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Companies Face Another Packed Year of Sustainability Shareholder Votes

Anti-ESG proposals have also jumped, and the first vote this year was for one at Apple that called for reporting on the “risks” of the company’s diversity and inclusion programs.PHOTO: JOHN G MABANGLO/SHUTTERSTOCK

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Dieter Holger

March 22, 2023 1:00 am ET | WSJ PRO

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U.S. companies are facing fewer shareholder proposals on social issues this year but more calls for climate action. Anti-ESG ones are increasing, too.

For annual general meetings taking place in the first six months of the year, shareholders across all U.S. publicly traded companies filed a total of 538 proposals related to environmental, social and sustainability governance issues, according to the Sustainable Investments Institute, a Washington-based nonprofit that tracks such votes. Last year, there were 577 filings over the same period. 

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