Shareholders & activism archive

Navigating investor sustainability pressures: A path to thriving in a changing landscape

Jul 26, 2023

2 Authors

5 min read

In today's interconnected world, finance has a major impact on the real economy and institutional investors exert significant...

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BlackRock expands voting choice service to largest ETF

Jul 17, 2023

By Tim Human

2 min read

BlackRock has announced plans to extend pass-through voting to its largest ETF in a move that would hand retail investors a...

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Support continues to fall for climate-focused resolutions, Morningstar finds

Jul 17, 2023

By Tim Human

3 min read

Average support for climate-related shareholder resolutions has continued to fall in the 2023 proxy season, according to a...

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The week in GRC: Republican state AGs warn companies on diversity policies and manufacturers’ group wants shareholder proposal curbs

Jul 14, 2023

By Ben Maiden

9 min read

– CNBC reported that the National Association of Manufacturers, in a letter to the House Financial Services Committee, criticized...

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Proxy season highlights need to control corporate narratives, experts say

Jun 23, 2023

By Ben Maiden

3 min read

The proxy season has underlined the importance for companies of controlling their own narratives, governance experts explained...

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Anti-ESG funds see inflows slow, Morningstar finds

Jun 21, 2023

By Tim Human

2 min read

The level of inflows to anti-ESG funds, which explicitly oppose investing along ESG-based principles, has slowed significantly...

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Lobbying proposal attracts strong support at McDonald’s AGM

Jun 07, 2023

By Ben Maiden

3 min read

Shareholders narrowly missed approving a proposal on McDonald’s lobbying activities at the company’s recent AGM amid a continued...

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Dollar General shareholders call for worker safety audit

Jun 06, 2023

By Ben Maiden

4 min read

Shareholders in Dollar General have backed a proposal on the safety of the company’s employees. According to an SEC filing, 67.7...

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Employee-related resolutions garner support at Amazon AGM

May 30, 2023

By Ben Maiden

6 min read

A number of ESG-related shareholder proposals filed at Amazon.com’s AGM last week, including some focused on issues affecting...

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E and S proposals gain traction at JPMorgan Chase AGM

May 23, 2023

By Ben Maiden

5 min read

Two shareholder proposals – one from the environmental leg of ESG and one from the social leg – each garnered around one third of...