Green goals get a pounding as proxy time rolls around

At many companies, shareholders push for climate-friendly goals — and get a slap in the face

Protesters in New York seeking to meet with Wendy’s board of directors over social justice issues. Photo: Working Families Party/flickr.

. . . . It’s all seemed hunky-dory for ESG in recent months, with companies lining up to pledge green goals and investors pushing for change as they trumpet their net-zero tunes. But now the proxy-time money-crunchers a…