Shareholders & activism archive

The week in GRC: Group asks Lyft shareholders to vote against board chair and senator unveils plan to regulate AI

May 19, 2023

10 min read

– The Wall Street Journal (paywall) noted that companies are for the first time this year tabulating gains and losses in the stock...

Shareholders & activism

Chevron shareholders to vote on skeptical climate change proposal

May 18, 2023

By Ben Maiden

4 min read

Chevron Corporation shareholders will vote at the company’s AGM later this month on a climate change-related resolution based on a...

Shareholders & activism

Shell investors urged to vote against energy resolution at AGM

May 12, 2023

By Hemma Visavadia

2 min read

Shareholders of energy conglomerate Shell should vote against the company’s energy-transition resolution at the upcoming AGM...

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Companies seek to limit officers’ liabilities this proxy season

May 08, 2023

By Ben Maiden

11 min read

Scores of Delaware-incorporated companies are sending proposals to a vote at their AGM this proxy season in an effort to limit...

Shareholders & activism

How Voya Financial successfully revamped its proxy statement

Apr 26, 2023

By Ben Maiden

2 min read

Since going public in 2013, Voya Financial has taken a continuous-improvement approach to its proxy statement. Then it undertook a...

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Regeneron shareholders to vote on pharma patent proposal

Apr 25, 2023

By Ben Maiden

5 min read

Shareholders in Regeneron Pharmaceuticals will vote at the company’s 2023 AGM on June 9 on a proposal regarding its use of patents...

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Walmart faces racial equity audit shareholder proposal

Apr 18, 2023

By Ben Maiden

4 min read

The SEC has denied a request from Walmart that the retailer be given the green light to exclude a shareholder proposal seeking a...

Shareholders & activism

The week in GRC: TotalEnergies faces climate change resolution and HSBC rejects activists’ spin-off plan

Apr 06, 2023

By Ben Maiden

5 min read

– Reuters reported that, according to data from legal consultancy Fairfax Associates, there were at least as many large law firm...

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Retail investors support making companies accountable for ESG damages

Apr 03, 2023

By Hemma Visavadia

2 min read

More than 70 percent of US retail investors believe companies must be held accountable for any environmental or social damages...

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Patents and politics among early US proxy season highlights

Mar 30, 2023

By Ben Maiden

11 min read

Shareholder proposals targeting major pharmaceutical companies and resolutions looking into corporate spending on political...