Monster Beverage Corp | Shareholder Advisory Votes on Climate Change at Monster Beverage Corp

Status
6.97% votes in favour
AGM date
Previous AGM date
Proposal number
4
Resolution details
Company ticker
MNSTX
Lead filer
As You Sow
Resolution ask
Adopt or amend a policy
ESG theme
  • Environment
ESG sub-theme
  • Shareholder rights
Type of vote
Shareholder proposal
Filer type
Shareholder
Company sector
Consumer Staples
Company HQ country
United States
Resolved clause
By investors to Amend Article I of the Bylaws by adding the following section:

Section 16. Annual Proxy Vote and Report on Climate Change. The annual corporate proxy statement shall include a proposal requesting an advisory vote by shareholders expressing non-binding advisory approval or disapproval of the Company's publicly available climate policies and strategies, in consideration of key climate benchmarks.

The Board of Directors is authorized to include in the Company's annual proxy statement, or publish elsewhere, a report that characterizes the scale and pace of its responsive measures associated with climate change, including referring, at Board discretion, to the Company's alignment with climate-related benchmarks.

Nothing in this section shall be construed as constraining the discretion of the board or management in disclosing or managing issues related to a climate change transition.
Whereas clause
The increasing rate and number of climate-related disasters affecting society is causing alarms to be raised within the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government, making the corporate sector's contribution to climate mitigation a significant policy issue;

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission recently issued a report finding that climate change poses a significant risk to, and could impair the productive capacity of, the U.S. economy;

Shareholders are increasingly concerned about material climate risk to both their companies and their portfolios and seek clear and consistent disclosures from the companies in which they invest, including credible climate transition plans;

BlackRock notes that investment flows into "sustainable" and climate aligned assets will drive long term outperformance;

In response to material climate risk, the steering committee of the Climate Action 100+ initiative, a coalition of more than 500 investors with over USD52 trillion in assets, issued a Net Zero Company Benchmark (Benchmark) outlining metrics that create climate accountability for companies and transparency and comparability for shareholders on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, GHG targets, improved climate governance, and climate related financial disclosures;

Climate-related decisions by a company have portfolio-wide and economy-wide implications. Disclosing reduction targets, detailing strategies for embedding climate change throughout a company's business models and services, and providing progress therein to shareholders, is an important means of assuring shareholders that management is taking seriously the risks associated with climate change. Shareholders believe that planning and reporting by Monster Beverage Corporation on its climate transition plans and strategies will benefit the company and its investors, as well as global climate change objectives.

Monster currently has no reporting of its Scope 1, 2, or 3 greenhouse gas emissions, nor has it disclosed its climate transition planning, if any.

How other organisations have declared their voting intentions

Organisation name Declared voting intentions Rationale
Kutxabank Gestion SGIIC SAU. For
LocalTapiola Asset Management Ltd For Additional information on plans to reduce GHG emissions would allow investors to better understand, and express their opinion on, how the company is managing its climate change related risks.
Universities Superannuation Scheme - USS For We would welcome enhanced reporting of climate related risks and a shareholder say on climate.

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