Environmentalists scored a win against a corporate giant last year when Procter & Gamble Co. shareholders backed a proposal asking the maker of Charmin toilet paper and Bounty paper towel to report on its efforts to address deforestation.

This year, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club and several dozen descendants of P&>’s founding families are lobbying shareholders to vote against longtime director Angela Braly.

This post first appeared on wsj.com

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