Investors are increasingly voting against the election of corporate directors to get companies they see as laggards on climate change to raise their ambitions. So far this year, investors have cited climate change as a reason for opposing the election of a management-backed director at 225 U.S. companies, up from 157 in 2021 and 83…
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CalPERS, CalSTRS Criticized for Voting No on Big Oil Shareholder Climate Resolutions | Common Dreams
A report released today from Fossil Free California reveals that California’s public pensions voted to oppose climate action at major fossil fuel companies and financiers during the 2022 Annual General Meeting season. This exposé comes two weeks ahead of an Assembly Committee hearing on SB 1173, a bill that would require the funds to divest from fossil…
CalPERS and Massachusetts PRIM Vote Against Chevron Directors
Massachusetts State Treasurer and Receiver General Deborah B. Goldberg today announced her opposition to the election of all members of the board of Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) ahead of the company’s annual meeting on May 25. “Last year more than 60 percent of Chevron’s shareholders voted for a proposal calling on the company to set…
Calpers Plans to Vote to Replace Warren Buffett as Berkshire Hathaway’s Chairman – WSJ
The nation’s largest pension fund is planning to vote for a proposal that would unseat Warren Buffett as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. The $470 billion California Public Employees’ Retirement System, known as Calpers, said in a regulatory filing that it would support a proposal by the National Legal and Policy Center that Berkshire Hathaway’s board chair…
Huge investor coalition urges governments to accelerate climate action | Corporate Secretary
A huge investor coalition has called on national governments to accelerate policy changes that will support investment in climate change solutions. A group of 587 investment firms with a collective $46 trillion in assets under management yesterday issued a statement urging governments to take a range of actions, from strengthening emissions targets to mandating climate…
Update from CalPERS
March 2021 CalPERS update, starting with commitments for this year: Proxy Voting & Corporate Engagements ✓ Vote all public company proxies in a manner consistent with CalPERS’ Governance & Sustainability Principles and CalPERS’ Investment Beliefs ✓ Actively engage 2,000+ unique companies annually on executive and employee compensation, corporate board diversity, climate change, investor rights, human…
Calpers Takes Aim at CEO Pay and Questions Shareholder Behavior – Bloomberg
Many chief executive officers at U.S. companies are paid too much — and investors aren’t holding corporate boards accountable, a senior official at the country’s largest public pension fund said. The too-generous compensation happens despite talk that executive pay is linked to performance, said Simiso Nzima, head of corporate governance at the $389-billion California Public…
CalPERS: 5-Year Horizon for Pay Plan Reviews and No Votes on Comp Committee Members in Extreme Cases
CalPERS, which cast “against” votes at 43 percent of its portfolio companies in its Say-on-Pay voting during the 2018 proxy season and against 53 percent in 2019, is continuing to adjust its methodology for evaluating pay plans. CalPERS Adopts New Say-on-Pay Methodology – JOHN ELLERMAN compensation consultants. That same year, CalPERS announced a significant change…
CalPERS Votes Against Pay at 1,195 Firms – Corporate Governance
Jim McRitchie reports on CalPERS votes against pay plans: Equilar announced, in partnership with CalPERS, the release of the CalPERS P4P Scorecard in Equilar Insight, the leading executive compensation benchmarking software solution. The release of the new scorecard is an extension of the five-year realizable pay calculation CalPERS and Equilar released earlier this year. Said…
Calpers Ups Pressure on Companies Over Executive Pay, Lack of Diversity
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System voted against pay programs this year at 43 percent of the 2,145 U.S. public firms it owns stakes in, up from 18 percent in 2017, the system said Monday. One reason is closer scrutiny, said Simiso Nzima, investment director for corporate governance. In past years some firms may have…
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