NYC Pension Funds Want to Make Corporate Boards More Responsive to Shareholders

Jan 6, 2015

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In a move dubbed the “Boardroom Accountability Project,” New York City Pension Funds are working to use the proxy access process to “improve the responsiveness of corporate boards to shareowners.”

The Comptroller, on behalf of the funds, simultaneously submitted shareholder proposals to 75 companies, targeting them based on corporate practices regarding board diversity, climate change and/or executive compensation.

To read more about the proposals and their potential impact, click here.

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