By Giovanni Giuga and Michael Piaseczny ( May 30, 2022, 1:25 PM EDT) -- Shareholder activism (SHA) saw a general decrease in the 2020 proxy season compared to 2019 — but SHA efforts were still active during COVID-19. The pandemic’s initial market impact resulted in a notable decline but efforts still, somewhat surprisingly perhaps, persisted in March 2020. Large institutional investors, index funds especially, continued to promote sustainability expectations even at COVID-19’s initial outset....