The Board Recommends a Vote AGAINST Each
Shareholder Proposal
See Proxy, pages 123, 121, and
127 to 128, for full opposition
statements
Shareholder
Proposal
Key Reasons Why the Request in the Shareholder
Proposal is Not Appropriate or Necessary
WFC Policies / Disclosures Already in Place that
Address These Topics
Climate
Change Policy
Report on
Respecting
Indigenous
Peoples’ Rights
• The scenario cited in the proposal assumes no new
• Wells Fargo set a goal of net-zero greenhouse gas
oil and gas developments required to attain net-zero;
emissions by 2050 and committed to setting interim
conditioning our financing on this assumption is an
emissions targets for the Oil & Gas and Power
ineffective and impractical way to manage lending
portfolios by the end of 2022. (See
News Release)
practices or further our net-zero goal.
• Adopting the requested policy would effectively
• Our target-setting, participation in financing the new
capabilities and resources of Oil & Gas companies,
preclude us from offering general purpose loans to
and investment in renewable solar and wind power
the Oil & Gas sector, an unreasonable approach
projects facilitates an orderly and balanced transition
based on current energy usage and the potential
away from high-emitting hydrocarbons.
negative impacts on the U.S. economy.
See also our recent announcement on joining the Net-Zero Banking Alliance
• Developing the report requested by the proposal
would be both time consuming and costly without
adding significant value to our shareholders.
• The requested report would require inappropriate
disclosure of proprietary business decisions, as well
as confidential information about customers.
• Providing the requested report does not ultimately
serve the best interests of our shareholders
• Our policies and procedures, including a robust due
diligence framework for analyzing transactions that
may impact an indigenous community, take into
account the responsibility of respecting the rights of
Indigenous Peoples in how we conduct business.
• Our
Indigenous Peoples Statement articulates our
commitment to treating all Indigenous Peoples with
dignity and respect, and to responsible financing
when our financing may impact their communities.
Charitable
• The Board believes that the disclosures currently in • We
provide robust disclosures of our charitable
Donations
place are fully responsive to the proposal.
contributions, including the process, approach, and
Disclosure
rationale for contributions, and information about
the grant application process; we also
provide access
to more detailed information of our donations.
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