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  • No action: US SEC steps back from shareholder proposal oversight

    18 November 2025

    Regulator will not respond to companies' requests to omit shareholder resolutions this proxy season, sparking concerns over legal uncertainty and investor protections

  • US SEC cracks down on sustainability-driven shareholder resolutions

    12 March 2025

    Investors criticise regulator for revising policy for approving requests to exclude ESG-related proposals

  • Six pharma companies facing human rights due diligence proposals in 2025

    31 December 2024
  • ExxonMobil rebuffs reporting proposals amid dispute with environmental groups

    07 June 2024

    Shareholders reject resolutions on social and environmental disclosures, after company's criticisms of shareholder advocacy groups

  • ExxonMobil bites back at disclosure resolutions

    17 April 2024

    And rails against shareholder advocacy groups in proxy memo

  • Starbucks avoids first TNFD-related shareholder proposal of the US AGM season

    20 February 2024

    US investors from the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) also targeted Home Depot and International Paper