( ) -q-19- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “internal combustion engines.” Toyota’s shareholders have rejected demands from some investors that the automaker do a better job on fighting climate change. [CutID: <Cuts> TOYOTA-CLIMATE-house-q-WEDam.mp3 Time: 19s Title: TOYOTA-CLIMATE-house-q-WEDam Out-cue: internal combustion engines] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The rejection at the shareholders’ meeting was widely expected. The […]
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Toyota shareholders reject proposal demanding better performance on climate change
( ) -q-19- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “internal combustion engines.”
Toyota’s shareholders have rejected demands from some investors that the automaker do a better job on fighting climate change.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The rejection at the shareholders’ meeting was widely expected. The majority of Toyota shares are held by the company and its group companies, retired employees and others sympathetic to the company’s perspective.
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VERBATIM: They also endorsed Akio Toyoda’s reappointment as chairman of the automaker. The investor proposal was initiated by a $20 billion Danish investment fund. It accused Toyota of lobbying to weaken efforts by governments around the world to phase out gas and diesel-fueled internal combustion engines.