OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — There are growing protests over the amount of plastic ending up in the world’s oceans, but one Oakland nonprofit is taking a different approach that is having a remarkable effect on getting big plastic producers to care about the problem.
Read MoreLaw360 (April 9, 2019, 7:09 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is drawing new boundaries around how shareholders in ExxonMobil and other energy companies can demand climate change-related actions like reducing corporate carbon footprints and demanding disclosures on progress.
Read MoreIf you’re looking in your 401(k) plan for investments that back clean energy or gender and racial diversity, you may have a tough time finding them.
Read More(Reuters) - Chevron Phillips Chemical Co said on Tuesday it would start reporting plastic pellet spills from its chemical plants in 2019.
Read MoreLess than two weeks after Exxon Mobil became the first major oil company to agree to report plastic pellet pollution to investors, another major petrochemical company has followed suit under pressure from activist shareholders.
Read MoreCEO pay figures for 2019 are out, and again they beg the question of what should determine the big boss’s compensation?
Read MoreShareholders filed proposals on nearly 400 environmental, social and sustainability issues at U.S. companies through mid-February.
Read MorePresident Donald Trump loves climate-wrecking coal and hates the climate-saving Paris Agreement.
Read MoreThe UK’s messy divorce from the EU has been a source of frustration for fund management executives since the referendum nearly three years ago.
Read MoreU.S. companies that use nonstandard numbers to calculate executive compensation are overpaying their top managers, according to a new research report.
Read MorePetrochemical companies are facing pressure to disclose incidents where they have spilled plastic into the ocean, which leads to what is said to be a major source of pollution.
Read MoreInvestors will have the chance to vote on a proposal calling for Exxon Mobil to set up a board-level climate change committee at the oil giant’s forthcoming AGM.
Read MoreProxy season is underway, in which companies face their shareholders and their concerns on social issues, and there has been a surge in human rights proposals aimed at such issues as immigration rights and detention, child sexual exploitation, hate speech and privacy.
Read MoreExxonMobil shareholders will not get a vote on whether the company should set targets for cutting its greenhouse gas emissions, following a ruling by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Read MoreYou want to make money on your investments and put your money to work to do good in the world at the same time.
Read MoreOver the past few weeks, companies like BP, Equinor, Exxon and Shell have publicly stated their support for direct federal regulation of methane.
Read MoreProponents have filed at least 386 shareholder resolutions on environmental, social and sustainability issues for the 2019 proxy season, Environmental, Social & Sustainability Resolutions with 303 still pending as of February 15.
Read MoreIn 2015, As You Sow embarked on a mission to identify and report on the most overpaid CEOs of the S&P 500 and whether or not pension funds and financial managers held companies accountable for such excessive compensation.
Read MoreStarbucks offers incentives to customers to use reusable cups for both in-store and to-go consumption.
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