The 2023 Climate Finance Resolutions

 

Time-Bound Phase-Out of New Fossil Fuel Exploration and Development

Company: Bank of America. AGM: 04/25. Proponent: Trillium Asset Management. Vote: 7% FOR.

Company: CitigroupAGM: 04/25. Proponent: Harrington Investments. Vote: 9.94% FOR.

Company: Goldman Sachs. AGM: 04/26. Proponent: Sierra Club Foundation. Read the Sierra Club's exempt solicitation. Vote: 7% FOR. 

Company: J.P. Morgan Chase. AGM: 5/16. Proponent: Sierra Club Foundation. Read the Sierra Club's exempt solicitation. Vote: 8% FOR.

Company: Morgan Stanley. AGM: 5/19. Proponent: Sierra Club Foundation. Read the Sierra Club's exempt solicitation. Vote: 4.8% FOR. 

Company: Wells Fargo. AGM: 04/25. Proponent: Sierra Club Foundation. Read the Sierra Club's exempt solicitation. Vote: 8.5% FOR.

 

Transition Planning

Company: Bank of America. AGM: 04/25. Proponent: As You Sow. Read As You Sow's proxy memo. Vote: 28.5% FOR.

Company: Goldman Sachs. AGM: 04/26. Proponent: As You Sow. Read As You Sow's proxy memo. Vote: 30% FOR.

Company: J.P. Morgan Chase. AGM: 5/16. Proponent: As You Sow. Vote: 35% FOR.

Company: Morgan Stanley. AGM: 5/19. Proponent: As You Sow.  This proposal was withdrawn for a commitment.

Company: TD Bank. AGM: 4/20. Proponent: Investors for Paris Compliance. Vote: 23.5% FOR, with 5.4% abstaining

Company: Wells Fargo. AGM: 04/25. Proponent: As You Sow. Read As You Sow's proxy memo. Vote: 30.79% FOR.

 

Measure, Disclose & Reduce GHG Emissions Associated with Underwriting

Company: Berkshire Hathaway. AGM: 5/6. Proponent: As You Sow. Read As You Sow's proxy memo. Vote: 22.8% FOR.

Company: Chubb. AGM: 5/17. Proponent: As You Sow. Vote: 28.9% FOR.

 

Phase Out Underwriting of New Fossil Fuel Projects

Company: ChubbAGM: 5/17. Proponent: Green Century (Omitted from the proxy)

Company: The Hartford. AGM: 5/17. Proponent: Green Century. Read Green Century's exempt solicitation. Vote: 8.8% FOR.

Company: Travelers. AGM: 5/24. Proponent: Green Century. Read Green Century's exempt solicitation. Vote: 8.8% FOR.

 

Climate Action Plan

Company: Bank of Nova Scotia. AGM: 4/4. Proponent: SHARE. Read SHARE's proxy memo. Vote: 24.95% FOR.

 

Adopt Short and Long-Term Science-Based GHG Reduction Targets

Company: PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Proponent: Boston Common Asset Management.

 

Adopt Coal Phase Out Policy 

Company: Huntington Bancshares, Inc. Proponent: Domini Impact Investments. Withdrawn for Agreement.
 

Privatization of Polluting Assets

Company: Royal Bank of Canada. AGM: 4/5. Proponent: B.C. General Employees’ Union (BCGEU). Vote: 7.15% FOR

Company: Toronto Dominion Bank. AGM: 4/20. Proponent: B.C. General Employees’ Union (BCGEU). Vote: 10.8% FOR

 

FPIC & Respect for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Company: Citigroup. AGM: 04/25. Proponent: Investor Advocates for Social Justice. Vote: 31% FOR.

Company: Chubb. AGM: 05/17. Proponent: Domini Impact Investments. Vote: 16.5% FOR.

Company: TD Bank. AGM: 04/20. Proponent: B.C. General Employees’ Union. Withdrawn for a commitment.

Company: The Hartford Financial Services Group. Proponent: Domini Impact Investments. Withdrawn for a commitment.

 

Additional:

  • The New York State Common Retirement Fund urges shareholders to VOTE FOR proposals filed at Bank of America Corp., JP Morgan Chase & Co.Wells Fargo & Co., Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Inc., and Goldman Sachs calling for these financial institutions to adopt a policy for a time-bound phase-out of these institutions’ lending and underwriting to projects and companies engaging in new fossil fuel exploration and development.
  • Legal & General Investment Management has pre-declared a vote FOR the suite of bank proposals filed by ICCR members this year. See: LGIM’s voting intentions for 2023

 

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