Rally for Positive Change and Positive Returns: Chevron Corporation (CVX) and More

Votes for positive change and sustainable returns
Investors who shrug off proposals they have the power to vote on are missing the big picture. For example, the repercussions from climate change could devastate businesses (and, obviously, investment returns).

Rethinking renewable energy and waste helps companies save money and become more profitable over the long haul. That’s capitalism’s innovative spirit and efficiency at work, after all.

Meanwhile, corporate governance problems add up to big risks for shareholders, and political expenditures by public companies not only siphon money from shareholders, but also may lean completely opposite from many shareholders’ own political beliefs.

Given the fact that most Americans actually do own stocks, even passively through mutual funds, issues like these actually do impact just about all of us.

So let’s use our shareholder votes for positive change and positive returns over the long haul. More and more shareholder activists are filing proposals that deserve our full attention when it comes to risk versus reward.

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The article Rally for Positive Change and Positive Returns originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Alyce Lomax.

Alyce Lomax has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends Chevron. The Motley Fool owns shares of Bank of America, Citigroup Inc , and International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM)..

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