Shareholder Proposals Target Climate Change Risk
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Actual voting data seems to confirm the study; many shareholders are coming off the sidelines on environmental and social shareholder proposals.”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner offset=”vc_col-md-6″][tm_spacer size=”sm:40″][tm_image full_wide=”1″ image=”876″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
