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  • 'Proxy voting is not dead'

    16 April 2025

    This AGM season will reveal shareholders' climate resolve, writes Michael Hurley

  • Hostile environment in US for ESG sees 'sharp drop' in shareholder resolutions

    09 April 2025

    A hostile political environment for sustainable investment in the US has led to a "sharp drop" in resolutions filed ahead of this year's annual shareholder meetings, according to non-profit As You Sow.

  • SEC stumbles into battleground of climate materiality

    12 March 2024

    Letting companies decide whether emissions are material to their business opens the door for disputes, writes Michael Hurley

  • Top five US banks asked to disclose transition plans

    25 January 2023

  • Phillips 66 plastics resolution wins majority support

    19 May 2022

  • Half of independent Berkshire Hathaway shareholders back climate vote

    06 May 2022

  • US SEC shareholder vote proposal rights reset 'timely and necessary'

    05 November 2021

    The decision by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to rescind previous announcements limiting shareholder rights to propose resolutions...

  • 45% of Kroger shareholders support cutting single use plastics

    01 July 2021

    Nearly half of Kroger shareholders supported a proposal at the largest US grocery chain by revenue...

  • Record-breaking ESG resolution season in 2021 as majority votes abound

    25 June 2021

    The "unprecedented" level of majority shareholder votes in favour of environmental, social and governance (ESG) proposals...

  • News round-up: S&P, Barclays, EU taxonomy and more

    26 April 2021