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Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) Activist Investors Shareholder Proposals

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC)

Trends and takeaways from the 2025 proxy season

Proxy voting trends and outcomes, shareholder engagement, activism, and lessons for boards. KPMG Board Leadership Center Senior Advisor Stephen Brown and Freshfields Partner Pamela Marcogliese share their takeaways for...more

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Federal Court Upholds SEC Regulations From First Trump Administration That Discourage Activist (ESG) Investors

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In the first Trump Administration, the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated certain rules that had the effect of erecting barriers to activist investors seeking to have shareholder proposals--often involving topics...more

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Shareholders' General Meetings: The trend of shareholders' viewing ESG as important is steadily increasing

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Forty-eight Japanese companies received shareholder proposals in the June 2021 general meetings (162 proposals in total). This represents a modest decrease compared to last year, when 55 companies received shareholder...more

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Japan's 2020 Proxy Season Results Announced

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While balance sheet proposals saw a slight downturn, COVID-19 and FEFTA appear not to have dampened shareholders' desire to effect change via AGM proposals....more

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