New environmental, social issues made for ‘unprecedented’ 2022 proxy season
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Jaclyn Jaeger2022-07-27T13:31:00
Companies across many industries were kept on their toes during the 2022 proxy season, with shareholders filing an extraordinary number of proposals pertaining to a broad array of environmental and social issues.
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