"Last year, there were only 200 in the whole year that went to a vote. We're now looking at 300 still pending for votes." "Climate change is the top issue to watch in the 2022 proxy season," executives with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. wrote in a March 14 preview published by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance. "Many investors are no longer satisfied simply with greater disclosure of companies' climate impacts and risks. They're looking for concrete emissions targets. They want to see robust board oversight of climate risks." Proposals for more transparency about corporate political influence and lobbying are close behind climate change, making up 19% of all resolutions, according to the Proxy Preview. Human rights at 15% is another priority for shareholders concerned with systemic racism and environmental justice.