Power Corporation of Canada | Disclosure of language fluency of employees at Power Corporation of Canada

Status
AGM passed
AGM date
Previous AGM date
Proposal number
2
Resolution details
Lead filer
Mouvement d'éducation et de défense des actionnaires (MÉDAC)
Resolution ask
Report on or disclose
ESG theme
  • Social
ESG sub-theme
  • Diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI)
Type of vote
Shareholder proposal
Filer type
Shareholder
Company sector
Energy
Company HQ country
Canada
Resolved clause
"It is proposed that the languages that the Company requires employees to master be disclosed, breaking down the information by jurisdiction, for all
territories (countries, states, provinces) in which the company operates, including its subsidiaries and the companies it controls"
Supporting statement
"When candidates are hired, their skills are assessed to determine whether
they meet the requirements of the job for which they are applying. Among
these skills, of course, are language skills. Information on this subject is
therefore known to all companies. This information, in its statistical form, is
of interest to everyone.
In recent years, a number of public controversies about language have
tainted the reputation of prominent companies in terms of their social
responsibility and their interpretation of their duties and obligations with
respect to diversity, an inherent component of our societies. Language is at
the heart of our democratic institutions and is a fundamental attribute of the
community. The recurrence of such situations, which are harmful from any
standpoint, must be prevented. For this reason–and for many others–it is
appropriate for all interested parties (stakeholders) to be informed, through
a formal and official disclosure, of the language fluency of the company’s
employees.
Obviously, language “fluency” is meant to be understood as a level of
language sufficient to allow its widespread use, verbally and in written form,
in all spheres of activity of individuals and entities, namely a level of language
sufficient to allow all employees to fully assume their duties and functions."

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