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Activist Investors Claim Record Results on Climate Change
Investors filed a record 101 climate and energy-related resolutions with 88 U.S. and Canadian companies in 2010, a 50% increase from the year-earlier, according to activist shareholder organizations. A record 51 resolutions were withdrawn after the companies agreed to climate change and energy-related commitments.
Commitment to Gulf Cleanup Will Be True Measure of BP
Environmental activist Mark Tulay thinks there are lessons to be learned from comparing the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico – now the largest in American history – to the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989. Instead of hedging and dodging, he says, BP would be well served to take the high road on settlement issues.
Businesses Link Sustainability Objectives to Executive Pay
A small but growing group of pioneering companies are increasingly aware of the power that policies on executive pay can exert on sustainability behavior. One challenge: linking today’s compensation package to policies and practices whose impact may not be felt for many years to come.
Sustainability: 20 Expectations for Companies by 2020
A major new paper from Ceres, the investor and environmental group, “is a guide to companies on their journey to comprehensive sustainability – from the boardroom to the copy room – and throughout the supply chain,” says the organization’s president.
SEC Votes for Improved Disclosure on Climate Risk
In an action hailed by environmental groups as “ground-breaking,” the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission voted to provide guidance to publicly-listed companies regarding the level and quality of their disclosures on climate change and its “material” impact on their businesses.
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