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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SEC Rules on Lobbying and Energy Finance Proposals
March 13, 2025
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently made significant decisions that have once again reshaped the dynamic shareholder landscape.
The SEC allowed five companies to reject lobbying proposals …
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Shareholder Proposals: Contested Battlefield or an Essential Investor Right?
February 26, 2025
The ability of shareholders to submit proposals is a fundamental investor right that underpins corporate accountability and good governance. However, this right is facing increasingly heavy headwinds as regulatory …
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Upcoming Shareholder Proposals: Second Half of February 2025
February 19, 2025
As we look towards the second half of February and the start of the AGM season, we are beginning to witness shareholder engagement heat up.
Both Apple Inc and …
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Shareholder Proposals Quieten Down in Australia AGM Season
October 11th, 2024
As the Australian AGM season commences, this blog article by Stewardship Senior Analyst Thomas Bolger provides an in-depth analysis of recent trends in shareholder engagement.
Annual General Meetings are …
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Minerva shareholder proposals annual review finds falling support for proposals
November 24th, 2023
2023 had the highest number of shareholder proposals, but support for proposals fell in each category other than governance, according to the latest Minerva Shareholder Proposals Annual …
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Proposal tabled at Tyson Foods’ AGM following 39 employee deaths from Covid-19
BlackRock and Vanguard have voted in support of a human rights due diligence proposal, tabled at the recent Tyson Foods AGM.
Filed by the American Baptist Home Mission …
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US pensions demand change on energy boards
One of America’s biggest pension fund groups has submitted shareholder proposals to three leading utility companies urging them to appoint an independent director as chairman.
New York City Retirement Systems, which comprises …
Read MoreWhile shareholder resolutions and countermotions are still relatively rare in Europe, they are a core feature of the US market. Here Allie Monaco of ProxyGovernance has highlighted some of February and March’s more interesting proposals.…
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