Catalyzing Corporate Change 2026

During the 2025 proxy season, ICCR’s members continued to press their portfolio companies for changes in policies and practices to mitigate harmful environmental and social impacts. While engagement progress most often results from ongoing dialogues with companies, when dialogues stall or become unproductive, investors may file shareholder proposals as a means of escalation. What follows […]

We are pleased to share this year’s edition of Catalyzing Corporate Change, our impact report on the outcomes of the 2024 proxy season. In 2024, our members continued to press their portfolio companies for changes in policies and practices that would mitigate harmful environmental and social impacts. With nearly 400 shareholder proposals filed on a range […]

The filing of shareholder proposals is an important tool investors can use to catalyze environmental and social change at corporations. During the 2023 proxy season, ICCR members filed 454 resolutions at nearly 200 publicly traded companies on a range of issues. What follows is a brief recap of the outcomes of these proposals, as reported to ICCR. For the […]

The filing of shareholder proposals is an important tool investors can use to catalyze environmental and social change at corporations. During the 2022 proxy season, ICCR members filed 504 resolutions at nearly 200 publicly traded companies on a range of issues. What follows is a brief recap of the outcomes of these proposals, as reported to ICCR. For the […]

The filing of shareholder proposals is an important tool investors can use to catalyze environmental and social change at corporations. During the 2021 proxy season, ICCR members filed 297 resolutions at nearly 200 publicly traded companies on a range of issues. What follows is a brief recap of the outcomes of these proposals, as reported to ICCR. For the […]

The filing of shareholder proposals for inclusion on annual corporate proxy statements is an important tool investors can employ to catalyze change on environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns. Shareholder proposals help raise awareness among the board, management, other shareholders, and key stakeholders of publicly-held companies of the need for further information or adjustments to corporate […]

The filing of shareholder proposals is an important tool investors can use to catalyze environmental and social change at corporations. During the 2019 proxy season, ICCR members filed 277 resolutions at 184 publicly traded companies on a range of issues. What follows is a brief recap of the outcomes of these proposals, as reported to ICCR. For the full […]

2018 has been a year of great accomplishment for ICCR members who used the proxy process to move companies on a host of ESG themes.  In spite of uncertainty generated by new proxy protocols at the SEC, strong support for members resolutions helped secure corporate commitments on issues such as ethical recruitment, methane emissions reductions, […]