Unlocking the 2025 Proxy Season: Five Shocking Insights Every Investor Needs to Know Now
Despite the spike in no-action requests, the percentage that the SEC staff granted—54%—was roughly the same as 2024, according to the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance.
ESG-Related Proposals Continued to Lose Steam
The continued collapse in support for ESG-related shareholder proposals is another unmistakable takeaway. Although investor interest in topics like climate change, greenhouse gas disclosures, and political spending remained high, shareholder support for those issues continued to plummet, Cooley LLP observed in a report. Median support for environmental proposals fell to just 12%, from 19% in 2024 and 21% the year before, according to Harvard. Political spending proposals fared only slightly better. Not a single environmental proposal received majority backing in 2025, Harvard found.
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