Exxon Mobil shareholders Wednesday voted down a proposal that would have required the board chair be independent from the company.
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Active shareholders are working to make the world a happier, healthier more sustainable world.
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Did you get a 7% raise last year? Congratulations, yours was in line with what CEOs at the biggest companies got.
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he proxy season is in full swing and the results on 75 climate-related resolutions are… mixed.
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Climate change-related proposals met with mixed results at British Petroleum’s annual shareholder’s meeting on Tuesday.
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Gender lens investing strategies have boomed in recent years, fueled by the #MeToo movement, increased awareness about how women often are treated, and a recognition that companies benefit when diversity and inclusion is fostered.
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At BP’s annual meeting today, investors holding billions in shares, including six of the largest fund managers in the U.K., asked the company to adopt a climate resolution in line with the goals of the Paris climate agreement.
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Along a tree-lined stream in Preston County, the energy industry is changing the legacy that commerce leaves on our environment.
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Oakland, California—May 14, 2019—The biggest Dutch investor, Aegon Netherlands and Aegon Asset Management Netherlands, announced this week its support for nine shareholder climate resolutions, including As You Sow’s Chevron Paris-aligned business transition proposal and a petrochemical resiliency proposal filed with Exxon.
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Big investment firms are again using their vast stock holdings to pressure corporate executives over everything from boardroom diversity and political activity to food waste and plans to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
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Uber may be tech’s IPO headliner in 2019, but plenty of noteworthy warm-up acts are contributing to a banner year in initial public offerings.
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Several of the largest producers of the fossil fuel feedstocks used to make plastics are being pressured by investors to explain what the companies are doing to reduce plastic waste in the world's oceans and waterways.
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Hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, is a controversial method used to extract natural gas and oil from shale rock formations.
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Investors' efforts to get energy and utility companies to set greenhouse gas reduction targets and disclose their plans for meeting those goals are facing more hurdles now than in the past five years.
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Occidental Petroleum could have billions more from Berkshire Hathaway to sweeten a deal to buy Anadarko Petroleum, despite an agreement from earlier this month where Chevron Energy would acquire the smaller oil company.
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The largest U.S. companies are beginning to pay heed to the demands of investors focused on environmental and social issues, a shift for shareholders long relegated to the sidelines.
Since becoming president and CEO of Discovery Inc. 12 years ago, David Zaslav has consistently ranked near the top among highest-paid CEOs in media and entertainment. In 2014 and again last year, he was the top-paid CEO of a public company in the United States.
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WASHINGTON — The government of Uzbekistan wants the boycott against its cotton industry to be over.
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President of As You Sow Danielle Fugere said responsible water usage is especially important in the southwest U.S. She said 51 percent of oil and gas wells in Texas – the largest oil-producing state – are in high or extremely-high stressed water regions. “As climate change increases water scarcity in certain regions, investors need assurance that companies are responsibly managing the amount of water they use to protect communities, the environment, and other water users,” she said.
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In deal news, shares of Anadarko Petroleum are trading sharply higher in pre-market trading after Occidental Petroleum put out a rival bid for the company worth $57 billion.
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