Southern Company: Climate Change Risks

BE IT RESOLVED: In order that investors can better understand and measure the material, long-term climate risks associated with our company’s GHG emissions, shareholders request that Southern provide annual public reporting of the indirect upstream GHG emissions from its supply chain. The reporting should be prepared at reasonable cost and omit proprietary information.

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Facebook, Inc.: Report on problematic media content management

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that the Board prepare a report to assess the benefits and drawbacks to our Company of maintaining or restoring the type of enhanced actions put in place during the 2020 election cycle to reduce the platform’s amplification of false and divisive information.

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BlackRock, Inc.: Implementation plan for new Business Roundtable "Purpose of a Corporation"

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request our Board prepare a report based on a review of the BRT Statement of the New Purpose of a Corporation, signed by our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and provide the board’s perspective regarding how our Company’s governance and management systems should be altered, if at all, to fully implement the New Statement of Purpose.

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ExxonMobil: Request to improve climate related audit procedures

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that ExxonMobil’s Board of Directors issue an audited report to shareholders on whether and how a significant reduction in fossil fuel demand, envisioned in the IEA Net Zero 2050 scenario, would affect its financial position and underlying assumptions. The Board should summarize its findings to shareholders by January 31, 2022, and the report should be completed at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information.

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DuPont De Nemours: Plastic Pellet Handling Standards

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that the Board of Directors of DuPont issue an annual report to shareholders, beginning in 2021, at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information, on plastic pollution. The report should disclose trends in the amount of plastic in various forms released to the environment by the company annually, and concisely assess the effectiveness of the company’s policies and actions to reduce the volume of the company’s plastic materials contaminating the environment.

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McDonald's Corporation: Phase Out Single Use Beverage Cups

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that the board of directors issue a report by December 2021 on plastic packaging, estimating the amount of plastics released to the environment by our use of plastic packaging, from the manufacture of plastic source materials, through disposal or recycling, and describing company strategies or goals to reduce use of plastic packaging to reduce these impacts.

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Chevron: Request to improve climate related audit procedures

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that Chevron’s Board of Directors issue an audited report to shareholders on whether and how a significant reduction in fossil fuel demand, envisioned in the IEA Net Zero 2050 scenario, would affect its financial position and underlying assumptions. The Board should summarize its findings to shareholders by January 31, 2022, and the report should be completed at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information.

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Allstate Corporation: Greater Disclosure of Material Corporate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Data

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that The Allstate Corporation ("Allstate") publish annually a report, at reasonable expense and excluding proprietary information, assessing the Company's diversity and inclusion efforts. At a minimum the report should include:

  • the process that the Board follows for assessing the effectiveness of its diversity, equity and inclusion programs,

  • the Board’s assessment of program effectiveness, as reflected in any goals, metrics, and trends related to its promotion, recruitment, and retention of protected classes of employees.

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Union Pacific Corporation: Shareholder Advisory Votes on Climate Change

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that the Board of Directors issue a climate transition report, at least 120 days prior to the next annual meeting, and updated annually, that addresses the scale and pace of its responsive measures associated with climate change.

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NextEra Energy, Inc.: Greater Disclosure of Material Corporate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Data

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that NextEra Energy, Inc. ("NextEra Energy") publish annually a report, at reasonable expense and excluding proprietary information, assessing the Company's diversity and inclusion efforts. At a minimum the report should include:

  • the process that the Board follows for assessing the effectiveness of its diversity, equity and inclusion programs,

  • the Board’s assessment of program effectiveness, as reflected in any goals, metrics, and trends related to its promotion, recruitment, and retention of protected classes of employees.

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Union Pacific Corporation: Greater Disclosure of Material Corporate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Data

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that Union Pacific Corporation ("Union Pacific") publish annually a report, at reasonable expense and excluding proprietary information, assessing the Company's diversity and inclusion efforts. At a minimum the report should include:

  • the process that the Board follows for assessing the effectiveness of its diversity, equity and inclusion programs,

  • the Board’s assessment of program effectiveness, as reflected in any goals, metrics, and trends related to its promotion, recruitment, and retention of protected classes of employees.

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Union Pacific Corporation: Climate Transition Reporting

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders of the Union Pacific Corporation request that the Company provide shareholders with the opportunity, in the annual proxy statement (starting with 2022) to vote to express non-binding, advisory approval or disapproval of the Company’s publicly available climate policies and strategies, in consideration of key climate benchmarks.

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CVS Health Corporation: Greater Disclosure of Material Corporate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Data

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that CVS Health Corporation (CVS Health) publish annually a report assessing the Company's diversity and inclusion efforts, at reasonable expense and excluding proprietary information. At a minimum the report should include:

  • the process that the Board follows for assessing the effectiveness of its diversity, equity and inclusion programs,

  • the Board’s assessment of program effectiveness, as reflected in any goals, metrics, and trends related to its promotion, recruitment, and retention of protected classes of employees.

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