Have you ever thought about your role as a shareholder?

When we buy shares through our brokerage account, we often forget that we actually becoming shareholders of the company, and that let's us do things like vote on important decisions, attend AGMs and participate in capital raisings.

In this episode Kate & Owen chat to Claude Walker about his approach to ethical investing and shareholder activism, including contacting management, looking for red flags, avoiding greenwashing and a few personal examples of the way he approaches his own investing.

Episode transcript now available via the show notes page.

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