Shareholder votes are advisory. The point is to make it clear to management there’s an issue that needs attention and action.

Shareholders returned majority votes on five As You Sow resolutions this year, in an entirely unprecedented show of shareholder unity — historically, majority votes are vanishingly rare. Five in one year is unprecedented.

Exxon is the 5th largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world, behind only China, Russia’s Gazprom, and the national oil companies of Saudi Arabia and Iran.

2021 Impact - The progress you drove this year.

98% of General Electric shareholders voted in favor of our shareholder resolution, and GE took action.