To understand how environmental, social, and governance (ESG) activists are trying to shoehorn substantive public policy debates into American businesses, look no further than the shareholder resolutions they file at some of the country’s largest companies.
Amazon’s annual meeting is May 22, and the company’s proxy materials reveal it will be facing fourteen shareholder resolutions. These generally serve as a good barometer for understanding current trends and priorities of ESG activists. The resolutions filed at Amazon, and the company’s response to them, help illustrate the nature of ESG activism at American public companies in 2024.
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