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Shareholder Voting Trends (2018-2022): Environmental and Climate-Related Proposals (Brief 1)
September 27, 2022 | Report
While climate-related disclosure dominated the 2022 proxy season, health-related lobbying has replaced climate-related lobbying in the red zone of high overall risk
Investor focus on ESG is accelerating: 2022 has seen the highest volume of shareholder proposals in the last five years, driven by a growth in environmental and social proposals. Companies in the Russell 3000 had received 813 proposals as of mid-July, of which 471 were E&S. One out of four voted resolutions on climate-related disclosure gained majority support at annual shareholder meetings—an unprecedented performance for this proposal type.
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