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GM faces increased pressure from investors on climate
GM faces increased pressure from investors on climate

Large investors in General Motors Co. are urging the company to take a stronger stance against President Trump's efforts to unravel a key Obama-era climate policy.

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EnergyAsYouSowJune 17, 2019climate, climate change, chevron, Chevron, shareholder resolutions, Maxine Joselow, General Motors
Oil and gas industry continues to respond to climate, pollution concerns
Oil and gas industry continues to respond to climate, pollution concerns

Shareholders at two of the world’s biggest oil and gas producers are urging the companies to adopt polices to reduce their impact on climate change.

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EnergyAsYouSowJune 17, 2019Adrian C Hedden, climate, climate change, chevron, Chevron, shareholder resolutions, Devon Energy
Why Is Everyone Talking About CEO Pay?
Why Is Everyone Talking About CEO Pay?

Earlier this year, 57% of Disney shareholders approved a compensation package for CEO Bob Iger that will be worth as much as $35 million.

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CEO PayAsYouSowJune 17, 2019Say Contributor, CEO Pay
AS THE WORLD GRAPPLES WITH PLASTIC, THE U.S. MAKES MORE OF IT — A LOT MORE
AS THE WORLD GRAPPLES WITH PLASTIC, THE U.S. MAKES MORE OF IT — A LOT MORE

Microscopic plastic particles are in our oceans, the fish we eat, the air we breathe, the water we drink.

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Waste, Circular EconomyAsYouSowJune 13, 2019plastic pellets, plastics
Trudeau’s proposed plastics ban is an opportunity wasted
Trudeau’s proposed plastics ban is an opportunity wasted

This could have been a legacy initiative, a moment for the prime minister to stake a leadership position in one of the most urgent issues of our time.

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Waste, Circular EconomyAsYouSowJune 13, 2019Jennifer Wells, rbi resolution, resolution
If we want antibiotics to work, consumers have to put big pressure on factory farms
If we want antibiotics to work, consumers have to put big pressure on factory farms

On March 1, Denny’s stopped purchasing chicken treated with medically important antibiotics for its U.S. restaurants.

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Environmental HealthAsYouSowJune 10, 2019Christy Spees, Antibiotics and Factory Farms, anti
Here’s one powerful way to control CEO pay
Here’s one powerful way to control CEO pay

Company shareholders are well-positioned to address income inequality by clamping down on sky high corporate pay, but new research says they’ll have to put their mouth where their money is.

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CEO PayAsYouSowJune 5, 2019CEO Pay, report, Andrew Keshner
Votes of No-Confidence in ExxonMobil’s Climate Leadership
Votes of No-Confidence in ExxonMobil’s Climate Leadership

Before entering ExxonMobil’s annual meeting in Dallas last week, shareholders had to pass local activists holding a 100-foot-long banner with the message “Climate Crisis: #ExxonKnew—Make Them Pay.”

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EnergyAsYouSowJune 5, 2019Kathy Mulvey, exxon, petrochem, exxon resolution, Exxon shareholder resolution
The 2019 proxy season: How investors are stepping up on ESG
The 2019 proxy season: How investors are stepping up on ESG

Investors have been stepping up efforts to prod companies to advance their commitments to environmental, social and governance (ESG) activities.

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Waste, Circular EconomyAsYouSowJune 3, 2019Sara Del Lago, Lex Suvanto, plastics, shareholder resolutions, ESG
General Mills project could set standard for farm-level regulations
General Mills project could set standard for farm-level regulations

Large food companies are increasingly worried about the broad impact they have on the environment.

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Environmental HealthAsYouSowJune 3, 2019Jennifer Betzner, regenerative farming, farming
Shareholders call on Chevron, Exxon to address climate change
Shareholders call on Chevron, Exxon to address climate change

Shareholders at two of the world’s biggest oil and gas producers are urging the companies to adopt polices to reduce their impact on climate change.

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Energy, Environmental HealthAsYouSowJune 3, 2019Adrian C Hedden, climate, climate change, chevron, Chevron, shareholder resolutions, Chevron shareholder resolution
How to Ensure ESG Investing Isn’t Whitewash
How to Ensure ESG Investing Isn’t Whitewash

Among the $46.6 trillion of U.S. professionally managed assets at the end of 2017, $12 trillion – roughly 26% – was earmarked for sustainable investing, according to data from US SIF.

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Invest Your ValuesAsYouSowJune 3, 2019Debbie Carlson, invest your values, ESG
Spirit of Paris gains ground with 'big oil'
Spirit of Paris gains ground with 'big oil'

It is a new sound. In the last month of May, the period in which the oil sector holds its annual meetings for shareholders, climate change was high on the agenda almost everywhere.

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Energy, Environmental HealthAs You SowMay 30, 2019climate, climate change, shareholder resolutions, chevron, Chevron, Chevron shareholder resolution, Hester van Santen
Shareholders at Exxon and Chevron reject climate resolutions
Shareholders at Exxon and Chevron reject climate resolutions

"Molecules of U.S. freedom.” “Freedom gas.”

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Energy, Environmental HealthAs You SowMay 30, 2019climate, climate change, exxon, exxon resolution, Exxon shareholder resolution, shareholder resolutions, chevron, Chevron, Chevron shareholder resolution
Climate Proposals Fail at Exxon, Chevron Shareholder Meetings
Climate Proposals Fail at Exxon, Chevron Shareholder Meetings

Exxon and Chevron shareholders rejected a series of climate change-related proposals at the companies’ annual investors meetings on Wednesday. 

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EnergyAsYouSowMay 30, 2019climate, Karen Savage, Exxon shareholder resolution, Chevron shareholder resolution, chevron, Chevron, exxon resolution, exxon, shareholder resolutions
Exxon Mobil shareholders reject independent chair proposal
Exxon Mobil shareholders reject independent chair proposal

Exxon Mobil shareholders Wednesday voted down a proposal that would have required the board chair be independent from the company.

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Energy, Environmental HealthAs You SowMay 30, 2019Brian Croce, climate, climate change, Exxon shareholder resolution, exxon resolution, exxon, shareholder resolutions
Excessively Exorbitant: The Rise of CEO Pay in America
Excessively Exorbitant: The Rise of CEO Pay in America

Active shareholders are working to make the world a happier, healthier more sustainable world. 

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CEO PayAsYouSowMay 30, 2019CEO Pay, Marc de Sousa
CEOs get $800,000 pay raise, leaving workers further behind
CEOs get $800,000 pay raise, leaving workers further behind

Did you get a 7% raise last year? Congratulations, yours was in line with what CEOs at the biggest companies got.

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CEO PayAsYouSowMay 27, 2019Stan Choe, CEO Pay
Follow the Talent: Agents of Impact Special Report for May. 24
Follow the Talent: Agents of Impact Special Report for May. 24

he proxy season is in full swing and the results on 75 climate-related resolutions are… mixed.

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Shareholder AdvocacyAsYouSowMay 27, 2019Dennis Price, Proxy Preview
BP Passes One Climate Resolution, Escapes a More Ambitious One
BP Passes One Climate Resolution, Escapes a More Ambitious One

Climate change-related proposals met with mixed results at British Petroleum’s annual shareholder’s meeting on Tuesday. 

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EnergyAsYouSowMay 23, 2019climate, Karen Savage, BP resolution
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