Courtesy of Sustainable Investments Institute

Climate change, political spending and gender equality top the list of hot issues that shareholders want aired at annual company meetings this proxy season.

As of mid-February proponents filed 429 shareholder resolutions, according to Proxy Preview 2018, a joint report released Thursday by As You Sow, the Sustainable Investments Institute and Proxy Impact.

Michael Passoff, CEO of Proxy Impact and co-author of the report, said climate change and political spending by corporations are the two dominant issues this year, making up about 40 percent of all resolutions.