Over 100 corporations will receive shareholder resolutions this year calling on them to voluntarily disclose their political spending and lobbying activities. Some companies have already begun disclosing this information voluntarily, including North Carolina-based tobacco giant Reynolds American.
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Over one-quarter of all social and environmental corporate shareholder resolutions in 2015 address the companies' political activity, including spending and lobbying, according to Proxy Preview, an annual report on shareholder resolutions. (Chart from Proxy Preview 2015.)
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<p>Over one-quarter of all social and environmental corporate shareholder resolutions in 2015 address the companies' political activity, including spending and lobbying, according to Proxy Preview, an annual report on shareholder resolutions. (Chart from <a href="http://www.proxypreview.org/proxy-preview-2015/">Proxy Preview 2015</a>.)</p>