MARCH 14: The Proxy Preview report with a forecast of the proxy season and additional articles from shareholder proponents and experts was released on March 14. Download the report and access the webinar replay here
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March 26, 2024
"Investors file record number of climate resolutions for North American companies," Reuters
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March 15, 2024
"Shareholders seeking to keep engagements 'out of public eye' double," Responsible Investor (paywal)
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March 5, 2024
Animal Welfare Is on More Proxy Ballots Two Years After Icahns Fight, Bloomberg
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January 23, 2024
"Exxon Suit Seeks Novel Path to Block Shareholder Climate Votes," Bloomberg (paywall)
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January 8, 2024
SEC rules Disney, Apple can’t dodge AI shareholder proposals, ESG Drive
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December 21, 2023
"Recap of the 2023 US proxy season and a look ahead to 2024," Responsible Investor (paywall)
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December 13, 2023
A 'black hole' exists in state lobbying disclosures - Report, The Hill
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July 28, 2023
"Anti-ESG 'noise and fervour' blamed for low support for US sustainability proposals," RI (paywall)
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July 27, 2023
"ESG advocates cite success in proxy fights amid political backlash," Financial Planning (paywall)
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July 24, 2023
"Was there an ESG backlash this proxy season?," Capital Monitor
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June 28, 2023
"Shareholder support for ESG proposals crumbles at U.S. companies," Nikkei
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June 20, 2023
"Support for Abortion-Related Risk Disclosure Wanes this Year," Bloomberg Law (paywall)
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June 9, 2023
"Support for ESG Shareholder Proposals Plummets Amid GOP Backlash," Bloomberg (paywall)
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June 8, 2023
"Investors pull back support for green and social measures amid US political pressure," Financial Times
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June 1, 2023
"Anti-ESG Shareholder Proposals in 2023," Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
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May 23, 2023
"Shareholder Activists Drag Companies Into U.S. Culture Wars," Wall Street Journal (paywall)
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May 10, 2023
"Proxy season: Climate-minded shareholder proposals are on the rise, and so is the backlash," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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May 1, 2023
"Workers' Well-Being Tops Agenda at Annual Shareholder Meetings," Bloomberg
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April 30, 2023
"Big Banks Hold the Purse Strings For Fossil Fuels. They're Not Giving Them Up." Barrons (paywall)
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April 30, 2023
"Shareholder Resolutions Target Climate, Abortion, CEO Pay." Barron's (paywall)
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April 20, 2023
"Companies are laying low on ESG as backlash intensifies," Axios
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April 12, 2023
"Lots of shareholder proposals on ESG this proxy season--and quite a few anti-ESG proposals too," Cooley PubCo
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April 9, 2023
"Businesses face more and more pressure from investors to act on climate change," NPR
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March 30, 2023
"SCOTUS fuels spike in abortion-related shareholder resolutions," Politico
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March 24, 2023
"Investors File Record Number Of ESG Shareholder Resolutions, Report Says," Financial Advisor
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March 23, 2023
"Shareholders to Vote on Record Number of ESG Resolutions," O'Dwyer's
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March 23, 2023
"AGM season: ESG 'wins' in shareholder requests," Investments & Pensions Europe
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March 23, 2023
"This season's shareholder resolutions are proxies in the ESG culture war," ImpactAlpha (paywall)
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March 22, 2023
"Climate, Abortion Rights Lead Vote Proposals For Investors," Law360 (paywall)
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March 22, 2023
"Report Finds ESG a Proxy Priority, Fashion B Corps Tell Otherwise," WWD
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March 22, 2023
"How the anti-ESG movement is failing to gain a foothold in corporate America," Energy Monitor
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March 22, 2023
"Climate change, emissions plans dominate 2023 proxy season," S&P Global Market Intelligence
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March 22, 2023
"Companies Face Another Packed Year of Sustainability Shareholder Votes," Wall Street Journal (paywall)
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March 8, 2023
"BlackRock, Rockefeller Set ESG Priorities for Busy Proxy Season." Bloomberg
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February 22, 2023
"US pay gap resolutions hit mainstream," Capital Monitor
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January 5, 2023
"Companies Face Proxy Heat on Political Spending After Dobbs," Bloomberg Law (paywall)
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October 19, 2022
"Fortune 250 Companies Heavily Supported Anti-Abortion-Rights Politicians in Recent Election Cycles, Study Finds," Morningstar
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August 1, 2022
"Effective or Not, ESG Boycotts Targeting Pension Funds Likely to Fuel Legal Work." The American Lawyer (paywall)
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August 1, 2022
"Google, Apple Back Affirmative Action in Harvard Case," Bloomberg Law
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July 14, 2022
"SEC seeks to ease barriers for investors’ ESG proposals," Roll Call
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July 13, 2022
"Shareholder ESG support down but not out, researchers say," Reuters
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June 27, 2022
"Shareholder votes on abortion access likely to increase," ESG Clarity (UK)
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June 22, 2022
"Investors Balk at Tough Climate Proposals: 2022 Proxy Voting Roundup," The Wall Street Journal
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June 17, 2022
"The ESG Interview: Taking the Temperature of US Investors." ESG Investor
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June 14, 2022
"Proposed Legislation Promises to Empower Investors. What to Know." Barron's (paywall)
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June 6, 2022
Climate shareholder resolutions flood into proxy season for a record
year, Fortune (paywall)
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year, Fortune (paywall)
May 17, 2022
"It's Conservative David vs. the Woke Corporate Green Giant." RealClear Investigations
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May 13, 2022
"Analysis: Big Oil gets investor reprieve as energy worries trump climate concerns," Reuters
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May 12, 2022
"ESG opponents get political under the guise of getting politics out of investing," Impact Alpha
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May 12, 2022
"Proxy season culture war: Republicans urge investors to vote against 'woke' big business like Disney," USA Today (paywall)
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May 12, 2022
"How activist shareholders are making the business case for abortion access." Fast Company
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April 27, 2022
"Bank shareholder proposals to curb new fossil fuel lending get slim support," Reuters
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April 19, 2022
"SEC shift fuels surge in climate-linked proxy proposals," Politico
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April 16, 2022
"Proxy power: Annual meetings are the new frontline in the battle over corporate purpose," The Economist
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April 15, 2022
"Corporate Advocacy: Should companies take a stand on political issues?" CQ Researcher
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April 12, 2022
"Forced Labour in China: Where Pro-ESG and Anti-ESG Groups Meet." Morningstar
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April 11, 2022
"Record Number of ESG Shareholder Resolutions in 2022," Capital Research Center
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April 8, 2022
"Is the metaverse good for society? Meta shareholders will get to weigh in after the Facebook owner loses a bid to stop the vote," Fortune
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April 7, 2022
"Meta Loses Bid to Quash Vote on the Future of Metaverse," Bloomberg
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April 4, 2022
"Climate resolutions top 'unprecedented' number of shareholder proposals in 2022," S&P Global Market Intelligence
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April 4, 2022
"Shareholders Up Climate, Social Demands After SEC Policy Shift," Bloomberg Law
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March 28, 2022
"Investors push for less talk and more action this proxy season." Pensions & Investments
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March 17, 2022
"ESG resolution round-up: Racial justice concerns drive 20% increase in ESG proposals this year at US firm," Responsible Investor (paywall)
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March 17, 2022
"U.S. ESG shareholder resolutions up 22% to record level for 2022, study finds," Street Register
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March 17, 2022
"ESG Shareholder Resolutions Are at Record Levels," State Street ESG Channel
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March 17, 2022
"Shareholders File A Record 529 ESG Resolutions So Far In '22," Law 360 (paywall)
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March 17, 2022
"Record-breaking proxy season for ESG proposals, report says," Corporate Secretary
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March 17, 2022
"U.S. ESG shareholder resolutions up 22% to record level for 2022, study finds." Reuters
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January 26, 2022
"Costco Shareholder Vote Signals Focus on Supply-Chain Emissions," Wall Street Journal
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January 3, 2022
"The ESG Investment Theme Just Wrapped Up a Great Year," ESG Channel (SSGA)
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December 29, 2021
"GOP backlash building against SEC climate disclosure rule," S&P Global Market Intelligence
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October 29, 2021
"2021 proxy season marked "new era" of shareholder support for ESG issues," S&P Global's ESG Insider (podcast)
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September 23, 2021
"Corporate political spending scrutinized amid state controversies," CQ
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September 13, 2021
"Diversity a Key Theme In Unprecedented U.S. Annual Meeting Season," Hawkamah Journal No. 17
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September 2, 2021
"Companies Make EEOC Diversity Disclosures Public Amid Investor Pressure," The Wall Street Journal
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August 11, 2021
"Nasdaq Rules To Create More ESG Data for Funds," Ignites (FT)
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August 5, 2021
"Companies said to be meeting commitments on equality, diversity," CQ News
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August 2, 2021
"Reflections on the 2021 Proxy Season with Heidi Welsh." Voice of Corporate Governance, CII (podcast)
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July 30, 2021
"Investors Ready for ESG Proxy Fights." Agenda (Financial Times)
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July 28, 2021
"ESG investors press companies for fairer labor polices," Roll Call
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July 28, 2021
"BlackRock shows growing ESG role in assessing financial risk," CQ News
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July 1, 2021
"Rebel shareholders are taking on big companies. And they're winning," Before the Bell, CNN
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July 1, 2021
"Political spending proposals gain traction in proxy season," Roll Call
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June 28, 2021
"A Record Year for ESG Shareholder Resolutions," ESG Channel (State Street Global Advisors)
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June 25, 2021
"Oil firms and others face unprecedented pressure to come clean on climate change," Los Angeles Times
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June 17, 2021
"Investor groups probing issuers on racial equity messaging this proxy season," Corporate Secretary
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May 27, 2021
"Exxon's Shareholder Revolt Is a Warning for Boards Everywhere," Barron's
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April 22, 2021
"Investors Pressure Corporate America With Record Diversity Push," Bloomberg News
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April 6, 2021
"Shareholders target 'white man's world' with record demands for diversity data," Politico
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April 1, 2021
"Companies say Black Lives Matter. Investors say Prove it," GreenBiz
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March 18, 2021
"Shareholders Seen Demanding Specifics on ESG Issues - Proxy Preview," Pensions & Investments
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March 18, 2021
"US Corporate Reformers Face More Fights to Get Proxy Votes," Reuters
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March 18, 2021
"Shareholders Demand Action on Social Justice, Proxy Report Says," Financial Advisor Magazine
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March 9, 2021
"More ESG Shareholder Proposals Could Reach Ballots Under New SEC Leadership," Wall Street Journal
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August 4, 2020
"Investor groups resist SEC rule change on shareholder proposals," CQ
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June 10, 2020
"Record year for environmental, social investor petitions," Financial Times
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January 28, 2020
"As SEC curtails shareholder activism, big institutional investors must act," Corporate Knights (opinion)
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January 16, 2020
"Proposed SEC rule changes could impede investor activism," GreenBiz
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January 16, 2020
"The SEC is trying to stifle shareholders' right to challenge corporate managements," Los Angeles Times
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January 6, 2020
"SEC proposed rule would have blocked 614 ESG resolutions since 2010, data shows," S&P Global Market Intelligence
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September 22, 2019
"Small ESG Investors Punch Above Their Weight," Wall Street Journal
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May 9, 2019
"Exxon shareholders want action on climate change. The SEC calls it micromanagement," Washington Post
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May 2, 2019
"SEC Blocks More Shareholder Climate Resolutions, Citing 'Micromanagement,'" Inside Climate News
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April 12, 2019
"This Proxy Season, It's Revenge of the Nurdles," The Wall Street Journal
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April 4, 2019
"Shareholders Shake Things Up This Proxy Season," Kiplinger's
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April 1, 2019
"Proxy season stung by government shutdown," Pensions & Investments
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March 14, 2019
"Shareholder Resolutions Address Guns, Opioids And Climate Change," Financial Advisor
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March 12, 2019
"Scoop: Oil producer EOG Resources commits to methane target," Axios
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January 30, 2019
"When it comes to investment giants furthering social good, many see a disconnect between words and action," Fast Company
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January 30, 2019
"Shareholder activism is on the rise, but companies are fighting back," CNN
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September 27, 2018
"Shareholders Win Vote Urging Smith & Wesson Maker to Review Safety Efforts," The Wall Street Journal
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April 12, 2018
"Voting with your pocket: The proxy-voting season kicks off on Wall Street," The Economist
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April 9, 2018
"The SEC is blunting investor activism over climate, K-Cups and gay rights," The Washington Post
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April 2, 2018
"Investors Stunned Over Oil Producer's Climate-Change Exemption," Axios
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March 8, 2018
"400+ Resolutions Show Investors Stepping Up to Tackle ESG Issues," Sustainable Brands
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March 8, 2018
"Environment, corporate political spending top proxy season list," Pensions & Investments
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March 8, 2018
"3 Dozen Shareholder Resolutions Target Oil, Gas and Power Companies on Climate", Inside Climate News
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March 1, 2018
"Even Oil Companies Are Now Saying Climate Change Will Hurt Their Business," Time Magazine
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February 28, 2018
"A Gun-Owning Trump Fan’s New Crusade: Clean Energy," The New York Times
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October 2, 2017
The US Chamber of Commerce Might Not Be What You Think (Racked - Vox Media)
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April 22, 2017
Are Republicans Trying to Eliminate Activist Investors? Bill To Replace Dodd-Frank Could Silence Shareholders, International Business Times
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March 16, 2017
Companies seek SEC help on shareholder resolutions, study finds, IR Magazine
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March 10, 2017
Companies Lobbying Government Keep Spending Secret From Shareholders - Report, International Business Times
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March 10, 2017
Paul Hodgson: Proxy Preview 2017 - Shareholder resolutions in a time of Trump, Responsible Investor
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March 9, 2017
Shareholders focus on environment, corporate political activity in proxy proposals — report, Pensions & Investments
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March 9, 2017
Investment activists could be a check on Trump — report, E&E NEWS Climate Wire
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March 9, 2017
Corporate Disclosure on State Lobbying ‘Non-Existent': Study, Bloomberg BNA
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