Climate lobbying: an emerging proxy battleground
Corporate lobbying against climate policies has become a key agenda item this AGM season, with nearly half of all PACCAR investors demanding more transparency
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Illinois treasurer and Maryland comptroller join opposition to Exxon’s leadership
Ahead of Exxon Mobil’s AGM on 29 May, the state comptrollers for Maryland and the treasurer for Illinois have also joined the pushback against Exxon's leadership
Wespath’s Schoeppner: why we are calling for a vote against Exxon’s CEO
NZI caught up with Lucas Schoeppner, manager Sustainable Investment Stewardship at Wespath to find out why he is calling for a vote against Exxon's leadership
SEC no action requests: ordinary business or business as usual?
How has corporate reasoning to avoid climate resolutions at US AGM's evolved?
EV: should investors be worried about the current slowdown?
For the second instalment of the climate solutions series, Net Zero Investor examines whether the current slowdown in the electric vehicle (EV) industry has caused investors to turn their heads towards other opportunities
Brunel to vote against Exxon’s board
Brunel Pension Partnership has announced that it will vote against all all management resolutions at the forthcoming Exxon AGM in response to the oil firm's legal threats against shareholders
Why universal owners need modest objectives
Tom Gosling, executive fellow at London Business School argues that by aiming for less, asset owners can achieve more as universal owners
No-action requests 2024: the climate resolutions companies don’t want to discuss
2024 saw a surge of corporate no-action requests to prevent resolutions from being heard, Atharva Deshmukh examines how the reasoning behind them has evolved
Rebellion brewing as Exxon targets shareholder dissent with No Action requests
Oil giant Exxon Mobil has successfully filed a No Action Request against a resolution put forward by As You Sow, but shareholders are now calling to vote against the board
CalPERS’ Cohen takes lead of Climate Action 100+ governing committee
Michael Cohen, chief operating investment officer of the at $462.8bn US pension fund CalPERS has been appointed as chair of the Steering Committee for the investor coalition Climate Action 100+
2024 proxy season: key energy AGMs to watch out for
What are the key shareholder resolutions at energy firms that climate-conscious investors should be keeping an eye on this proxy season?
