North America

More support for reproductive rights proposals at US retailers; proxy voting season gets underway in Japan with first-ever institutional investor climate proposals.

The latest developments in sustainable finance: World Bank publishes bond impact report; IFC launches consultation on biodiversity finance reference guide.

Investment behemoth discloses opposition, despite committing to undergo a similar audit and supporting a racial audit proposal at Johnson & Johnson last year.

While Meta and Amazon's shareholders rejected all proposals, Twitter's AGM saw the approval of stakeholder resolutions on concealment clauses and electoral spending.

Support drops for Paris targets at European oil majors; and, do the votes at Chubb give an indicator of where most investors are on climate right now?

Californian auto-enrollment scheme seeks approval of board to appoint Washington-based investor.

Californian pension giant opposes oil major’s public policy and sustainability committee for 'failing to adequately respond' to engagement.

Support for Paris-aligned targets at BP falls, as signs emerge that investors are following BlackRock's lead in shying away from more 'prescriptive' climate proposals.

SEC blocks Mastercard’s attempt to exclude Rhode Island ‘ghost gun’ proposal.

Suspension of work on taxonomy comes as Canada’s public sector pension fund PSP Investments launches own bespoke green one as part of inaugural climate strategy.