Benedicte Hautefort’s Column
After several years of unconditional support for climate activists, public opinion is shifting in favour of companies, including the banks that finance fossil fuels. This winter, the lines shifted first…
After several years of unconditional support for climate activists, public opinion is shifting in favour of companies, including the banks that finance fossil fuels. This winter, the lines shifted first…
Discharge reject at Philips: will management stay in place? The shareholders of Philips have just rejected, by 76%, the discharge given to the management for its management. The discharge is…
Abortion rights activism in the US – a case study replicable on all topics Abortion right becomes a boardroom topic in the USA, and also a case study for activism…
Climate activists warned: this year they will hit hard. This April is marked by the ING case in the Netherlands and the ENEL case in Italy, both of which show…
Say-on-Pay: high packages pass, as long as they respect the processes This week was the kick-off of the AGM season for the CAC 40, France's leading index. At the same…
Crédit Suisse held on April 4th its last ever Annual General Meeting, with more than 1700 individual shareholders, in a ice hockey stadium on the outskirts of Zurich. Shareholders expressed…
It is only the beginning of 2023 AGM season and already 18 activist initiatives have been made public in Europe in the last weeks. Not to mention the underground conflicts.…
Parmi les sujets attendus en assemblée générale 2023, le Climat vient en premier. 30 sociétés ont déjà sauté le pas au cours des dernières années. On pourrait dire, seulement 30.…
La saison 2023 des assemblées générales a commencé et un secteur est déjà en position délicate : les banques. Elles rassemblent contre elles les ONG Climat et les activistes sociaux. Jusqu’ici,…
The 2023 AGM season has begun and one sector is already in a difficult position: the banks. They have climate NGOs and social activists against them. Until now, they had…