Posts in Climate Change
25% of ExxonMobil Shareholders Approve Studying a Future With Less Virgin Plastic as Global Negotiators Discuss Reduced Production

While delegates from 180 countries debated a global treaty to combat plastic pollution that might include plastic production caps, one-quarter (25.3%) of ExxonMobil shareholders representing $66.7 billion supported a resolution filed by As You Sow asking the company to study how a one-third cut in demand for virgin single-use plastic would affect its financial position at the company’s recent annual meeting. 

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47 Largest Carbon-Emitting Companies Fail to Incentivize CEO Pay Based on Climate Performance

Shareholder representative As You Sow today released “Pay for Climate Performance: Linking CEO Compensation to Emissions Reduction” report finding that, while many companies say they link CEO pay to climate reduction goals, such incentives generally lack meaningful metrics or sufficient compensation to incentivize climate progress.

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