ESG Alert: All About Sustainability: The Surge in Environmental Shareholder Proposals Going to a Vote; B2B ESG Disclosure; Who Leads the Drive to Buil
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ESG Alert: All About Sustainability: The Surge in Environmental Shareholder Proposals Going to a Vote; B2B ESG Disclosure; Who Leads the Drive to Buil

May 20, 2022 | Newsletters & Alerts

   

70 Percent of Environmental Shareholder Proposals Are Going to a Vote  

Sometimes your predictions are right, but you’re still surprised. That’s the case with shareholder proposals on environmental issues this proxy season.

  • As we predicted earlier this year, it has become more difficult for companies to reach a negotiated compromise on or omit environmental proposals. We expected that, emboldened by the success of their proposals last year, proponents see less incentive to negotiate a withdrawal of their proposals. But the magnitude of the leap is striking. As of May 12th – when the most recent proxy voting results were filed – 70% of environmental proposals (26 out of 37) have come to a vote. This compares to 33% of proposals (13 out of 40) that came to a vote in the sam

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