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Going Nuclear: Japan’s Electric Giants Face Shareholder Pressure

June 13, 2025


By Daniel Kehoe and Caoimhe Taylor

As we move into the latter stages of June we will see a noticeable decline in US shareholder proposals compared to previous months. …

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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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Southwest dismisses shareholder proposal as an attempt to “maximise disruption”

October 18, 2024


Southwest Airlines has condemned a shareholder’s proposal to replace board members, calling it an “unnecessary and inappropriate” attempt to “maximise disruption.”

Elliott Investor Management, one of Southwest’s …

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Flatout at flatex? Demands for leadership change at June’s Virtual AGM

May 17th, 2024


A high-stakes shareholder fight has broken out at Germany’s fintech brokerage flatexDEGIRO AG. After a flurry of senior management changes, twenty percent shareholder, GfBk Gesellschaft für …

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CalSTRS revises corporate governance principles

January 19th, 2024


The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) has adapted its corporate governance principles to include company’s workforce as an issue for engagement.

The new report outlining CalSTRS corporate governance principles includes four …

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CalSTRS votes against 2,035 boards for inadequate climate risk disclosures 

August 18th, 2023


The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) escalated its efforts to hold global companies to account after they did not provide sufficient climate risk disclosures to …

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Toyota facing investor climate transparency push

May 16, 2023


Japanese car giant Toyota is being urged to strengthen its reporting around climate change activities, after a proposal was successfully added to its upcoming Ordinary General Meeting.

Proposed Resolution 4, …

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IASB

March 28, 2023


The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has begun evaluating how companies can improve their climate-related risk reporting.

The new project, launched under the purview of the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation (IFRS), …

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Shell board sued over “fundamentally flawed” climate transition strategy

February 16, 2023


British oil giant Shell’s board of directors are being personally sued over an alleged failure to manage climate risks facing the company.

The civil action has been brought …

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Median CEO pay falls, but is this the full story?

Executive pay rebounds despite investor concerns


August 19, 2022


Executive pay has rebounded across public and private sectors over the course of 2021, an Australian Public Service Commission report has confirmed, despite the issue being front of mind for investors …

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