Environmental Proposals
Climate change was the prevailing theme across the vast majority of the 36 environmental proposals that reached a vote during the 2021 season. 13 of the 36 environmental shareholder proposals that reached a vote passed.
That equates to a passage rate of over 36% and is more than double the number that passed in the 2020 proxy season (5 proposals). .
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Governance Proposals
The number of governance proposals voted upon in 2021 (246) increased slightly compared to the 2020 and 2019 proxy seasons (237 and 221, respectively).
Proposals addressing the right to act by written consent was the most prevalent category of proposals, followed by a variety of proposals addressing topics such as separation of chair and CEO, as we.
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How many governance proposals were voted on in 2021?
The number of governance proposals voted upon in 2021 (246) increased slightly compared to the 2020 and 2019 proxy seasons (237 and 221, respectively).
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Should corporations be governed?
Corporate governance has become a topic of broad public interest as the power of institutional investors has increased and the impact of corporations on society has grown.
Yet ideas about how corporations should be governed vary widely.
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Social Proposals
122 socially-focused shareholder proposals went to a vote during 2021.
Proposals relating to political spending accounted for almost 35% of such measures, and proposals relating to workforce diversity, racial equity and human rights each accounted for approximately 10% of proposals voted.
Twenty social proposals passed in the 2021 season, and consi.
