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Archer Daniels Midland

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Shareholder advocacy aimed at Archer Daniels Midland

3 recorded campaigns from 2 organizations.

  • · 2026

    As You Sow on behalf of John Chevedden at Archer Daniels Midland

    Issue a report disclosing if and how the company can incorporate pesticide use data in its regenerative agriculture program disclosures.

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  • Green Century Capital Management · 2025

    Green Century Capital Management at Bunge and Archer-Daniels-Midland

    Adopt time-bound no-deforestation and no-conversion commitments covering Latin American soy supply chains, including the Amazon and the Cerrado.

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  • Majority Action · 2022

    Majority Action at Archer-Daniels-Midland

    Vote against CEO and Chair Juan Luciano and Lead Director Donald Felsinger at the May 5, 2022 annual meeting because ADM's deforestation policy lacks firm conversion commitments and cut-off dates and the company has no net zero commitment.

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How organizations asked shareholders to vote

Positions these organizations published themselves, each linked to where they published it. Nothing here is our view of how to vote.

2026

OrganizationItemAsks shareholders to voteSource
Sierra ClubShareholder resolution: Disclosure of Regenerative Agriculture OutcomesForPublished position

What shareholders voted on

From Archer Daniels Midland’s own filings with the SEC. Support is the share of votes cast for and against, so abstentions and broker non-votes are not counted in it.

2026

ItemKindAsked for bySupportOutcome
The stockholder proposal regarding issuance of a report on pesticide use data reporting in regenerative agriculture program disclosures failed by the following votesShareholder proposalAs You Sow8.9%Failed
The compensation of the Company’s named executive officersSay on pay96.5%Passed
E. de BrabanderCompany proposal98.7%Passed
The amendment to the 2020 IC PlanCompany proposal96.8%Passed
The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026Auditor95.8%Passed
Election of L.Z. SchlitzDirector99%Passed
Election of D.R. McAtee IIDirector99%Passed
Election of J.C. Collins, Jr.Director99%Passed
Election of T. ColbertDirector99%Passed
Election of M.C. McMurrayDirector98.6%Passed
Election of S.F. HarrisonDirector98.5%Passed
Election of T.K. CrewsDirector98%Passed
Election of M.S. BurkeDirector97.8%Passed
Election of D.A. SandlerDirector96.8%Passed
Election of K.R. WestbrookDirector96.1%Passed
Election of J.R. LucianoDirector95.9%Passed
Election of P.J. MooreDirector95.8%Passed

2025

ItemKindAsked for bySupportOutcome
The stockholder proposal to remove the one-year holding period requirement to call a special stockholder meeting failed by the following votesShareholder proposal3.5%Failed
The compensation of the Company’s named executive officersSay on pay94.6%Passed
E. de BrabanderCompany proposal97.8%Passed
The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025Auditor94.5%Passed
Election of D. R. McAtee IIDirector98.5%Passed
Election of T. ColbertDirector97.9%Passed
Election of L.Z. SchlitzDirector97.8%Passed
Election of S. F. HarrisonDirector97.6%Passed
Election of T. K. CrewsDirector97.5%Passed
Election of J.C. Collins, Jr.Director97.5%Passed
Election of D. A. SandlerDirector97.4%Passed
Election of M. S. BurkeDirector97.2%Passed
Election of P. J. MooreDirector94%Passed
Election of K. R. WestbrookDirector93.5%Passed
Election of J. R. LucianoDirector93%Passed

2024

ItemKindAsked for bySupportOutcome
The stockholder proposal regarding an Independent Board Chairman failed by the following votesShareholder proposal24.4%Failed
The compensation of the Company’s named executive officersSay on pay87%Passed
E. de BrabanderCompany proposal98.9%Passed
The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors for the year ending December 31, 2024Auditor95%Passed
Election of S. F. HarrisonDirector98.3%Passed
Election of T. K. CrewsDirector98.2%Passed
Election of D. A. SandlerDirector97.6%Passed
Election of T. ColbertDirector97.6%Passed
Election of L.Z. SchlitzDirector97.5%Passed
Election of J.C. Collins, Jr.Director97.5%Passed
Election of M. S. BurkeDirector97.2%Passed
Election of P. J. MooreDirector93.1%Passed
Election of J. R. LucianoDirector92.9%Passed
Election of K. R. WestbrookDirector85.6%Passed

2023

ItemKindAsked for bySupportOutcome
The stockholder proposal regarding an Independent Board Chairman failed by the following votesShareholder proposal31.2%Failed
The compensation of the Company’s named executive officersSay on pay94.3%Passed
E. de BrabanderCompany proposal99.4%Passed
The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors for the year ending December 31, 2023Auditor96.5%Passed
Election of J.C. Collins, Jr.Director99%Passed
Election of T. ColbertDirector98.7%Passed
Election of L.Z. SchlitzDirector98.2%Passed
Election of S. F. HarrisonDirector98.2%Passed
Election of M. S. BurkeDirector97.2%Passed
Election of D. A. SandlerDirector97.1%Passed
Election of T. K. CrewsDirector96.7%Passed
Election of J. R. LucianoDirector93.7%Passed
Election of K. R. WestbrookDirector91.9%Passed
Election of P. J. MooreDirector88.7%Passed

2022

ItemKindAsked for bySupportOutcome
The stockholder proposal regarding issuance of a report on pesticide use in supply chains failed by the following votesShareholder proposal33.7%Failed
The stockholder proposal to remove the one-year holding period requirement to call a special stockholder meeting failed by the following votesShareholder proposal5.2%Failed
The compensation of the Company’s named executive officersSay on pay95.8%Passed
The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors for the year ending December 31, 2022Auditor96.5%Passed
Election of T. ColbertDirector99.3%Passed
Election of F. J. SanchezDirector99%Passed
Election of L.Z. SchlitzDirector98.2%Passed
Election of S. F. HarrisonDirector98.2%Passed
Election of T. K. CrewsDirector97.7%Passed
Election of D. A. SandlerDirector97.4%Passed
Election of M. S. BurkeDirector97%Passed
Election of D. E. FelsingerDirector94.1%Passed
Election of P. J. MooreDirector93.4%Passed
Election of K. R. WestbrookDirector93.3%Passed
Election of J. R. LucianoDirector91.8%Passed

2021

ItemKindAsked for bySupportOutcome
The Stockholder Proposal Regarding Shareholder Aggregation for Proxy Access failed by the following votesShareholder proposal30.3%Failed
The compensation of the Company’s named executive officersSay on pay86.2%Passed
The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors for the year ending December 31, 2021Auditor96.9%Passed
Election of T. ColbertDirector99.5%Passed
Election of F. J. SanchezDirector99.4%Passed
Election of L.Z. SchlitzDirector98.9%Passed
Election of T. K. CrewsDirector98.9%Passed
Election of D. A. SandlerDirector98.4%Passed
Election of P. DufourDirector98.3%Passed
Election of S. F. HarrisonDirector98.2%Passed
Election of M. S. BurkeDirector97.8%Passed
Election of D. E. FelsingerDirector96.3%Passed
Election of J. R. LucianoDirector94.6%Passed
Election of P. J. MooreDirector93%Passed
Election of K. R. WestbrookDirector86.4%Passed

2020

ItemKindAsked for bySupportOutcome
The compensation of the Company’s named executive officersSay on pay93.4%Passed
The ADM 2020 Incentive Compensation PlanCompany proposal96.3%Passed
The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors for the year ending December 31, 2020Auditor96.6%Passed
Election of F. J. SanchezDirector99.5%Passed
Election of P. DufourDirector99.4%Passed
Election of L.Z. SchlitzDirector99.3%Passed
Election of D. A. SandlerDirector99.2%Passed
Election of S. F. HarrisonDirector99.2%Passed
Election of T. K. CrewsDirector99.1%Passed
Election of M. S. BurkeDirector98.8%Passed
Election of D. E. FelsingerDirector96.9%Passed
Election of J. R. LucianoDirector95.9%Passed
Election of P. J. MooreDirector91.2%Passed
Election of K. R. WestbrookDirector87.3%Passed

2019

ItemKindAsked for bySupportOutcome
The compensation of the Company’s named executive officersSay on pay86.9%Passed
The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors for the year ending December 31, 2019Auditor96.3%Passed
Election of D. A. SandlerDirector99.5%Passed
Election of F. J. SanchezDirector99.5%Passed
Election of T. K. CrewsDirector99.5%Passed
Election of M. S. BurkeDirector99.5%Passed
Election of L.Z. SchlitzDirector99.4%Passed
Election of P. DufourDirector98.1%Passed
Election of S. F. HarrisonDirector97.8%Passed
Election of J. R. LucianoDirector96.9%Passed
Election of D. E. FelsingerDirector96.7%Passed
Election of A. L. BoeckmannDirector95.2%Passed
Election of P. J. MooreDirector93.7%Passed
Election of K. R. WestbrookDirector92.6%Passed

2018

ItemKindAsked for bySupportOutcome
The stockholders did not approve a stockholder proposal requesting an independent board chairman as followsShareholder proposal34.8%Failed
The compensation of the Company’s named executive officersSay on pay94.7%Passed
The material terms of the ADM Employee Stock Purchase Plan by the following votesCompany proposal99.1%Passed
The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent accountants for the year ending December 31, 2018Company proposal97.7%Passed
Election of D. A. SandlerDirector99.4%Passed
Election of F. J. SanchezDirector99.4%Passed
Election of T. K. CrewsDirector99.4%Passed
Election of M. S. BurkeDirector99.1%Passed
Election of S. F. HarrisonDirector98.7%Passed
Election of P. DufourDirector98.7%Passed
Election of D. T. ShihDirector98.6%Passed
Election of D. E. FelsingerDirector96.4%Passed
Election of A. L. BoeckmannDirector96.2%Passed
Election of J. R. LucianoDirector95.2%Passed
Election of P. J. MooreDirector94.2%Passed
Election of K. R. WestbrookDirector82.6%Passed

Proxy statements and vote results

Straight from Archer Daniels Midland’s own SEC filings. The proxy statement lists what shareholders were asked to vote on; the 8-K certifies how the vote went.

YearFilingFiled
2026Vote results2026-05-12
2026Proxy statement2026-03-26
2025Vote results2025-05-14
2025Proxy statement2025-03-25
2024Vote results2024-05-29
2024Proxy statement2024-04-10
2023Vote results2023-05-08
2023Proxy statement2023-03-14
2022Vote results2022-05-06
2022Proxy statement2022-03-22
2021Vote results2021-05-11
2021Proxy statement2021-03-26
2020Vote results2020-05-12
2020Proxy statement2020-03-25
2019Vote results2019-05-07
2019Proxy statement2019-03-22
2018Vote results2018-05-07
2018Proxy statement2018-03-23

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