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Shareholders at Shell have voted against aligning the energy company’s ESG goals with the Paris Climate Agreement, despite persistence from activists and protesters. At the AGM earlier this week, shareholders voted against resolution 26, which called for the energy company to reduce its ...

Even though oversight for ESG tends to fall primarily with the nominating and governance committee, or in some cases across multiple committees, the role of the audit committee will continue to grow in importance, especially as formal disclosure requirements increase, according to a new ...

A shareholder proposal seeking information about Goldman Sachs’ plans to shift away from greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in areas where it is providing finance garnered almost a third of the votes cast at the bank’s AGM on April 26. According to an SEC filing, the resolution was backed by 30 percent of votes placed, a level of support generally regarded as significant among corporate governance experts. The vote comes as shareholder advocates and shareholders inc...