May Madness: Vote No Campaigns & ESG Wars
May 15, 2025
By Daniel Kehoe and Caoimhe Taylor
Proxy season continues as we move into the second half of May, and as expected, there is still high numbers of shareholder proposals …
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Shareholder Showdown: High Dissent Shakes Up Woodside Energy and Plus500
May 16, 2025
By Daniel Kehoe
The 2025 season has marked a clear shift in shareholder engagement strategy, with ‘Vote no’ campaigns emerging as a prominent tool being utilised by …
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Legal group campaign for Walmart and Colgate to rethink ‘plastic pollution crisis’ policies
May 16, 2025
The National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) has launched a campaign aimed at questioning Colgate-Palmolive and Walmart on their plastic packaging policies.
The conservative …
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2025 Proxy Season at Full Throttle: ESG, DEI and Climate at The Forefront
May 2, 2025
By Daniel Kehoe and Caoimhe Taylor
May brings a wave of shareholder proposals that continue to highlight key investor concerns, particularly related to diversity, …
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ISSB proposes changes to ease requirements for financial companies
May 2, 2025
The IFRS Foundation’s International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has proposed reforms to its climate-related disclosure standards to ease greenhouse gas reporting requirements for companies.
The board has proposed …
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ERM, Globescan and Volans launch consultation on sustainability agenda
April 30, 2025
ERM, Globescan and Volans have partnered to develop a wide-ranging stakeholder consultation on the state of the sustainability agenda.
The three sustainability-focused advisory firms have invited businesses, investors, …
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Oklahoma Treasurer’s Office used Signal for anti-ESG policy discussions, lawsuit says
April 25, 2025
Jordan Harvey, chief of staff for Oklahoma Treasurer Todd Russ, used messaging app Signal to communicate and coordinate policy with several groups actively opposing environmental, social …
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US Labor Department considers overturning pension fund ESG rule
April 24, 2025
The US Department of Labor has requested that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals suspend litigation over a Biden-era rule that allows pension funds to consider environmental, social …
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Nearly a quarter of BP of investors vote against re-election of chair
April 17, 2025
Nearly a quarter of investors have voted against the BP chair Helge Lund’s re-election, citing concerns over the lack of a shareholder vote on the …
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DEI Debates and ESG Battles: April’s Shareholder Engagement Continues to Surge
April 11, 2025
Daniel Kehoe and Caoimhe Taylor
As we look at the second half of April, the United States is once again experiencing a high rate of shareholder …
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