Sentences with phrase «shareholder proposals aimed»
Analysis by the law firm confirmed that corporate shareholder proposals aimed at addressing environmental issues were common in 2016, a trend that will continue to keep the pressure on fossil fuel interests like Chevron and ExxonMobil during the Trump years — and make it hard for the SEC to avoid addressing the issue.
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Similar proposals, also called «Aiming for A,» received well over majority support at a handful of European companies where they were submitted in 2015, due in large part to the fact that in each case the board recommended shareholders vote in favor.
In its paper, the BPP Group raises a number of concerns regarding the hard regulatory approach suggested by the Directive proposals and calls upon the European Commission, Parliament and national governments to support the proportionate, principles - based approach to service supplier oversight overwhelmingly supported by shareholders that is embodied in the Best Practice Principles for Shareholder Voting Research & Analysis, stating that «unwarranted or disproportionate legislation may inhibit the provision of independent information and services that assist investors in the exercise of the very rights and responsibilities that the Directive aims to foster and support.»