Current Initiatives

May 3, 2024 by Julie Wokaty Vote Your Proxies – See 2024’s Proxy Memos and Exempt Solicitations

The 2024 corporate annual general meeting season has begun, and that means it’s time to vote your proxy ballots. Why is voting proxy ballots so important?  The shareholder proposal process allows both large and small shareholders to alert corporate boards and the investor community to their concerns and to request timely action on emerging, or neglected, issues. A […]
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  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice
 May 3, 2024
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April 25, 2024 by Julie Wokaty Investors Applaud the FTC’s Ban of Non-Compete Agreements, Safeguarding the Rights of Low- and Middle-Income Workers

NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2024 – The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and Zevin Asset Management today welcomed the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) passage of a ban on non-compete agreements (noncompetes). Noncompetes, ostensibly used by employers in contracts to protect proprietary information and intellectual property, prevent tens of millions of employees from […]
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  • Press Releases
  • Advancing Worker Justice
 April 25, 2024
April 22, 2024 by Julie Wokaty ICCR Files Response to ExxonMobil’s Proxy Statement Attacking Its Shareholders

Filing highlights concerns regarding the company’s escalating attacks on proponents of shareholder resolutions challenging the company’s response to climate-related financial risks. NEW YORK, NY, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2024 – The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)  announced today that it filed a proxy exempt solicitation via the SEC’s EDGAR platform in response to disparaging statements […]
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  • Press Releases
  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice
 April 22, 2024
April 11, 2024 by Craig Wanda Investor Guidance on Responsible Contracting

This guidance is a resource for investors to use when discussing responsible purchasing and contracting issues with companies.
  • Current Initiatives
  • Equitable Global Supply Chains
  • Responsible Contracting
 April 11, 2024
April 10, 2024 by Julie Wokaty The Non-Sugar Sweetener Debate is NOT Sweet

By Christina Dorett, Seventh Generation Interfaith Coalition for Responsible Investment Sucrose is a natural sugar, a vital source of energy for our bodies, and Sucralose is a Non-Sugar Sweetener (NSS) or sugar substitute. Would you know the difference? It is not a coincidence that the names are deceptively similar. Aspartame is another widely used NSS […]
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  • Health Equity
  • Nutrition Insecurity
 April 10, 2024
February 27, 2024 by Craig Wanda Corporate Influence Over Legislation/Regulation on Key Themes Affecting the Public Interest, Prompts Investors to File Numerous Proposals Scrutinizing Corporate Political Activity

CONTACT:Susana McDermottDirector of CommunicationsInterfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)201-417-9060 (mobile)smcdermott@iccr.org NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 2024 – Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility and allied investors announced a slate of 63 shareholder proposals for 2024 proxies at a diverse set of companies across multiple sectors calling for increased disclosures and strengthened oversight […]
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  • Press Releases
  • Corporate Lobbying
  • Corporate Political Accountability
  • Corporate Political Spending
 February 27, 2024
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February 22, 2024 by Craig Wanda Comment Letter from Investors on Pandemic Accord

We write as members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), a coalition of faith and values-based investors, in response to the request for comments by HHS on the implications of access and benefit sharing (ABS) commitments/regimes and other proposed commitments being considered under a WHO Convention, Agreement or Other International Instrument on Pandemic […]
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  • Equitable Access to Medicine
  • Health Equity
  • Health Equity & Technology
 February 22, 2024
February 15, 2024 by Julie Wokaty Now Out: ICCR’s 2024 Proxy Resolutions & Voting Guide

We are pleased to announce the release of ICCR’s 2024 Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide. Our Guide presents the ICCR member-sponsored resolutions filed for 2024 corporate proxies as of February 15. The proposals included here illustrate ICCR’s guiding principle that sustainable corporations must look beyond the next earnings report to account for the full impact […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Advancing Worker Justice
  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice
  • Equitable Global Supply Chains
  • Health Equity
  • Human Rights Due Diligence
 February 15, 2024
January 24, 2024 by Julie Wokaty ICCR Statement in Response to ExxonMobil Lawsuit to Block Shareholder Climate-Related Proposal

On January 21, ExxonMobil ($XOM) filed suit in Texas against two shareholders in an attempt to block a shareholder proposal urging the company to accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to disclose new plans and timetables for these reductions.   Exxon is asking the court to silence the voices of its shareholders, […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice
 January 24, 2024
January 23, 2024 by Craig Wanda Register Now: ICCR’s 2024 Proxy Resolutions & Voting Guide Webinar

Save the Date: Thursday, February 15th at 11:30 am ET to Hear about ICCR Member Proposals for the 2024 Proxy Season Join us on Thursday, 2/15 from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm ET, when we will share a preview of ICCR members’ 2024 shareholder proposals and our 2024 Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide. Our webinar will help contextualize the more than 300 resolutions […]
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  • Human Rights Due Diligence
  • Living Wage
  • Shareholder Rights and SEC Policy
 January 23, 2024

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