Current Initiatives

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 ICCR 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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  • Living Wage
  • Shareholder Rights and SEC Policy
 January 23, 2024
December 13, 2023 by ICCR Shareholders Challenge Major Investment Firms on Declining Voting Records

NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2023 – Asset owners are increasingly concerned about asset managers’ declining proxy voting on ESG shareholder proposals. Some are taking their concerns to the boardroom and other shareholders by filing shareholder resolutions at BlackRock, State Street, Goldman Sachs, and J.P. Morgan. The resolutions challenge these asset managers’ poor voting […]
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  • Press Releases
  • Shareholder Rights and SEC Policy
 December 13, 2023
November 30, 2023 by ICCR Investors Launch Global Network Focused on Workers’ Rights

Investors committed to advocating for workers’ rights have launched the Labour Rights Investor Network (LRIN), a global initiative centered on supporting labor rights as human rights. The LRIN is housed at the Global Unions’ Committee on Workers’ Capital (CWC), a committee of the International Trade Union Confederation, the Global Union Federations, and the Trade Union […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Advancing Worker Justice
  • Living Wage
 November 30, 2023
November 15, 2023 by Julie Wokaty Investors Call on U.S. Companies to Take Steps Toward the Payment of a Living Wage

Statement endorsed by 136 investors representing US$4.5T in assets cites workforce investments as good for business and key to addressing systemic societal and economic risks. NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 2023 – The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) today released a statement signed by 136 institutional investors calling on U.S. companies, particularly those […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Press Releases
  • Advancing Worker Justice
  • Living Wage
 November 15, 2023
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September 21, 2023 by Julie Wokaty ICCR Files Amicus Brief in NAM/NCPPR Lawsuit Against the SEC

On September 21, ICCR submitted an Amicus Brief in connection to the lawsuit filed by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) attempting to undermine the SEC’s authority to adjudicate shareholder proposals. In its intervention in NCPPR’s suit, NAM argued the SEC does not have the authority to […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Shareholder Rights and SEC Policy
 September 21, 2023
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September 7, 2023 by Julie Wokaty Joint Investor Letter to Nike on Outstanding Wage Payments

On September 7, 2023, signatories ABN AMRO and CCLA Investment Management, supported by ICCR and its members, PGGM, and Triodos Investment Management, sent a joint investor letter to Nike to ask the company to pay outstanding wage payments for garment workers in factories in Cambodia and Thailand employed by the Ramatex Group. Workers were dismissed […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Equitable Global Supply Chains
  • Responsible Contracting
 September 7, 2023
September 5, 2023 by Julie Wokaty A Seat at the Table: Centering Workers to Build a More Inclusive and Equitable Economy, Oct. 5 in NYC

Join us at the Historic Riverside Church in New York City on October 5th for cocktails and a light dinner at ICCR’s annual event. Enlightened business leaders and investors increasingly recognize the need to center worker voices to redress the racial, gender, and financial power imbalances at the heart of our economy. We will hear […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Advancing Worker Justice
 September 5, 2023
August 31, 2023 by Julie Wokaty Investors Push Back on Pharma Lawsuits to Thwart Medicare Negotiated Pricing

NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 2023 – Today, investors released a statement voicing deep concern about lawsuits brought by pharma companies and trade groups to block the U.S. government’s ability to negotiate fair drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries.  The investors are predominantly faith-based members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility and shareholders in top pharma companies who […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Press Releases
  • Equitable Access to Medicine
  • Health Equity
 August 31, 2023

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