Shareholder support for climate action grows

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Environmental and social resolutions made up 40 per cent of all proposals in the 2011 proxy season, up 10 per cent on 2010

Environmental and social resolutions comprised two in every five proposals submitted by US shareholders, according to new figures on the 2011 proxy season. Around one third of these issues were specifically...

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