HV Magazine: (Climate) transition plans at the AGM. The ‘no’ vote in the Say on Climate

Should shareholders vote on the company's sustainability plan at the Annual General Meeting – in other words, have a say on climate – and what happens if they vote against it? Dr Cordula Heldt, Head of Corporate Governance and Corporate Law and Head of the Office of the Government Commission on the German Corporate Governance Code, questions in her guest article what could be the subject of a say on climate and whether it needs to be regulated by law.

The article was published in HV-Magazin 01-2025.