Shareholders Increasingly Concerned About Climate Change
It might surprise some investors to know that through the first six months of this year, environmental and social concerns comprised 40% of all shareholder proposals, dwarfing the standard compensation and board-related resolutions that made up 29% and 18%, respectively. In this video, Fool.com contributors Aimee Duffy and Tyler Crowe talk about which fossil fuel-intensive industries are facing increasing scrutiny, and how no company in any industry is immune from this sort of action.
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