Shareholder Proposal Roundup

Every year, hundreds of proposals are filed to encourage companies to address risks and ensure sustainable business practices. These shareholder proposals are filed by some of North America's largest public pension funds and leading religious, labor, foundation, and socially responsible investors.

Shareholder proposals and other votes are a powerful signal and a useful engagement tool. A total of 538 shareholder proposals reached a vote in the first half of 2022. Environmental proposals made up approximately 15% of these proposals.

Below are links to key organizations who aggregate and flag these proposals for shareholders to consider.

Flagged Votes

Climate Action 100+ initiative (which has several pension fund members) flags shareholder proposals investors to take into consideration during proxy season.

Climate Votes is a global effort comprised of climate finance specialists engaging with institutional investors to use their shareholder power for real climate action.

Majority Action focuses on director votes and flags specific directors responsible for climate oversight who fail to align their corporate actions with limiting 1.5°C pathways.

Proposal Databases

Ceres tracks shareholder resolutions filed by network members, focusing on the climate crisis, energy, water scarcity, and sustainability reporting. These resolutions are part of broader investor efforts to encourage companies to address the full scope of environmental, social and governance issues.

Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) pioneered the use of shareholder advocacy to press companies on environmental, social, and governance issues.They have a database of their members’ resolutions.

Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) provides a database of shareholder resolutions, management proposals and votes to improve the transparency of shareholder advocacy and proxy voting and to facilitate communication among shareholders, including PRI signatories.