The Proxy Preview team today released highlights of the unprecedented 2021 proxy season, which saw nearly three dozen majority votes for disclosure and action on environmental, social, and sustainable governance (ESG) shareholder resolutions.
Read MoreToday, Target Corp. committed to reduce annual total virgin plastic in its owned brand packaging by 20% by 2025, following up on a previous agreement to set a plastic elimination goal.
Read MoreShareholder demand for rigorous climate action continues to grow with another majority vote this season. As You Sow, a leading non-profit shareholder advocacy organization, filed a resolution with Booking Holdings, the world’s leading provider of global online travel services, calling for a Paris compliant, net-zero transition plan and annual reporting.
Read MoreToday at the annual meeting of Caterpillar, 47% of investors supported a shareholder resolution filed by As You Sow asking Caterpillar to disclose whether and how the company is aligning its climate policies and performance with the progress indicators laid out in the Climate Action 100+ Net-Zero Company Benchmark.
Read MoreSteady progress in the fight against plastic pollution was sustained at the annual meeting of Amazon.com, the world’s largest online retailer, as 35% of shareholders supported a proposal asking the company to reduce the amount of plastics used in its operations.
Read MoreOver the last two weeks, investors have shown dramatic support for shareholder resolutions asking that companies report on the effectiveness of their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.
Read MoreFirst year shareholder resolutions filed by Christian Brothers Investment Services at ExxonMobil, and by As You Sow at Chevron, will be up for a vote at the companies’ annual general meetings on May 26.
Read MoreAs You Sow’s new report “Uncovering Conflict of Interests: Proxy Voting Data Reveals Bias for Asset Managers to Favor Clients,” shows a consistent trend for large asset managers to vote proxies in favor of management more often when receiving compensation for financial services.
Read MoreThirty-seven percent of investors voted to support a climate lobbying shareholder resolution at Sempra’s annual meeting today, according to preliminary vote numbers.
Read MoreAfter engagement with As You Sow on reducing single use plastic packaging, Walmart Inc., the world’s largest company by revenue and largest U.S. grocery retailer, has agreed to cut its use of virgin plastic by 2025.
Read MoreFollowing a shareholder proposal filed by As You Sow and Green Century Capital Management°, Target Corporation, a Fortune 50 general merchandise retailer, has agreed to set a virgin plastic elimination goal for its private brand packaging across its fast-moving goods categories.
Read MoreToday, 98% of investors voted for a shareholder resolution at General Electric’s annual meeting, according to preliminary numbers.
Read MoreA majority of American Express (NYSE:AXP) investors today voted in support of a shareholder resolution requesting that the company report on how its internal workplace practices align with the company’s stated commitment to diversity equity and inclusion.
Read MoreIn a record-high vote on an environmentally oriented shareholder proposal that was opposed by management, a whopping 81.2% of investors at DuPont supported an As You Sow shareholder resolution asking the company to report on spills of plastic pellets that are released into the environment.
Read MoreIn the highest vote on plastic pellet pollution to-date, a majority of investors at DuPont today voted in support of an As You Sow shareholder resolution asking the company to produce an annual report on the amount of pre-production plastic the company releases into the environment annually.
Read MoreToday, at Abbott Laboratory’s annual meeting, 40% of investors voted in support of a racial justice shareholder resolution, according to preliminary results.
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