Have any of your company’s stakeholders contacted or requested to engage with management, the board/board committee, or individual directors on any political, social, environmental, or public policy matters in the past year? Select all that apply.
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About half (49%) of public companies responded that their major shareholders contacted or requested to engage with management, the board/board committee, or individual directors (68% large-caps; 28% mid-caps; 38% small-caps), and 18% of public companies reported having been contacted or requested to engage by customers, employees, business partners, etc. (26% large-caps; 7% mid-caps; 15% small-caps) on a political, social, environmental, or public policy matter in the past year. 44% of private companies said that their customers, employees, business partners, etc., had contacted them or requested such an engagement on these issues.
The most frequently cited topics for which stakeholders contacted or requested engagement with management, the board/board committee, or individual directors included ESG, climate change, and DE&I; some cited lobbying, legislative initiatives, and political contributions.