Burgeoning support for climate change shareholder proposals in 2021 and clear evidence about how the warming climate poses material risks to companies seems to have inspired a raft of new resolutions in 2022 to reach 110, the most in 10 years and up from 79 last year. Proposals about a wide variety of environmental management issues also rose to 35, up from 31 in 2021.

(The Corporate Political Influence section, p. 39, discusses the climate lobbying proposals. Sustainable Governance, p. 78, covers board oversight of climate change and suggestions for offering low-carbon employee retirement plan investment options (a new issue).)