Spring 2021 CorpGov.net Proxy Proposal results are in, as reported below. New SEC rules will delay needed ESG reforms, so we worked in cooperation with more groups and filed more proposals than ever. We still averaged more than a 50% vote in favor. (more…)
#ReproReceipts Campaign by UltraViolet highlights hypocrisy and Calls for Accountability at AT&T, Coca Cola, Disney, Nike, Procter & Gamble, and Uber
Climate Action 100+ calls for trade association accountability on climate change. 200 institutional investors with a combined $6.5 trillion in assets-under-management are calling on 47 of the largest US publicly traded corporations to align their climate lobbying with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Lobbying activities that are inconsistent with meeting climate goals are an investment […]
KO, The Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) owns or licenses and markets more than 500 nonalcoholic beverage brands, primarily sparkling beverages but also a range of still beverages, such as waters, enhanced waters, juices and juice drinks, ready-to-drink teas and coffees, and energy and sports drinks. It is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up […]
The Coca-Cola Co (KO), which primarly manufactures and distributes various nonalcoholic beverages, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 4/29/2015. ProxyDemocracy.org had the vote of three funds when I checked and voted on 4/22/2015 (they now have more). I voted with management 58% of the time and assigned Coca-Cola a proxy score of […]
The Coca-Cola Company recently announced it would change its equity compensation plan, bowing to pressure from Wintergreen Advisers and other investors who saw the plan as harmful to Coca-Cola shareholders. With its announcement, Coca-Cola finally conceded that the equity compensation plan it put to a vote of shareholders in April was outrageously excessive and inconsistent […]
David Winters tells Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo he believes that Warren Buffett and the Board of Directors at Coca-Cola have failed their fiduciary duties to shareholders by allowing Coca-Cola’s equity compensation plan to pass. He calls him the “abstainer from Omaha.” Cries about “CokeGate.” (more…)
The Coca-Cola Company $KO, is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 4/23/2014. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of four funds when I checked and voted on 4/15/2014. I voted with management 63% of the time. View Proxy Statement, which by the way is very nice and user friendly. See 18 Cool Things about the proxy. Warning: […]
Coca-Cola ($KO) is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 4/24/2013. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of five funds when I checked on 4/21/2013. I voted with management 55% of the time. View Proxy Statement. Warning: Be sure to vote each item on the proxy. Any items left blank are voted in favor of management’s recommendations. […]
Coca-Cola ($KO) is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 7/10/2012. Voting ends 7/9 on Moxy Vote’s proxy voting platform, (more…)
As can be seen from the list of stocks I own, I don’t have any direct investments in Coca Cola (KO). However, I do have indirect holdings through my pension at CalPERS and through several mutual funds and a strong longstanding concern about the safety of Bisphenol-A (BPA), a chemical used in the epoxy lining […]