Between The Lines #11: Civex In the News & Advocate Proxy Filings
Civex in the press Recent proxy votes led by Civex Advocate Partners
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Between The Lines #10: Trending Topics
How do health, gun policy, & privacy appear in proxy votes? Including recent examples.
Could proxy voting have prevented the largest multi-state settlement in US history?
Google just paid the largest multi-state privacy settlement in American history, over $390 million! What happened at Google’s Annual General Meeting with shareholders in June? Fast forward five months – what was the settlement announced this month? Could the lawsuit have been prevented if more emphasis was placed on proxy voting?
Between The Lines #9: Learn The Trending Topics From Civex
Environmentalism and Proxy Voting How Does Environmentalism Appear In Proxy Voting? There are many environmental factors for a company to consider in their business practices. This can include its conservation of energy, water, and other natural resources, protection of ecosystems and biodiversity, reduction of emissions, recycling efforts, wetland policies, mitigation for climate change, and the …
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Between The Lines #7: What is a Withdrawal for Commitment?
Recent Proxy Season Takeaways What is a Proxy Vote? Voting by proxy is when shareholders get a chance to tell the companies in which they are invested which proposals they are for and against. Learn more here. Gun Policy After years of pressuring one of the two publicly held gun manufacturing companies, Sturm Ruger, Civex Advocate …
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In ESG measurement, the proxy vote wins
Due to an increasingly regulated environment, asset management firms are striving to improve their transparency and measurement around ESG strategies or risk being caught in regulatory crosshairs. The environmental, social, and governance (ESG) movement that began as a branding initiative led a revolution, embraced by many firms as a way to show clients that they …
Between The Lines Issue #6: The INDEX Act and Pass-through Voting
The peak of the proxy season comes to an end As the 2022 Proxy Season comes to an end, the Civex Team reflects on the many shareholder environmental, social, and governance wins from corporate ballots. The demonstrated momentum from activist investors will drive corporate action for years to come on issues that many people care …
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Between the Lines Issue #5: Shareholders shared their voice, and made an impact!
Civex and the news If you missed our press release last month, you can see it on Bloomberg which recently picked it up. Last week, Morningstar reminded the financial services audience of the excitement building in the proxy voting space as Civex was included in their Proxy Season writeup. Our case study on the lessons …
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Lessons From The Musk – Twitter Saga:
Twitter in Turmoil: Elon Musk and his efforts to buy Twitter has been a hot topic, what lessons are there to take away? What did more than 2.8 million people have to say about this problem? Here’s a summary with all the info you need, and solutions that Civex is working on April 4th: An …
