FYI: Are you concerned about climate change, or about social issues such as corporate board diversity? Can you as a shareholder have your preferences communicated to company management and perhaps impact corporate policy on these issues? For the majority of individual investors, the short answer is “no.”
That’s because most individual investors own mutual funds. But the structure of the mutual fund makes it difficult to reflect shareholder objectives and values related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues.
Regards,
Ted
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/give-mutual-fund-investors-a-voice-in-shareholder-proxy-voting-2017-12-12/print
