The Number of Shareholder Proposals Made by Activist Shareholders, Votes Against Management Proposals and Listed Companies Facing Shareholder Proposals Each Continue to Trend Upward in.
Prospectus updates streetinsider.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from streetinsider.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A large group of institutional investors have urged chemical companies to stop producing PFAS, describing the carcinogenic substances as “the new asbestos.” In a letter to the CEOs of the world’s 50 largest chemical companies, they warned that PFAS users and manufacturers face “deep liability and insurance risks” that could significantly harm the companies' “long-term value.”
In the wake of emerging litigation and regulation on so-called forever chemicals, there are growing worries among investors that PFAS could be the 'new asbestos.'