Not Your Father’s Proxy Season

From Berkshire Hathaway to ExxonMobil, shareholder proposals for transparency and action on climate change and diversity have subsumed 2021’s annual meetings. It may feel sudden, but it’s actually one link in a long chain of changed approaches on the part of investors, regulators and companies. Listen in on a conversation between Tim Youmans, Head of North America Engagement for EOS at Federated Hermes, and MSCI’s Ric Marshall, Executive Director, ESG Research.