Investment Management Titans Finally Come to the Table on Corporate Political Disclosure BlackRock, Vanguard Contribute to Record Large Investor Support WASHINGTON — Support by the largest institutional investors for the Center for Political Accountability’s corporate political disclosure resolution jumped to 83.5 percent in 2021, up from 75.7 percent in 2020 according to analysis based…
Leading public corporations and their trade associations have quietly poured hundreds of millions of dollars over the decade into political groups influential in shaping state elections and resulting divisive policy agendas. Conflicted Consequences pulls back the curtain on the large, little-noticed donations by U.S. corporations and their trade associations to these so-called “527” groups and…
The largest investors’ support for the Center for Political Accountability’s corporate political disclosure resolution jumped to 75.6 percent in 2020, up from 67.3 percent in 2019 according to analysis based on shareholder voting data from Proxy Insight. This follows a comparatively modest 1.1 percentage point increase in support from 2018 to 2019.
The largest mutual funds’ support for the Center for Political Accountability’s corporate political disclosure resolution continued to steadily rise in 2019, to 56.0 percent from 52.7 percent in 2018 according to analysis based on the Morningstar Fund Votes Database. This increased support continues to build on the strong momentum of the 8.2 percentage point increase…
Please download the zip file below to access Center for Political Accountability’s research on contributions to and spending by 527 political committees over the past decade, which forms the basis for CPA’s forthcoming Conflicted Consequences report. CPA’s research focused on six state-focused political committees, several of which reshaped state and national politics and policy. The…
The largest mutual funds’ support for the Center for Political Accountability’s corporate political disclosure resolution jumped significantly in 2018, to 53 percent from 45 percent in 2017, according to an analysis by Fund Votes. This eight percentage point increase was the largest since CPA began tracking institutional investor votes on its resolution in 2008.
This report takes an in depth look at the consequences of political spending by the largest US public companies over the past decade. It examines how companies’ corporate political spending often conflicts with their publicly stated values and the challenges this creates in today’s hyper-polarized environment. Collision Course Report…
Big corporations have deep pockets and face few checks and balances, which means they have great influence. But, when a company’s political spending doesn’t align with its policies and values, there are bound to be consequences. Here’s an example: In 2016, North Carolina’s enactment of a controversial transgender bathroom law, HB2, brought high-profile news coverage…
Support by mutual funds for the Center for Political Accountability’s corporate political disclosure resolution jumped significantly in 2017, to 48 percent from 43 percent in 2016, according to an analysis by Fund Votes. The analysis also found that abstentions decreased from five percent to three percent, indicating a shift toward more active support for political…