Category Archives: Moxy Vote

As you may recall, 2011 marked the first year that all company proxy ballots were required to have a say on pay vote, giving shareholders the opportunity to have a say in the current executive compensation packages. Last year, 42 S&P 500 companies  did not reach the recommended 70% majority vote threshold. One of thoseContinue Reading

Last week Hewlett-Packard announced a major victory for activists and shareholders – acceptance of the proxy access rule.  What does that mean?  Well, in 2013, shareholders will be able to nominate members for the board of directors on the company’s proxy ballot.  This is a huge step for shareholders because proxy ballots usually only listContinue Reading

In honor of Valentine’s Day, we thought it was appropriate to share a sweet success with our users.  A few weeks ago, The Hershey Company announced that they will begin purchasing Rainforest Alliance fair trade certified cocoa for all of its

Earlier this week, MarketWatch featured a Ceres press release announcing that 18 oil and gas companies will face shareholder resolutions focusing on climate change, hydraulic fracturing and sustainability risks. According to the press release, investors are presenting these resolutions on the ballots of companies such as ExxonMobil, Chevron, Chesapeake Energy and ConocoPhilips. Shareholders are requestingContinue Reading

Big news! Last Thursday, Hormel announced its commitment to get rid of gestation crates in all of its company owned farms by the end of 2017. The Humane Society addressed the issue at Hormel’s annual shareholder meeting last week, and with pressure from concerned shareholders, consumers and advocacy groups, breeding sows will no longer beContinue Reading

We recently announced our first 100,000 users, and now there’s more big news: Johnson & Johnson intends to use Moxy Vote to communicate with their retail shareholders. This should be no surprise to those who follow J&J’s investor relations practices — they are at the cutting edge of shareholder engagement through social media.  For example,Continue Reading

This week’s newsletter focuses on socially responsible investing, or SRI. Have you ever heard of if?

Last week our Corporate Governance Update covered CEO succession planning, a hot topic in the corporate governance world. According to a global survey of 1,300 companies, 98% of companies think a CEO succession plan is important, but only 35% currently have one in place.

If you’ve ever launched a business, you know what it means to start from nothing. We launched Moxy Vote with exactly zero users, and the first twenty people who signed up, bless their hearts, were employees, friends, and family. And then they started reporting bugs. A few short hours ago, we got our 100,000th user.Continue Reading

Proxy season is just around the corner, and to get your palates whetted for the ballots to come, we’re serving up a little appetizer. On special: the Apple ballot, featuring four corporate governance shareholder resolutions.