About 45% of the resolutions proposed by shareholders for discussion at company AGMs in the US this year are on environmental or social issues, suggesting these are now shareholders' top concern - bigger than the traditional bugbears of executive pay and board composition.

The finding, in a report from company advisers Ernst & Young, ranks "green" issues firmly in first place among shareholder concerns. The full report is available here http://bit.ly/HUzjBW.