Southern Company
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Shareholder advocacy aimed at Southern Company
1 recorded campaign from 0 organizations.
Inspire Investing, LLC at The Southern Company
Asked the company to publish a report evaluating how its policies affect employees on the basis of protected characteristics, which Inspire framed as a question of respecting the civil liberties of the workforce.
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
| Organization | Item | Asks shareholders to vote | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Club | Shareholder resolution: Avoid Shifting Costs of New Infrastructure for Data Centers | For | Published position |
| Sierra Club | Election of director John D. Johns (Chair of the Finance Committee) | Against | Published position |
| Sierra Club | Election of director Dale E. Klein (Chair of the Operations, Environmental and Safety Committee) | Against | Published position |
| Majority Action | Election of director John D. Johns (Chair, Finance Committee) | Against | Published position |
| Majority Action | Election of director Anthony F. Earley, Jr. (Operations/Environmental/Safety Committee) | Against | Published position |
What shareholders voted on
From Southern Company’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
2025
2024
| Item | Kind | Asked for by | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The stockholder proposal regarding simple majority vote | Shareholder proposal | 40% | Failed | |
| The stockholder proposal regarding disclosing short-, medium- and long-term operational GHG targets | Shareholder proposal | 9.4% | Failed | |
| Approve, on an advisory basis, the Company’s named executive officers’ compensation | Company proposal | 95.3% | Passed | |
| Ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 | Auditor | 97.4% | Passed | |
| Election of Lizanne Thomas | Director | 99.7% | Passed | |
| Election of Kristine L. Svinicki | Director | 99.7% | Passed | |
| Election of David E. Meador | Director | 99.7% | Passed | |
| Election of John D. Johns | Director | 99.7% | Passed | |
| Election of David J. Grain | Director | 99.7% | Passed | |
| Election of Shantella E. Cooper | Director | 99.7% | Passed | |
| Election of Henry A. Clark III | Director | 99.7% | Passed | |
| Election of Janaki Akella | Director | 99.7% | Passed |
2023
| Item | Kind | Asked for by | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The stockholder proposal regarding simple majority vote | Shareholder proposal | 97.9% | Passed | |
| The stockholder proposal regarding setting Scope 3 GHG targets | Shareholder proposal | 76.5% | Passed | |
| Approve, on an advisory basis, the Company’s named executive officers’ compensation | Company proposal | 99.3% | Passed | |
| Ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 | Auditor | 99.8% | Passed | |
| Election of Christopher C. Womack | Director | 99.7% | Passed | |
| Election of Lizanne Thomas | Director | 99.7% | Passed | |
| Election of Kristine L. Svinicki | Director | 99.7% | Passed | |
| Election of David E. Meador | Director | 99.7% | Passed | |
| Election of Colette D. Honorable | Director | 99.7% | Passed | |
| Election of Janaki Akella | Director | 99.7% | Passed |
2022
| Item | Kind | Asked for by | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The stockholder proposal regarding simple majority vote | Shareholder proposal | John Chevedden | 99.5% | Passed |
| Approve, on an advisory basis, the Company’s named executive officers’ compensation | Company proposal | 99.2% | Passed | |
| Ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2022 | Auditor | 99.7% | Passed | |
| Election of E. Jenner Wood III | Director | 99.7% | Passed | |
| Election of Kristine L. Svinicki | Director | 99.7% | Passed | |
| Election of Ernest J. Moniz | Director | 99.7% | Passed | |
| Election of Donald M. James | Director | 99.7% | Passed | |
| Election of Colette D. Honorable | Director | 99.7% | Passed | |
| Election of Janaki Akella | Director | 99.7% | Passed |
2021
| Item | Kind | Asked for by | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Approve The Southern Company 2021 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan | Company proposal | 96.2% | Passed | |
| Approve, on an advisory basis, the Company’s named executive officers’ compensation | Company proposal | 95.3% | Passed | |
| Ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2021 | Auditor | 99.1% | Passed | |
| Election of Janaki Akella | Director | 99.2% | Passed | |
| Election of David J. Grain | Director | 99.1% | Passed | |
| Election of Anthony F. Earley, Jr. | Director | 99.1% | Passed | |
| Election of E. Jenner Wood III | Director | 99% | Passed | |
| Election of John D. Johns | Director | 98.9% | Passed | |
| Election of Colette D. Honorable | Director | 97.9% | Passed | |
| Election of Dale E. Klein | Director | 97.5% | Passed | |
| Election of Donald M. James | Director | 97% | Passed | |
| Election of Henry A. Clark III | Director | 96.8% | Passed | |
| Election of Juanita Powell Baranco | Director | 96.5% | Passed | |
| Election of Ernest J. Moniz | Director | 95.7% | Passed | |
| Election of William G. Smith, Jr. | Director | 95% | Passed | |
| Election of Thomas A. Fanning | Director | 91.8% | Passed |
2020
2019
| Item | Kind | Asked for by | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Approve, on an advisory basis, the Company’s named executive officers’ compensation | Company proposal | 94.5% | Passed | |
| Ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2019 | Auditor | 98.7% | Passed | |
| Election of E. Jenner Wood III | Director | 99.3% | Passed | |
| Election of Henry A. Clark III | Director | 99.3% | Passed | |
| Election of Janaki Akella | Director | 99.2% | Passed | |
| Election of Anthony F. Earley, Jr. | Director | 99.1% | Passed | |
| Election of Ernest J. Moniz | Director | 98.9% | Passed | |
| Election of David J. Grain | Director | 98.7% | Passed | |
| Election of Steven R. Specker | Director | 98.6% | Passed | |
| Election of Dale E. Klein | Director | 98.6% | Passed | |
| Election of Jon A. Boscia | Director | 98.4% | Passed | |
| Election of John D. Johns | Director | 97.8% | Passed | |
| Election of William G. Smith, Jr. | Director | 97.7% | Passed | |
| Election of Juanita Powell Baranco | Director | 97.7% | Passed | |
| Election of Donald M. James | Director | 97.6% | Passed | |
| Election of Larry D. Thompson | Director | 97.4% | Passed | |
| Election of Thomas A. Fanning | Director | 97.3% | Passed |
2018
Proxy statements and vote results
Straight from Southern Company’s own SEC filings. The proxy statement lists what shareholders were asked to vote on; the 8-K certifies how the vote went.
| Year | Filing | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Vote results | 2026-05-15 |
| 2026 | Proxy statement | 2026-04-03 |
| 2025 | Vote results | 2025-05-27 |
| 2025 | Proxy statement | 2025-04-11 |
| 2024 | Vote results | 2024-05-24 |
| 2024 | Proxy statement | 2024-04-12 |
| 2023 | Vote results | 2023-05-26 |
| 2023 | Proxy statement | 2023-04-14 |
| 2022 | Vote results | 2022-05-31 |
| 2022 | Proxy statement | 2022-04-15 |
| 2021 | Vote results | 2021-05-27 |
| 2021 | Proxy statement | 2021-04-12 |
| 2020 | Vote results | 2020-05-29 |
| 2020 | Proxy statement | 2020-04-13 |
| 2019 | Vote results | 2019-05-24 |
| 2019 | Proxy statement | 2019-04-05 |
| 2018 | Vote results | 2018-05-24 |
| 2018 | Proxy statement | 2018-04-06 |
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