WASHINGTON (AP) — Pension and social investment funds have been stepping up efforts to influence public companies’ conduct by getting their proposals onto annual shareholder ballots. This spring’s proxy season will likely see more such action. Natasha Lamb is a managing partner of Arjuna Capital, an investment firm focused on social impact investing, which manages $300 million in assets. The Associated Press spoke recently with Lamb. Q: Last year was a tumultuous one: The health and economic crises of the pandemic, political strife and the reckoning over racial inequality. What will be Arjuna Capital’s focus in the coming proxy season?