October 1, 2021
Investors in Japanese listed companies pushed boards on director independence, diversity, and climate change in this year’s proxy voting season, according to a new review.
In a newsletter distributed …
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July 9, 2021
Japanese electronics giant Toshiba’s chairman has been ousted from his role by shareholders at the company’s AGM held on 25 June.
The vote, prompted by the outcome of an independent probe, …
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July 2, 2021
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) shareholders have defeated a proposal to better align the business with global climate change targets, but the 23% …
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30 April, 2021
A coalition of almost 200 US shareholder groups has launched a campaign to overthrow new SEC rules that they claim are an “an attack on corporate democracy”.
The …
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BlackRock has shown it can get serious with portfolio companies, this week cranking up the pressure on Exxon Mobil by voting against the re-election of several of the company’s leadership team.
Citing insufficient …
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Santos, one of the largest oil and gas producers in Australia, has suffered a huge revolt by shareholders over its strategy on climate change.
At last week’s annual investor meeting, over 43% of Santos shareholders defied the board and …
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Major investors demand change at Barclays
A group of investors has filed a landmark shareholder resolution with banking giant Barclays over its financing of fossil fuel intensive companies.
Eleven major institutional investors, including Brunel Pension Partnership and LGPS Central, together …
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Mining titan BHP is facing growing shareholder dissent over its close links with industry groups that support the fossil fuel industry – with over a quarter of its investors voting to end these affiliations.
At the Anglo-Australian mining group’s AGM held last week, 27.07% of shareholders voted …
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A coalition of at least 74 investors has filed resolutions at 50 US companies asking for more disclosure of payments for lobbying, including to trade associations. The resolutions have been coordinated by Walden Asset Management and American Federation of State, County …
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Four of the top ten largest asset managers in the US voted in support of a climate change-related shareholder resolution for the first time ever during 2017 research by Fund Votes for the pressure group, Ceres has found.
The asset …
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