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 Review.
Read MoreDespite average support for environmental and social shareholder proposals declining in FTSE 350 copmany AGMs in 2022, Minerva predicts that there may be a return to strength in 2023.
Read MoreProposal 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 Society, the proposal raised concerns that employees were being insufficiently protected from Covid-19 by the […]
Read MoreUS 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 five pension funds with around $208bn in assets, has filed shareholder proposals with Dominion Energy, the […]
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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