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News & UpdatesMarch 12, 2010 Top ESG Issues for 2010 Proxy Season: Climate Change, Toxics and the Impact of Natural Gas 'Fracking' on the Water SupplySource:RiskMetricsEnvironmental questions are receiving a lot of attention from shareholders during the spring US proxy season, including 39 resolutions about global climate change. Other prominent shareholder concerns include the impact of... March 12, 2010 Calpers May Challenge Companies on Board ElectionsSource:BusinessWeek-- The California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the biggest state-run U.S. public pension, may use its financial clout to force BlackRock Inc., News Corp, and other companies where it has large holdings to change the way... March 11, 2010 Be Careful of Bestowing Increased Rights to Shareholders
Source:Seeking Alpha
Greater Shareholder Rights Coming are obviously on the way. The question now is what form those increased rights will take, and what the consequences will be for publicly-traded companies and their management. Tara Siegel Bernard... March 4, 2010 Beware: Activists on the Hunt?Source:NY TimesActivist shareholders are back — and for good reason, Breakingviews says. As the proxy season heats up, pot-stirrers like Carl C. Icahn and Ron Burkle are raising a fuss at companies like Genzyme and Barnes & Noble. Easy pickings... March 3, 2010 More Than 50 Companies Voluntarily Adopt“Say on Pay” as Institutional Investors Continue to Press for an Advisory Vote
Source:Walden Asset Management
Washington, DC—Investors pushing for annual advisory shareholder votes on executive compensation today announced that more than 50 companies have now voluntarily adopted giving their shareholders an annual advisory vote on...[more] February 27, 2010 Colgate Announces Implementation ofAdvisory Vote on Executive Compensation
Source:Walden Asset Management
Colgate-Palmolive Company announced its Board has decided to implement an advisory vote on executive compensation at its 2010 stockholder meeting. Mr. Daniel Stranahan, Chair of the Finance Committee of the Needmor Fund and...[more] February 25, 2010 Mainstream investors back activists
Source:IR Magazine
It used to be companies could count on the support of long-term institutional stalwarts when pesky activists came calling. Not anymore. According to a survey from FD, the strategic communications arm of FTI Consulting,... February 23, 2010 UK trades unions and NGOs unite for pension fund e-mail campaign over BP/Shell tar sands
Source:Responsible Investor
A coalition of UK trades unions, NGOs and investors is attempting to get thousands of pension scheme members to join an e-mail bombing campaign aiming to force oil giants BP and Royal Dutch Shell to reconsider investments in... February 19, 2010 Right to call meetings leads proxy-season proposalsSource:Pensions & InvestmentsA proposal seeking a right of shareholders to call a special meeting was the leading shareholder proposal filed for the 2010 proxy season as of Feb. 1, with votes pending at 51 companies, according to tracking by RiskMetrics Group February 18, 2010 AMERICAN FUNDS SELLS PETROCHINA AFTER SHAREHOLDER MEETING
Source:Investors Against Genocide
Boston, MA - Following a well-publicized shareholder vote on genocide-free investing on November 24, American Funds has now become the largest mutual fund company to divest its holdings in PetroChina. A recent posting on the...[more] [What would you find useful here?]
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