"Based on the analysis of 4,090 shareholder meetings held in the first half of 2018, nearly 29% of institutional investors supported such proposals, a new high compared to 26% in 2017, 21% in 2016, and 18% in 2015. The numbers appear in stark contrast to the support of retail investors, only 16% of which supported such proposals in the first half of 2018."

[COMMENTARY]Here we have another example ofinstitutional participation in matters concerning ESG significantly exceeding that of retail investors.
Institutional support grows for ESG, political spending transparency, report shows, by Rob Kozlowski, October 3, 2018, Pensions & Investments, USA.