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Tag: Shareholder Proposals

Banks and Shareholders at Odds Over Racial Equity Audits

Banks and Shareholders at Odds Over Racial Equity Audits

Banks and Shareholders at Odds Over Racial Equity Audits

Last year, the consultants at McKinsey & Company set out to study racial equity in the financial sector. The firm’s report concluded that the industry gets dramatically whiter the further you go up the corporate ladder. McKinsey’s resea...

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Shareholder Proposals to Watch This Proxy Season

Shareholder Proposals to Watch This Proxy Season

Shareholder Proposals to Watch This Proxy Season

It’s awards season in Hollywood, where multiple Golden Globe wins by “Nomadland” have cast a spotlight on Amazon’s CamperForce program, a seasonal workforce of RVers and nomads. Meanwhile, it’s proxy season in the business world, where Amaz...

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Resistance to Corporate Diversity Initiatives is Likely Futile

Resistance to Corporate Diversity Initiatives is Likely Futile

Resistance to Corporate Diversity Initiatives is Likely Futile

After two decades, you could make a strong case that the dominant story in corporate America of the 21st century has been the growing influence of environmental, social and governance issues. Recent pushback against corporate diversity and...

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Momentum Newton's Cradle

SEC Rule May Generate Public Perception Concerns Around Stakeholder Proposals

Momentum Newton's Cradle

Sometimes great ideas take a while to catch on. The legendary sitcom Seinfeld took five seasons just to crack the top 20 shows in the Neilson ratings. Shareholder proposals are far less funny, but they too can take years to gain momentum. T...

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Apple products in the hardware aisle

Issuers Go DIY on Environmental Regulation

Apple products in the hardware aisle

In a movie from a more innocent age, Tom Cruise, playing sports agent Jerry Maguire, pleads with a self-absorbed client: “Help me help you.” In a nutshell, that summarizes the pitch just made by investors with nearly $1 trillion in assets t...

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