Costco No Action Anti-ESG SEC

‘No Action’ Retraction: Costco Accepts Anti-ESG Proposal Despite SEC Overhaul

12 November 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

Costco has opted to include a shareholder proposal in its 2026 proxy statement from an anti-ESG proponent despite previously submitting a ‘no action’ request …

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group of idols, representing investors, surrounded by cupped hands GGIC Corporate Governance

GGIC Growth: Major Investors Back Campaign Challenging Corporate Governance “Misconceptions”

4 December 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

Investors with more than U$245 trillion in AUM have thrown their weight behind a new report from the Governance for Growth Investor Campaign (GGIC) …

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Australia Peak AGM Season Shareholders

What’s Up Down Under: Australia Peak AGM Season Snapshot

29 October 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

Australia’s peak AGM season is underway in earnest, with climate- and remuneration-related resolutions seeing some notable cases of shareholders showing their dissatisfaction with companies.

Shareholder …

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Australia Peak AGM Season Shareholders

Australian Agendas: Shareholders Gear Up for Peak AGM Season Showdowns

7 October 2025


By Daniel Kehoe

Australia’s AGM peak season is imminent, with shareholders filing an array of resolutions seeking to challenge some of the country’s largest listed companies over …

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The EU Sustainable Finance Platform: Where are the owners? Stewardship Code IIGCC

Strengthening Stewardship: IIGCC Urges Creation of EU-wide Code

August 7, 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has called for a new EU-wide stewardship code to be created to enhance coherence and reduce fragmentation between …

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Shareholder Vote Acquisition

Deepening Dialogues: Controversial Issues Decline at Dutch Shareholder Meetings

July 15, 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

The number of controversial issues flagged in shareholder resolutions at Dutch AGMs has fallen amid improved company-shareholder engagement according to a recent paper released by …

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Netflix Shareholders 2025 AGM

Netflix AGM Shock: Shareholders Vote Out Lead Director

June 11, 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

Shareholders at streaming giant Netflix have overwhelmingly voted to axe Jay Hoag from the company’s board in a strong showing of investor dissent.

At Netflix’s recent …

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SEC forms climate and ESG taskforce

Shareholder Setback: US SEC Ruling Heightens Proposal Problems

June 10, 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

A federal judge has approved US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules which make it more challenging for shareholders to file proposals at companies’ AGMs.

The …

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Tokyo Stock Exchange, GPIF

Virtual Insanity: Japanese Firms Embrace Online Only AGMs

June 5, 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

Japanese companies have accelerated the uptake of virtual-only AGMs, with more than 500 adopting articles to allow such meetings according to the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s (TSE) …

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T Rowe Price: Engagement or voting? Asset manager advocates alternatives

Direct engagement with companies produces better results than shareholder resolutions at AGMs, an asset manager has argued.

US investment house T Rowe Price, which runs approximately $1trn, stated in its annual ESG report that it preferred to engage one-to-one with …

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