At the May 31 annual shareholder meetings of ExxonMobil and Chevron, the two largest American oil and gas companies, shareholders will vote on a resolution asking each company to begin accurately disclosing the role of asset transfers in their reported greenhouse gas emissions reductions.
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Today at the annual general meeting of power and gas utility Southern Company announced that 20% of investors voted in favor of a shareholder resolution filed by As You Sow, based on a preliminary vote count.
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Amazon, Netflix, and Comcast shareholders will soon vote to ask companies how they are protecting employees from climate risk stemming from their retirement plan investment options.
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Chubb Insurance released proxy voting results showing that nearly 30% of shareholders voted in favor of a climate-related resolution filed by As You Sow asking the insurer to report on how it intends to align its underwriting and investment activities with global greenhouse gas reduction goals.
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Today, JPMorgan Chase released final vote results for a first-time shareholder resolution filed by investor representative As You Sow, asking the company to provide an actionable climate transition plan outlining how it will achieve its 2030 net zero greenhouse gas emission reduction goals.
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Following As You Sow’s and Amalgamated Bank’s 2022 management-supported shareholder proposal on net zero target setting, Caterpillar Inc. has released its first annual “Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures Report” report and an estimate of the company’s Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions.
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Shareholders voted on As You Sow climate transition planning resolutions at major defense contractors Lockheed Martin and Raytheon.
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Tuesday at the annual general meeting of Public Storage investors voted on a shareholder resolution filed by Amalgamated Bank with support from shareholder representative As You Sow.
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Tesla shareholders will have the chance to vote on a floor proposal filed with Tesla at its annual general meeting on May 16.
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Today, Wells Fargo released final vote results for a first-time shareholder resolution filed by investor representative As You Sow, asking the company to provide an actionable climate transition plan outlining how it will achieve its 2030 net zero greenhouse gas emission reduction goals.
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As You Sow, the nation’s leading non-profit shareholder advocacy organization with more than 30 years of experience now offers its As You VoteTM ESG+ proxy voting policy to all retail shareholders on the iconik proxy voting platform.
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A first-time shareholder resolution filed with Goldman Sachs by shareholder representative As You Sow, asking the company to provide an actionable Climate Transition Plan to achieve its 2030 net zero greenhouse gas emission reduction goals, was supported by 30% of shareholders. The initial results were released at today’s annual general meeting.
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This month, Kraft Heinz and Church & Dwight have announced new goals to cut the use of virgin plastic packaging.
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Today, Bank of America released preliminary vote results from its annual general meeting where 28.5% of shareholders voted in favor of a resolution seeking an actionable Climate Transition Plan for achieving its 2030 net zero greenhouse gas emission reduction goals.
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A first-time shareholder resolution filed with Dow Inc. by shareholder representative As You Sow, asking the company to report on the impact of reduced global demand for virgin plastic on its business was supported by over 30% of shareholders during the company’s recent annual general meeting.
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AT&T, a trusted telecommunications brand providing phone and internet service to millions of Americans, made an important commitment to greater transparency of its political activities for the benefit of shareholders, customers, and all stakeholders as part of a shareholder resolution withdrawal agreement with As You Sow.
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Today, As You Sow, Sustainable Investments Institute, and Proxy Impact, released Proxy Preview 2023, which takes a comprehensive look at another record-breaking year, with more than 542 shareholder resolutions filed on environmental, social, and sustainable governance issues.
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President Biden today issued the first veto of his presidency on a resolution to overturn the Congressional Review Act bill intended to overturn a Department of Labor rule that empowers retirement plan fiduciaries to consider material environmental, social, and governance risks when making investment and proxy voting decisions.
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