Several of the world’s biggest oil companies are voicing their support for federal regulations on methane emissions, even as the trade association lobbying on their behalf continues to back the Trump administration’s efforts to weaken those rules.
Read MoreGuns, opiods and climate change are the dominant issues shareholders are focusing on in resolutions filed this proxy season, according to the Proxy Preview 2019 report released Tuesday.
Read MoreShell and ExxonMobil support methane regulations.
Read MoreHOUSTON — Facing investor pressure, one of America’s biggest oil producers has committed to setting targets to reduce emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from its oil and gas wells.
Read MoreProxy Preview 2019 reveals intensified shareholder pressure on corporations across a wide range of ESG issues from climate and political spending to women.
Read MoreA shareholder advocacy group applauds a recent announcement that General Mills is committing to advance one million acres of farmland to holistic practices by 2030.
Read MoreIn the past few years, investors divested at least $6 trillion of assets from fossil fuel funds
Read MoreGender inequality is in the spotlight like never before.
Read MoreThe National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), a 123-year-old trade group that has worked diligently to defend Big Oil in the burgeoning climate liability battles, has also taken on another opponent to the status quo: investors.
Read MoreNew York (CNN Business) Disney shareholders on Thursday narrowly approved a compensation package for CEO Bob Iger worth as much as $35 million this year.
Read MoreHeaded by the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, commercial banks including ING, HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland, along with investors such as BMO Global Asset Management, have announced their intention to phase out or stop investing in coal power generation.
Read MoreNEW YORK, March 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A fresh round in the battle for equal pay will be fought at upcoming U.S. corporate annual meetings, where investors will demand that firms reveal how much less women earn than men.
Read MoreCharging infrastructure has been identified as one of the largest unknowns and sources of anxiety for fleets considering near-term adoption of battery-electric vehicles, according to the North American Council for Freight Efficiency.
Read MoreMany of the congressional aides and federal agency staffers working to combat climate change are also investing for retirement in companies that are making the problem worse.
Read MorePlanned IPOs by Uber and Lyft will likely lead to pressure from shareholder activists who want the ride-hailing giants to act more aggressively on stemming carbon emissions.
Read MoreEven if you’re an advisor that doesn’t invest client funds in ESG, SRI or impact assets, you might want to consider these key findings from a new report, The 100 Most Overpaid CEOs 2019.
Read MoreAs CEO compensation continues to balloon much faster than the rate of the average worker's salary, more people are asking what merits such a big payday for the people at the top.
Read MoreYou've read it in the headlines: Temperatures are rising and icebergs are melting.
Read MoreOAKLAND, CA: February 28, 2019. Shareholder advocacy non-profit As You Sow has published its latest report on the 100 most overpaid US CEOs as compared to their companies’ median employee compensation.
Read MoreFor the past five years, non-profit As You Sow has tracked the salaries of S&P 500 CEOs as a way to promote accountability for excessive compensation.
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