What’s behind the exploding number of shareholder resolutions on corporate purpose?

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What’s behind the exploding number of shareholder resolutions on corporate purpose?
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“I think you'll see an acceleration...in terms of the role of shareholders” on ESG issues, NYSComptroller Thomas DiNapoli tells alice_fulwood on this week’s “Money Talks” podcast

A RECORD NUMBER of company shareholders have put forward resolutions at annual meetings this year, pressuring companies on everything from their environmental practices to political donations. Host Alice Fulwood asks our US business editor Charlotte Howard why thePlus, our US audio correspondent Stevie Hertz heads to Nebraska to find out more about a contentious resolution to unseat Warren Buffett from Berkshire Hathaway.

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