The 2024 corporate annual general meeting season has begun, and that means it’s time to vote your proxy ballots. Why is voting proxy ballots so important?
The shareholder proposal process allows both large and small shareholders to alert corporate boards and the investor community to their concerns and to request timely action on emerging, or neglected, issues. A key element of process allows shareholders who meet certain criteria to submit proposals for inclusion in the company’s proxy statement for a vote by all shareholders holding voting shares.
Every year, members of the ICCR community file between 300 – 500 of these shareholder proposals on a range of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. Resolutions that make it onto corporate proxy ballots then go on to a vote of all shareholders at corporate annual general meetings (AGMs), which generally occur each year in the spring. Votes in favor of shareholder resolutions in the double digits are very successful in focusing management and investor attention on ESG issues. The following proxy exempt solicitations and proxy memos are written by members of our coalition and lay out the arguments for why you should consider supporting their proposals.
AGM Date: 07.17.24. Constellation Brands: GHG Emissions – Plastic Packaging
AGM Date: 06.27.24. Dell: DEI Disclosure
AGM Date: 06.27.24. Kroger: Public Health Costs and Tobacco, Living Wage, Just Transition Report
AGM Date: 06.20.24. Delta Air Lines: Non-Interference Policy
AGM Date: 06.13.24. Tesla: Deep Sea Mining, Freedom of Association
AGM Date: 06.12.24. Target: Living Wage
AGM Date: 06.11.24. Caesars Entertainment: Smokefree Policy
AGM Date: 06.10.24. Keurig Dr. Pepper: Single-Use Plastics
AGM Date: 06.07.24. Alphabet: Child Safety Online, Human Rights and AI, Retirement Plan Climate Risk, AI Principles and Board Oversight – AI and Misinformation (1 and 2)
AGM Date: 06.06.24. Chipotle Mexican Grill: Health and Safety Audit
AGM Date: 06.06.24. Restaurant Brands International: Antimicrobial Resistance, Single-Use Plastics
AGM Date: 06.05.24. Granite Construction: Company Policy Misalignment
AGM Date: 06.05.24. Walmart: Human Rights Impact Assessment, Living Wage, Racial Equity Audit
AGM Date: 06.04.24. Chartwell: Report on Staffing Ratios
AGM Date: 06.04.24. General Motors: Deep Sea Mining
AGM Date: 05.29.24. Chevron: Tax Transparency, Reduced Plastic Demand Report
AGM Date: 05.29.24. DocuSign: DEI Report
AGM Date: 05.29.24. ExxonMobil: Single-Use Plastics, Vote Against Directors, ICCR exempt solicitation addressing Exxon’s escalating attacks on proponents of shareholder resolutions
AGM Date: 05.29.24. Dollar General: Say on Pay
AGM Date: 05.29.24. Meta: Climate Lobbying, Political Advertising Report, AI and Misinformation
AGM Date: 05.28.24. Yara International: GHG Emissions
AGM Date: 05.28.24. Gildan Activewear: Human Rights Risk
AGM Date: 05.23.24. Skechers USA: Value Chain Emissions Timeline
AGM Date: 05.22.24. Amazon: Scope 3 Emissions, Customer Due Diligence, Sustainable Packaging Policies, Freedom of Association
AGM Date: 05.22.24. Markel Group: GHG Emissions
AGM Date: 05.22.24. McDonald’s: Antimicrobial Resistance
AGM Date: 05.22.24. Mondelez: Human Rights Policy
AGM Date: 05.22.24. Ross Stores: Material Value Chain Emissions
AGM Date: 05.21.24. JPMorgan Chase: Human Rights Risk, Proxy Voting Alignment
AGM Date: 05.21.24. Wendy’s: Racial Equity Audit
AGM Date: 05.17.24. Boeing Corp: Emissions Reduction Targets
AGM Date: 05.16.24. Home Depot: Biodiversity Impact Assessment
AGM Date: 05.16.24. Chubb Ltd: Emissions Disclosure
AGM Date: 05.16.24. Texas Roadhouse: GHG Reduction
AGM Date: 05.16.24. Bally’s Corporation: Smokefree Policy
AGM Date: 05.16.24. Altria Group: Political Contributions, Consumer Packaging
AGM Date: 05.16.24. Yum! Brands: Antimicrobial Resistance
AGM Date: 05.16.24. CVS Health: Worker Rights Assessment
AGM Date: 05.15.24. BlackRock: Proxy Voting Alignment
AGM Date: 05.15.24. Phillips 66: Single-Use Plastics
AGM Date: 05.15.24. Old Dominion Freight Line: GHG Emissions
AGM Date: 05.14.24. Amkor: DEI Disclosure
AGM Date: 05.14.24. Cummins Inc: GHG Emissions and Executive Compensation
AGM Date: 05.14.24. The Travelers Companies: Methane Emissions, Human Rights Risk Report, Insurance Emissions Disclosure
AGM Date: 05.09.24. Boyd Gaming: Smoke-free Policy
AGM Date: 05.09.24. Power Corporation: Disclose Scope 1-3 Emissions
AGM Date: 05.09.24. Ford Motor Company: Supply Chain Traceability
AGM Date: 05.09.24. Westlake Corp: Single-Use Plastics
AGM Date: 05.09.24. Verizon Communications: Cease Political Spending Study, Political Expenditures Misalignment
AGM Date: 05.08.24. Enbridge: Disclose Scope 3 Emissions, Estimating Enbridge’s Emissions
AGM Date: 05.07.24. Danaher: DEI Disclosure
AGM Date: 05.07.24. Suncor: Disclose Climate Transition Results
AGM Date: 05.07.24. SkyWest Inc: Freedom of Association
AGM Date: 05.06.24. Uber: Driver Health and Safety
AGM Date: 05.06.24. Hershey: Circular Economy for Packaging
AGM Date: 05.06.24. Eli Lilly: Patents and Access, Human Rights Policy, Lobbying Disclosure, DEI Report
AGM Date: 05.04.24. Berkshire Hathaway: Annual DEI Report, Paris-aligned Emissions Reduction
AGM Date: 05.03.24. Timken: Adopt Ambitious GHG Reduction Targets
AGM Date: 05.03.24. AbbVie: Patents and Access
AGM Date: 05.02.24. Capital One: GHG Emission Targets
AGM Date: 05.02.24. DTE Energy: Climate Transition Plan
AGM Date: 05.02.24. Encompass Health: DEI Report
AGM Date: 05.02.24. United Parcel Service: DEI Report
AGM Date: 05.02.24. Lockheed Martin: GHG Emissions
AGM Date: 05.02.24. RTX Corporation: Lobbying Report, Emissions Reduction Plan
AGM Date: 05.02.24. Occidental Petroleum: Lobbying Report
AGM Date: 05.01.24. PepsiCo: Safety of Non-sugar Sweeteners
AGM Date: 05.01.24. Coca-Cola: Safety of Non-sugar Sweeteners, Healthcare Policies
AGM Date: 04.30.24. Barrick Gold: Assess environmental water impacts of planned and current mining operations
AGM Date: 04.30.24. IBM: Adopt GHG Reduction Targets, Lobbying Disclosure
AGM Date: 04.30.24. PACCAR: Climate Lobbying
AGM Date: 04.30.24. Wells Fargo: Lobbying Disclosure, Lobbying Alignment
AGM Date: 04.26.24. Centerpoint Energy: GHG Emissions
AGM Date: 04.26.24. Kellanova: Pesticide Use in the Supply Chain
AGM Date: 04.25.24. Edison International. Lobbying Expenditures
AGM Date: 04.25.24. Texas Instruments: Human Rights and Material Risks Related to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
AGM Date: 04.24.24. Bank of America: Vote Against Director, Lobbying Alignment
AGM Date: 04.24.24. Goldman Sachs: Proxy Voting Review, Lobbying Expenditures Disclosure, Environmental Justice, Pay Equity
AGM Date: 04.23.24. Charter Communications: Lobbying Expenditures
AGM Date: 04.23.24. Truist Financial: Lobbying Expenditures
AGM Date: 04.18.24. Nestle: Healthy Foods
AGM Date: 04.18.24. TD: Align Financing with 2030 Sector Emissions Reduction Targets
AGM Date: 04.11.24. Dow: Single-Use Plastics
AGM Date: 04.10.24. Lennar: Reduce GHG Emissions
AGM Date: 04.09.24. Bank of New York Mellon: Lobbying Expenditures Disclosure
AGM Date: 04.03.24. Walt Disney Co.: Corporate Political Spending
AGM Date: 02.08.24. Tyson Foods: Report on the Alignment of Corporate Climate Lobbying Activities, Audit on Illegal Child Labor, and Circular Economy for Packaging
The post Vote Your Proxies – See 2024’s Proxy Memos and Exempt Solicitations first appeared on Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility.