Majority Action calls on institutional investors to withhold support for directors at companies that unless they meet the Net-Zero benchmarks. Twenty-three of the 45 US companies failed to achieve full compliance with any of the nine Net-Zero Company Benchmark indicators. Despite this failure, a majority of large Climate Action 100+ investor-signatories voted for every single…
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Majority Action Wants Former Exxon CEO Off the Board of JPMorgan
Few people are in a position to influence Jamie Dimon, the chief executive who turned JPMorgan Chase & Co. into the biggest U.S. bank. The longtime climate skeptic who turned Exxon Mobil Corp. into the biggest U.S. oil company is one of them. Lee R. Raymond, 81, holds the top position on JPMorgan’s 11-member board…
Majority Action’s Asset Manager Report 2019 — BlackRock and Vanguard Flunk Again
Majority Action’s latest report on asset manager votes on climate change show little progress: BlackRock and Vanguard voted for 99% of U.S. large capitalization energy and utility company-proposed directors and 100% of their say on pay proposals. BlackRock and Vanguard not only voted with management more often than most of their asset manager peers; they…
ISS Endorses Shareholder Challenge to Dominion Energy
Majority Action is calling on Dominion Energy to appoint an independent board chair because “the board’s composition and the qualifications and outside connections of board members in key leadership positions call into question whether the board is well-positioned to provide independent oversight.” Proxy advisory firm ISS has recommended a vote in favor of the resolution….
Net-Zero by 2050 — Report from Climate Majority Action
Investors are increasingly making the business case for taking action on climate change. The collective choice problem inherent in planet-wide environmental issues, amplified by the distorting impact of often-undisclosed political donations from corporate executives and billionaires (see our work on the fake dark money front group Main Street Investors Coalition) has left investors, particularly long-term, passive investors like…