus of communications is on the company’s ability to create value and its financial stability.