In order to meet stakeholder expectations in today’s volatile landscape, businesses need to prioritise transparency in communications.

Shareholder rights, climate transition and capital management are also prominent issues, reveals global survey.

Asset owners are adopting tactics to sanction the use of dual-class voting, according to a report on changing policies.

‘The board should account for material sustainability risks’, says the wealth fund, ‘and social consequences of its products’.

Companies including Netflix and Apple faced proposals on artificial intelligence, with shareholder interest ‘expected to grow’.

In the 2024 AGM season, for the first time in more than a decade, shareholders passed 100% of FTSE 100 management resolutions.

In the US, though, the effects of ‘anti-woke’ are being felt, while proposals related to biodiversity and AI have debuted.

From the 2024 voting figures so far, there are signs that investors may support higher executive pay deals in the UK.

With Tesla’s AGM imminent, proxy advisers Glass Lewis advise shareholders to reject ‘excessive’ pay package for the carmaker’s CEO.

Shareholder proposals in relation to artificial intelligence risks and disclosures will become more ‘prevalent’, warn analysts.