2025 CPA-Zicklin Index Find Strong Corporate Support
The number of leading U.S. companies with the most robust policies for transparency and accountability around their political spending increased significantly from 103 in 2024 to 112 this year…
Advisory Proxy Resolutions Are More Important Than Ever
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins and the Trump administration are pushing to eliminate proxy resolutions that are advisory, which would be a fatal blow to resolutions calling for political transparency and board oversight.
Corporations Are Doing Better Than You Might Think At Disclosing Political Spending
Large U.S. corporations are doing a better job of making public their political activity, but they have a long way to go. That’s the conclusion of an annual survey of S&P 500 companies done by the Center for Political Accountability and the Zicklin Center for Governance and Business Ethics at the Wharton School of the…
Sustainable Finance
Despite political headwinds, a record 112 S&P 500 companies scored 90 percent or better on measures such as whether they disclose political spending with corporate funds, or make boards responsible for overseeing it.
Visa, Con Ed Among Leaders In Political Disclosure Rankings
Some 205 companies in the overall S&P 500 scored over 80%, or in the first tier, of the 2025 CPA-Zicklin Index of Corporate Political Disclosure and Accountability, a benchmarking study released Thursday.
Public Failure, Private Ordering: Successful Self-Regulation of Corporate Political Spending
A forthcoming article on Private Ordering, authored by CPA.
‘Woke Chubbʼ campaign cements insurance as new front in climate wars
Republicans have received around $284,000 compared to Democratsʼ roughly $215,000, though Chubb has only donated to Republicans in the past two years, according to data compiled by the Center for Political Accountability…
Support for Shareholder Proposals Regarding Political Accountability and Disclosure Remains Strong
Despite a downward trend in the overall number of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) shareholder proposals, support for shareholder proposals demanding increased political accountability and transparency surged in the 2025 proxy season…
FETH Metrics and the Shadow of CPCs: Navigating Governance Risk in a Post-Regulatory Shift Landscape
CPA’s 2025 report, Corporate Political Spending: What Are the Real Risk?, underscores the reputational and legal hazards of misaligned political spending.
Corporate Political Disclosure Shareholder Proposals Draw Surprising Support
Campaign spending disclosure proposals passed at five companies this season, and eight others saw similar resolutions.