Shareholder proposals

2,290 proposals put to a vote by the owners of these companies, read from the filings the companies themselves made to the SEC. 187 of them won a majority of the votes cast.

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162 matching, showing 121 to 162.

Year	Company	What was asked for	Asked for by	Support	Outcome
2018	Emerson Electric	The shareholder proposal requesting the adoption of an independent Board Chair policy, as described in the Proxy Statement		46.2%	Failed
2018	Elevance Health	The shareholder proposal requesting amendments to the Articles of Incorporation to allow shareholders owning 10% or more of the Company’s common stock to call special meetings of shareholders		45.1%	Failed
2018	Deere & Company	A stockholder proposal, requesting that stockholders approve an amendment to the Company’s Bylaws reducing the shareholding threshold to call a special meeting from 25% to 10% of the outstanding shares as set forth in the January 12, 2018 Proxy Statement, failed with the following vote		28.3%	Failed
2018	Cummins	Shareholder Proposal Regarding the Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Shareholder Meetings		50.7%	Passed
2018	Cooper Companies (The)	The stockholders did not approve a stockholder proposal regarding creation of a “net-zero” greenhouse gas emissions report by the Company		32.8%	Failed
2018	Comcast	A shareholder proposal to prepare an annual report on lobbying activities, as described in the proxy statement	Friends Fiduciary Corporation	19.1%	Failed
2018	Colgate-Palmolive	A stockholder proposal regarding a 10% threshold to call special shareholder meetings		47.8%	Failed
2018	CMS Energy	Shareholder proposal relating to political contributions disclosure, more fully described in its proxy statement		45.2%	Failed
2018	Cardinal Health	The shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal on the ownership threshold for calling a special meeting of shareholders, and voted as follows	Kenneth Steiner	49.6%	Failed
2018	Cardinal Health	The shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal on a policy to not exclude legal and compliance costs for purposes of determining executive compensation, and voted as follows		17.4%	Failed
2018	C.H. Robinson	Shareholder proposal on the feasibility of Greenhouse Gas Disclosure and Management		37.8%	Failed
2018	Booking Holdings	A non-binding stockholder proposal requesting that the Company adopt a policy that the Chairperson of the Board must be an independent director		35.6%	Failed
2018	Biogen	A stockholder proposal requesting a report on the extent to which risks related to public concern over drug pricing strategies are integrated into incentive compensation arrangements		28.2%	Failed
2018	Biogen	A stockholder proposal requesting certain proxy access bylaw amendments		28.7%	Failed
2018	Berkshire Hathaway	Proposal 3 – Shareholder proposal		11.6%	Failed
2018	Berkshire Hathaway	Proposal 2 – Shareholder proposal		8.5%	Failed
2018	Baxter International	(e) By the following vote, stockholders did not approve the stockholder proposal relating to the right to act by written consent		41.7%	Failed
2018	Baxter International	(d) By the following vote, stockholders did not approve the stockholder proposal relating to an independent board chairman		25.6%	Failed
2018	Applied Materials	The shareholder proposal to provide for right to act by written consent		43.8%	Failed
2018	Applied Materials	Shareholder Proposal to Provide for Right to Act by Written Consent		48%	Failed
2018	Apple Inc.	A shareholder proposal entitled “Human Rights Committee”		5.6%	Failed
2018	Apple Inc.	A shareholder proposal entitled “Shareholder Proxy Access Amendments”		32.2%	Failed
2018	Amphenol	Stockholder Proposal for Special Shareholder Meeting Improvement	Special Shareholder Meeting Improvement	36.8%	Failed
2018	Amgen	The stockholder proposal for an annual report on the extent to which risks related to public concern over drug pricing strategies are integrated into our executive incentive compensation		25.9%	Failed
2018	Altria	Shareholder Proposal - Reducing and Disclosing Nicotine Levels in Cigarette Brands		4.1%	Failed
2018	AbbVie	The stockholders did not approve a stockholder proposal to issue an annual Compensation Committee report on drug pricing, as follows		21.8%	Failed
2018	AbbVie	The stockholders did not approve a stockholder proposal to separate chair and CEO, as follows		38.6%	Failed
2018	AbbVie	The stockholders did not approve a stockholder proposal to issue a lobbying report, as follows		24.3%	Failed
2018	Target Corporation	The shareholders did not approve a shareholder proposal to adopt a policy for an independent chairman	John Chevedden	28.4%	Failed
2018	Sysco Corporation	Proposal 5 – Stockholder proposal regarding a policy limiting accelerated vesting of equity awards upon a change in control		33%	Failed
2018	Starbucks Corporation	Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Diversity Report		34.7%	Failed
2018	Starbucks Corporation	Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Report on Sustainable Packaging	As You Sow	29.2%	Failed
2018	Starbucks Corporation	Shareholder Proposal Regarding Proxy Access Bylaw Amendments	Zevin Asset Management	32.7%	Failed
2018	PepsiCo, Inc.	The shareholder proposal regarding special shareowner meeting improvement was defeated	John Chevedden	48.1%	Failed
2018	Mondelez International	Our shareholders did not approve a shareholder proposal regarding creating a committee to prepare a report regarding the impact of plant closures on communities and alternatives to help mitigate the effects, based on the following voting results		6%	Failed
2018	Mondelez International	Our shareholders did not approve a shareholder proposal regarding a report on non-recyclable-packaging, based on the following voting results		31.2%	Failed
2018	Merck & Co. Animal Health	A shareholder proposal concerning shareholders' right to act by written consent received the following votes		44.9%	Failed
2018	Kraft Heinz	Shareholder proposal related to packaging		13.5%	Failed
2018	Domino's Pizza Inc	Proposal four was a vote to consider a shareholder proposal submitted by the New York State Common Retirement Fund requesting that the Company adopt a policy and implementation plan to eliminate deforestation and related human rights issues from its supply chain		30.6%	Failed
2018	Darden Restaurants	(iv)Did not approve the shareholder proposal requesting that the Company issue a report on the feasibility of adopting a policy to eliminate the use of medically important antibiotics for disease prevention in its supply chain	Green Century Equity Fund	40.2%	Failed
2018	Costco Wholesale Corporation	Shareholder Proposal Regarding Prison Labor		4.8%	Failed
2018	Costco Wholesale Corporation	Shareholder Proposal Regarding Simple Majority Vote		86.8%	Passed

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Support is the share of votes cast for and against, so abstentions and broker non-votes are not counted in it. A proposal shows who asked for it where we have been able to tie the vote to a campaign on record; blank means we have not, not that nobody filed it.