While companies are not legally required to disclose all of their election-related spending, many shareholders understand that it is in their interest to know how their corporation engages politically. Since 2004, concerned shareholders have been using CPA’s model political spending disclosure resolution to ask companies to adopt political disclosure practices and accountability policies.

Search below to see where shareholders have requested transparency using the model provided by CPA, and how shareholders voted on the proposal. Information about the current shareholder season is available here.

SOURCE: Institutional Shareholder Services