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Let's talk: an analysis of the "vote vs. negotiated withdrawal" decision for social activist environmental health shareholder resolutions

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  • John Byrd
  • Elizabeth S. Cooperman

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Social and environmental shareholder activists engage in a form of corporate social governance by submitting proxy resolutions for a specific change in corporate behavior deemed to be harmful to society. Using a unique data-set for environmental health shareholder resolutions filed by shareholder activists at 70 different companies during 2006-2011, we examine the success rate of resolutions and characteristics affecting the "vote vs. negotiated withdrawal" decision. Supporting a self-interest hypothesis, resolutions targeting specific consumer/retail companies, with regard to chemicals in products or product safety issues, are more likely to be negotiated and withdrawn, while firms with entrenchment-related governance characteristics are more likely to be voted on. Examining wealth effects, consumer/retail companies with a resolution vote experience a - 0.38% stock price reaction surrounding the annual meeting date, resulting in a significant economic average loss of - $453.5 million.

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  • John Byrd & Elizabeth S. Cooperman, 2014. "Let's talk: an analysis of the "vote vs. negotiated withdrawal" decision for social activist environmental health shareholder resolutions," Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 4(3), pages 230-248, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jsustf:v:4:y:2014:i:3:p:230-248
    DOI: 10.1080/20430795.2014.928998
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    1. Maria Carolina Rezende de Carvalho Ferreira & Vinicius Amorim Sobreiro & Herbert Kimura & Flavio Luiz de Moraes Barboza, 2016. "A systematic review of literature about finance and sustainability," Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 6(2), pages 112-147, April.

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