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Shareholder Activism

Holding corporations accountable

2013 Climate and Energy Proxy Chart

Shareholders are working to push companies to mitigate the worst consequences of climate change. If you own stock in one of the companies listed below, be sure to vote your proxies in favor making companies take climate change seriously.

(Thanks to the AFL-CIO, As You Sow, Ceres, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, Investor Environmental Health Network, and the Investor Network on Climate Risk for assistance in compiling these charts.)

COMPANY SHAREHOLDER RESOLUTION DATE
     
Amazon.com Report on climate change MAY
Ameren Report on energy efficiency/renewables APRIL
Berkshire Hathaway Adopt greenhouse gas reduction targets APRIL
Chevron               Report on hydraulic fracturing MAY
ConocoPhillips   Adopt greenhouse gas reduction targets MAY
CONSOL Energy                Report on climate change MAY
Dominion Resources Report on mountaintop coal removal MAY
Dun & Bradstreet Report on energy-use management MAY
ExxonMobil        Adopt greenhouse gas reduction targets MAY
ExxonMobil        Report on hydraulic fracturing MAY
JPMorgan Chase Report on GHG emissions and finance   MAY
Pioneer Natural Resources Report on hydraulic fracturing MAY
Public Storage Set energy-use reductin targets MAY
Range Resources Report on methane emissions and targets MAY
Ultra Petroleum Report on hydraulic fracturing MAY

 

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NOTE: Shareholder Votes on Executive Compensation
Will Be Held at All Publicly Held Companies

As required by the financial reform legislation passed in 2010, beginning in 2011 all companies must hold an advisory shareholder vote on the frequency with which shareowners vote on the compensation of CEOs and senior executives. These resolutions are commonly known as "say on pay" resolutions and will offer shareowners the option of voting on executive compensation every year, every two years, or every three years. Green America urges all investors to vote in favor of annual votes on executive compensation to encourage greater oversight of the highest salaries within corporations. Investors may then choose whether to vote against, abstain, or support specific compensation packages, understanding the role that excessive executive pay played in creating the nation's financial crisis.

 

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