2026-04-16 / 路透社
作者：罗斯·克伯
2026年4月16日 美国东部时间上午10:07 更新于两小时前
4月16日（路透社）——一项新研究发现，本投票季截至目前，股东已在美国企业提交了184份环境、社会及治理（ESG）主题提案，数量仅为去年的一半左右，正值华盛顿的共和党人致力于将企业权力从投资者手中转移至管理层之际。
该报告的联合作者、可持续投资者维权与代理投票服务机构Proxy Impact首席执行官迈克尔·帕索夫表示，去年春季投票季同期，投资者提交的提案数量为355份。
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这些提案敦促企业采取相关举措，例如披露更多碳排放信息或员工多样性数据。尽管大多数提案不具有约束力，但它们可能推动企业做出重大变革。
帕索夫将今年提案数量下滑的部分原因归因于企业高管如今更愿意私下协商，以避免引发公众争议。
此外，他还提到华盛顿出台的新规定加大了维权人士在企业竞争中获胜的难度。由美国总统唐纳德·特朗普任命的监管机构限制了维权人士对证券数据库的使用，并给予企业更多跳过投票表决的自由。
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“股东们认为提交提案不会得到公平对待，因此他们开始思考，提交提案或是专注于与企业进行私下沟通，哪种方式更有意义，”帕索夫在电话采访中说道。
他表示，随着主要股东会议陆续召开，今年的热门议题包括针对人工智能数据中心的监管规则，以及敦促企业更透明地披露游说支出的相关提案。
近年来，公众对环境和社会举措的支持率有所下降。大型投资者称企业已经开展了大量改革，而关注ESG的批评人士则表示，高管们早已放弃了此前的多元化和气候目标。
这份报告将由股东团体As You Sow发布，Empower Venture Partners的艾米·加兰参与了联合作者工作。
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US ESG shareholder resolutions plunge in face of Republican pressure, report says
2026-04-16 / Reuters
By Ross Kerber
April 16, 2026 10:07 AM UTC Updated 2 hours ago
April 16 (Reuters) – Shareholders have filed 184 proposals promoting environmental, social and governance themes at U.S. companies so far this proxy season, a new study found, about half as many as last year, as Republicans in Washington work to shift corporate power from investors to managers.
At a comparable point in last year’s springtime proxy season investors had filed 355 proposals, according to the report’s co-author Michael Passoff, CEO of Proxy Impact, an advocacy and proxy voting service for sustainable investors.
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The proposals urge companies to take steps like reporting more about their carbon emissions or workforce diversity. While most are nonbinding, they can lead to significant corporate changes.
Passoff attributed the decline in filings this year partly to a new willingness of company executives to bargain behind closed doors to avoid public controversies.
In addition, he cited new rules from Washington making it harder for activists to prevail in corporate contests. Regulators appointed by U.S. President Donald Trump restricted activists’ use of a securities database and gave companies more freedom to skip votes.
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“Shareholders thought they weren’t going to get a fair shake in filing resolutions, so they thought, does it make sense to file resolutions or to focus on company dialogues,” Passoff said in a telephone interview.
With major shareholder meetings now underway, hot topics this year include rules for data centers being built for artificial intelligence and items pressing companies for more lobbying disclosure, he said.
Support for environmental and social measures has fallen in recent years. Big investors say companies have already made significant reforms, while ESG-focused critics say executives simply abandoned their onetime diversity and climate ambitions.
The report will be published by shareholder group As You Sow and was co-authored by Amy Galland of Empower Venture Partners.
Reporting by Ross Kerber; editing by David Gaffen
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