ESG shareholder proposals down 47% from 2025 in US, Proxy Preview finds

By Sehr Khaliq, Director of Program Evaluation, and Tim Smith, Senior Policy Advisor Much has been written about the significance of the $5 billion historic penalty and privacy reforms imposed by the FTC on Meta, but press surrounding the incident rarely references the fact that this risk was something shareholders had been repeatedly warning management […]

The SEC has filed a proposal to rescind Rule 14a-8, which for more than eight decades has governed the filing of shareholder proposals in company annual meeting proxy statements. In response, Josh Zinner, CEO of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), issued the following statement on 9/16/2026: “This SEC’s proposal to rescind Rule 14a-8 […]

The SEC has announced plans to rescind Rule 14a-8, which governs the submission of shareholder proposals, in an upcoming rulemaking.  In response, Josh Zinner, ICCR CEO, issued the following statement: “This SEC’s announcement of its intent to rescind the obligation of companies to include shareholder proposals in their proxy statements is an attack on the […]

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In response to the SEC announcement on May 29, 2026 that it intends to rescind its landmark Climate Disclosure Rule for companies Erica Lasdon, the Director for the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)’s program on Climate and Environmental Justice, issued the following statement: “The Climate Disclosure Rule adopted by the prior SEC after a […]

In a rare interview, John Chevedden speaks to RI about his fears for the future of the proposal process

Shut out of the government’s filing system, activist investors launched a rival platform—and it’s already outpacing the original.

The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility has launched a public resource which names the companies that have declared their intention to unilaterally omit shareholder resolutions.

The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, an institutional investor group representing more than $4 trillion in assets, launched an initiative to track companies it deems are “arbitrarily” moving to omit shareholder proposals, following a change in SEC policy.

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