The power of the shareholder to hold accountable the companies in which they invest is under threat in the US.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission formally proposed a new rule on Tuesday that could make it harder for shareholders to submit proposals dealing with social issues like executive pay and climate change.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed Tuesday two long-anticipated rules that seek to limit shareholders’ influence over how companies address contentious issues such as climate change and executive compensation.
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The future of financial reporting for environmental, social and governance investing arrived with a bang at the chicken farms of Mississippi last month.
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In the history of the earth’s climate two years is a infinitesimal blip, but in the recent history of investor-led efforts to push for action on climate change from corporations, two years has meant a great deal.
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Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has his fair share of critics on the left and among the larger public, but last week he added close to 200 CEOs to a list of those who might have reason to hold something against him, and all it took was five words.
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This summer, some of the world’s biggest companies quietly abandoned one of the key tenets of US capitalism for the last half century or so – the primacy of shareholders, or the idea that companies primarily exist to serve the needs of shareholders.
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U.S. companies were more willing to engage with shareholders on certain environmental and social proposals this proxy season — a trend proponents hope will continue.
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ImpactAlpha, Aug. 22 – Increasing accountability to employees, customers, suppliers and communities shouldn’t mean decreased accountability to shareholders.
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A common debate in impact investing circles is over the best way to quantify, and/or qualify, the non-financial impact of an investment.
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In this interview, Motley Fool analysts Maria Gallagher and John Rotonti chat with Andrew Behar about sustainability, corporate responsibility, and ESG investing.
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he proxy season is in full swing and the results on 75 climate-related resolutions are… mixed.
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President Donald Trump has called for a sweeping look at regulation of the energy industry — and that includes investments in retirement plans.
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President Donald Trump has ordered a review of the influence of proxy advisory firms on investments in the fossil fuel industry, a move that could ultimately help oil and gas companies prevent shareholders from voting on resolutions aimed to address the risks of climate change
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President Trump signed a pair of executive orders at a training center for petroleum industry workers near Houston last Wednesday.
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In March 2018, Adrian Grenier delivered As You Sow’s shareholder proposal to Starbucks annual meeting encouraging the company to move away from using plastic straws in its drinks.
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A standoff is brewing between investors, corporate boards and federal regulators as shareholders prepare to vote on resolutions that concern human rights, corporate governance, and climate change.
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