Corporate Governance Risks at Tesla and How I Voted. Insights by AInvest Fintech focused on John Chevedden. #corpgov @Tesla @TESLA $TSLA www.corpgov.net/2025/09/corp...

Controlled Companies Underperform. Yes, that's the conclusion of recent research by MSCI. You may want to redirect investments to democracy. www.corpgov.net/2025/09/cont... #corpgov #ESG

Rich Koppes passed away on September 9, 2025. He was 79. Rich touched millions of people in a positive way; certainly a life worth celebrating. www.corpgov.net/2025/09/rich...

Proxy Power & Proposal Abuse -- Proxy Power & How to Diffuse the Voice of Shareholders. House members think owners should defer to CEO kings. Exxon allows its shareholders to always vote with management. #corpgov #ESG #proxy www.corpgov.net/2025/09/prox...

James McRitchie 14a-8 to Protect Shareholder Value "protecting" shareholders by excluding "environmental, social, or political" proposals. Owners were mostly excluded from testimony in favor of managers. Yet, here's one short clip in our defense: www.c-span.org/clip/house-c... #corgov 🤝

Shareholder Proposals Vital in Shaping Materiality. Governance provides the scaffolding, E&S the direction. Votes decide what is material. www.corpgov.net/2025/09/shar... #agency #AntiESG #CorpGov #democracy #E&S #ESG #materiality #fiduciaries #fiduciary #market #material #salubrious #sustainability

John Chevedden is probably the most prolific filer of shareholder proposals in history. His positive influence and impact continue. I reflect on his influence and its importance to #corpgov #democracy and our #economy www.corpgov.net/2025/08/john... #proxyvoting #shareholders

Trump called for Intel's Lip-Bu Tan to step down on August 7. On August 11, Tan agreed to cough up 10% of Intel. The board must approve material actions with well-informed due care. I'm an Intel shareholder and would consider joining legal action. #corpgov #ESG #Intel #FicuciaryDuty #litigation

DEI support remains strong despite attacks by President Trump and officials in several states. Heightened focus on proxy voting is positive. www.corpgov.net/2025/08/dei-... #DEI #ESG #corpgov

I reflect on corporate governance, our lack of progress and backsliding. Where did I/we go wrong? Nell Minow's Keynote to ICGN offers hope. www.corpgov.net/2025/08/nell... #corpgov #ESG #CSR #susty #climate

Trump's mafia-style protection racket government continues.

Today is the last day to comment to the SEC to protect annual meeting rights. www.corpgov.net/2025/07/save... The SEC is considering a rule that would allow closed-end funds to skip their annual shareholder meetings. Publicly traded corporations are next. #corpgov #ShareholderRights

valueedgeadvisors.com/2025/06/22/t... This is a blatant abuse of power; like telling people in Texas they can't subscribe to out-of-state newspapers. #corpgov #democracy

nCino 2025 Vote FOR Proposals 4 & 5. Ensure that all directors are up for election annually to increase accountability to stockholders. www.corpgov.net/2025/06/ncin... #corpgov #ESG #democracy

SEC Rule on Shareholder Proposals Wrongly Upheld - DC District failed to weigh the Benefits of shareholder proposals against dummied up costs. www.corpgov.net/2025/06/sec-... #corpgov #ESG

Today is the last day to vote online for two key proposals strengthening accountability. At Schwab, support Proposal 4 to declassify the board. At ServiceNow, vote FOR Proposal 6, giving shareholders a fair chance to correct minor errors in nomination submissions. www.corpgov.net #corpgov

PAYING A LIVING WAGE: TSC spearheading vote-no campaigns at Walmart (WMT), Target (TGT), and Kroger (KR) and proposals at Marks & Spencer Group (MKS) and JD Sports (JDS). #corpgov #livingwage #workers theshareholdercommons.com/potb/#wba-wm...

Schwab 2025: Accountability drives performance. Increase shareholder value by declassifying our Board of Directors. Charles Schwab continues to oppose a measure a majority of shareholders have approved multiple times. www.corpgov.net/2025/05/schw... #corpgov #ESG #directors #SCHW #boards

Don't Let ServiceNow Play "Gotcha" with Shareholder Nominees. At or before the upcoming 5/22 shareholder meeting, support Proposal 6 to provide a "right to cure" facial errors. We have introduced this proposal at many companies. NONE have opposed it. #corpgov #ESG www.corpgov.net/2025/05/serv...

Should Tesla & other Texas-based companies be able to opt out of allowing stockholders nonbinding votes on proxy proposals, leaving contests for control and cashing out as the primary mechanisms for stockholder feedback? www.corpgov.net/2025/05/hb-4... Contact Texas House members today. #corpgov

HB 4115 (Texas) would allow companies like Tesla to opt out of shareholder proposals. Readers should take action. Those in Texas can quickly send your opposition to the entire House. #corpgov #ESG #democracy #Texas www.corpgov.net/2025/05/hb-4...

ICCR AGM Reporting Form is now open to all shareholders! Take Action! Report on every annual general meeting (AGM) you attend in 2025. www.corpgov.net/2025/05/iccr... #corpgov #ESG #AGM #shrareholderrights

Lantheus 2025: Vote for proposal #4 to declassify the board so that it can more dynamically deliver value to shareholders. Read or watch the video. $LNTH #corpgov www.corpgov.net/2025/04/lant...

Trump withdrew from transparency regime to shares the real identities of company owners; withdrew from Convention on International Tax Cooperation; refused to enforce Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; syndicate.org/commentary/america-becoming-largest-tax-haven-under-trump-by-joseph-e-stiglitz-2025-04

My fellow Canadians, please vote for Mark Carney. Carney has proven crisis management skills, financial/economic expertise, outsider status, and the public’s trust. He will defend Canada’s interests on the world stage. Vote pragmatism over bluster. open.substack.com/pub/axorc/p/...

Excellent guide quick from Broc Romanek governancebeat.cooley.com/15-types-of-...

Great to see Ross Kerber of Reuters touching on the issue of pre-disclosing proxy votes www.reuters.com/sustainabili... which can triple impact www.corpgov.net/2024/08/prox... also results in more and richer engagement www.corpgov.net/2024/12/pre-... #corpgov #ESG #proxyvoting

I signed another letter to protect our dwindling rights against tyranny. After the usual questions like name, organization, position, etc., I came to the final question: What is your cell number? My first thought was: How would I know my cell number? I haven’t been locked up yet #corpgov #democracy

www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a.... I hope this post by @Joeseph Stiglitz makes the rounds. #corpgov

Thank you @mrgavhinks.bsky.social for another history rhyme #corpgov

An observation for our times in Raphael Cormack’s Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age.

Great interview with Quinn Slobodian, author of Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy amzn.to/4jDJYIp and other informative books. Check it out. #corpgov #ESG

www.freefloat.llc/shareholderp... Great conversation between two of my favorites: Michael Levin and Nell Minow @nellminow.bsky.social. Please get to know them so we can live in a more informed world. #corpgov #ESG

Ideas with Nahlah Ayed - www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... Timothy Snyder calls oligarchs like Trump "heroes of negative freedom,” focused on being against things. True freedom, he says, is to thrive for the sake of our common future. Listen; then buy the book.

Tariffs: Quiet Diplomacy Beats Kiss My Ass. How Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney worked with other leaders to address Trump's worldwide trade war www.corpgov.net/2025/04/tari... #tariffs #TariffWar #Trump #Canada #corpgov #ESG

From www.noahpinion.blog Personally, I think the tariffs are mostly about getting world leaders, as Trump says, "kissing my ass" and as a cover that supposedly raises revenues to pay for his tax cuts for the rich. Factory construction is still down. #corpgov #ESG #taxes #inequality

#Abundance ala Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson - We in #California must get moving. #battery #electric #ElectricGrid

Democratizing Investing is not offering more products. Instead, BlackRock should review its proxy voting policies to address externalities per The Shareholder Commons and allow investors to customize their proxy voting in detail, as is offered through iconikapp.com. www.corpgov.net/2025/04/demo...

👋🏾 Resident voters in Fl-1 & FL-6, you only have a few hours left to vote today. Please vote 🗳️.

The Shareholder Commons - JNJ on Human Rights www.sec.gov/Archives/edg..., QUALCOMM Retirement Benefits www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch.... POTB, is the first publication specifically designed to help investors vote their proxies using a portfolio-first lens. #POTB2025 flags initiatives that

Climate Risk Disclosure - Sample comment letter to CA Air Resources Board recommending climate risk financial reporting regulations. #corpgov #ESG #climate #California www.corpgov.net/2025/03/clim...

Commented on the FCLTGlobal report, Beyond the Blame Game: Why the Proxy System Needs to Change. (added to a pior post at www.corpgov.net/2024/12/pre-...) It reads like DOGE technocrats dismantling the government to privatize democracy for billionaires. Still, worth reading. #corpgov #ESG #proxies

CII Spring Meeting 2025: Highlights via Nell Minow is a MUST-read for those interested in the Council of Institutional Investors & members. Highlights for me included her discussion of #AGM and #stockholderproposal trends. #corpgov #ESG www.corpgov.net/2025/03/cii-...

Many are horrified as our country sides with Russia. As individuals, we still can donate a little money to help Ukraine replace what Trump is canceling. Here's a tax-deductible nonprofit that will help you do that www.razomforukraine.org

SRG Responds to SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce. www.corpgov.net/2025/02/srg-... She wants to raise thresholds for filing proposals again after increasing them tenfold. Proposals are best seen as low-cost, nonbinding advice. There is no correlation between good advice and the size of holdings.

Concentration of microplastics in analyzed brains rose by about 50% from 2016 to 2024. Researchers estimate that the average brain studied had about seven grams of microplastics in it, or a little more than the weight of a plastic spoon. cleantechnica.com/2025/02/21/i...

This year, investors are increasingly addressing systemic threats to their portfolios. The Shareholder Commons is working to advance specific #guardrails: theshareholdercommons.com/potb/ #SystemStewardship #LivingWage #AntimicrobialResistance

SEC reporting changes will discourage large funds from voting against directors based on company strategies. The revival of proxy access could enhance engagement and diminish entrenchment issues, offering a more collaborative approach to #corgov #ESG. www.corpgov.net/2025/02/revi...

cleantechnica.com/.../tesla-tr... Tesla sales are in free fall in Europe. Last month, Norway recorded a 37.9 percent slump. Tesla sales in France fell by 63.4 percent; in Spain, Tesla sales plummeted by 75.4 percent.