ICCR has been publishing the Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide annually since 1974 as a way to educate and build support for member proposals. In it, you will find all ICCR member-sponsored proposals for 2025 corporate proxies along with a preliminary overview of the proxy season and short features from proponents about their engagements on key environmental and social issues. Please feel free to share this resource widely with your networks. And, if you are an investor, we urge you to exercise your shareholder rights by voting your proxies.
ICCR’s guiding principle is that sustainable corporations must look beyond the next earnings report to account for the full impact of their businesses on society and the environment, and must view the well-being of all of their stakeholders ― including their workers and the communities where they operate ― as integral to their long-term success.
This guide presents the ICCR member-sponsored resolutions — both as lead- and co-filer — filed for 2024 corporate proxies as of February 15. A link to our February 15 launch webinar will be posted shortly.
ICCR members have filed 344 resolutions to date this year. In the 2024 Guide we provide an overview of this season’s trends.
Proposals addressing worker rights and human rights, and the climate crisis led the way with 75 and 70 respectively. Proposals on corporate lobbying and political spending were the third largest group with 63. Next comes diversity and racial justice, followed by corporate governance, environmental health, and health equity.
Members of the ICCR coalition are known for their innovative strategies in shareholder engagement. Among their new asks this year are:
AI Transparency Report
The Potential Health Harms of Non-Sugar Substitutes
Deep Sea Mining
Fair Treatment of Shareholder Nominees to the Board
The Impact of Racial and Ethnic Disparities on Business
Adopting a Living Wage Policy
Net Zero Sector Emissions Alignment
Proxy Voting Alignment
Reducing Microfiber Pollution, and
Anti-Union Expenditures
If you are an investor, ICCR invites you to practice active ownership by reading the proposals in the pages that follow and voting your proxy ballots in favor of those that you can.
This guide presents ICCR member-sponsored resolutions — both as lead- and co-filer — for 2023 corporate proxies, as of February 16, 2023.You can listen to the webinar recording at this link.
This guide presents ICCR member-sponsored resolutions — both as lead- and co-filer — for 2022 corporate proxies, as of February 16, 2022. Download the PDF here. Listen to the webinar recording here.
This guide presents ICCR member-sponsored resolutions — both as lead- and co-filer — for 2021 corporate proxies, as of February 21, 2021. See a snapshot of early trends here.
This guide presents ICCR member-sponsored resolutions — both as lead- and co-filer — for 2020 corporate proxies, as of February 21, 2020.
Download the February 27 slide deck here.
You can listen to the launch webinar here.
This guide presents ICCR member-sponsored resolutions — both as lead- and co-filer — for 2019 corporate proxies, as of the end of January. If you are an investor, we invite you to read these proposals and support those resolutions you can.
ICCR has published the Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide annually since 1974. The 2018 guide presents the 266 ICCR member-sponsored resolutions filed for the 2018 proxy season, as of the end of January, 2018. You’ll find full texts of resolutions, and their lead- and co-filers. For those of you who wish to learn more about the process of filing a resolution, we include a Guide to Filing on p. 213.
The Guide outlines the proxy season and contextualizes the 283 resolutions that were filed by ICCR members for the 2017 proxy season, with a deeper dive on several key campaigns they are leading. Read the Executive Summary.