Current Initiatives

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April 24, 2023 by Julie Wokaty Pharma Companies to Face Multiple Proposals at Spring Meetings Challenging Policies and Practices that Discourage Equitable Access to Medicines

Despite opposition from board and management, beginning this week, eleven proposals pressing for governance changes to increase health equity will go to a shareholder vote at top pharma companies. NEW YORK, NY, MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2023 – Shareholders today announced that their slate of eleven proposals for 2023 pharma proxies on the use of patents, pharma […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Press Releases
  • Equitable Access to Medicine
  • Health Equity
 April 24, 2023
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April 19, 2023 by Julie Wokaty On the Tenth Anniversary of Rana Plaza Tragedy, Investors Call on Companies to Prioritize Worker Safety in Global Apparel Supply Chains

Statement endorsed by 192 investors calls on companies to join the International Accord in Bangladesh and the new Pakistan Accord, to accelerate implementation of human rights due diligence in the garment sector.  NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2023 – A coalition of 192 global institutional investors representing $1.3 trillion USD in assets under management […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Press Releases
  • Equitable Global Supply Chains
  • Worker-Driven Social Responsibility
 April 19, 2023
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March 20, 2023 by Susana McDermott President Biden left no choice but to veto bill seeking to overturn DOL rule

Legislation seeking to restrict retirement plan sponsors’ ability to consider financial risks such as climate change would have threatened the pensions of millions of workers. NEW YORK, NY, MONDAY MARCH 20TH, 2023 – Today, members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) welcomed President Biden’s veto of legislation attempting to repeal the U.S. Department […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Press Releases
  • Shareholder Rights and SEC Policy
 March 20, 2023
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March 1, 2023 by Julie Wokaty Attempts to Repeal the Current DOL Ruling Governing ERISA Plans Puts the Financial Security of Millions of Pensioners at Risk

NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1ST, 2023 – The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), a coalition of over 300 institutional investors that engages with corporations on environmental, social, and governance issues, registered its strong disappointment with today’s vote by the Senate to pass a Congressional Review Act resolution seeking to repeal the Department of […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Press Releases
  • Shareholder Rights and SEC Policy
 March 1, 2023
January 20, 2023 by Julie Wokaty Shareholders File Multiple Proposals at U.S. Banks Seeking to Advance Climate-Forward Lending Policies

Bank of America ($BAC), Citigroup ($C), Goldman Sachs ($GS), JPMorgan Chase ($JPM), Morgan Stanley ($MS), and Wells Fargo ($WFC) receive proposals related to their financing of GHG emissions driving climate change.  NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, JANUARY 24TH, 2023 – Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and Harrington Investments today announced that they […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Press Releases
  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice
  • Climate Finance
 January 20, 2023
December 12, 2022 by Julie Wokaty Leading Lobbying Practices to Drive 1.5C Policy Action

The need to reduce GHG emissions to limit warming and reach net zero by 2050 or sooner has never been more urgent yet climate progress has been hindered for decades by aggressive lobbying on the part of corporations (mainly in the oil & gas sector) and their trade associations. Because investors understand that corporate climate […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Climate Lobbying
  • Corporate Lobbying
  • Corporate Political Accountability
 December 12, 2022
November 14, 2022 by Julie Wokaty Investors Welcome EPA’s Release of New Supplemental Regulations to Curb Dangerous Methane Emissions

Key features include a streamlined approval process for new methods of methane emissions detection and flexibility in effective technology. NEW YORK, NY – MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2022 – Investors welcomed the Biden Administration’s announcement at last week’s COP27 climate summit that it intended to strengthen its proposed standards to cut methane and other harmful air […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Press Releases
  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice
  • Methane Management
 November 14, 2022
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September 27, 2022 by Julie Wokaty ICCR Stakeholder Commitment – White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health

The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), a coalition of over 300 global institutional investors currently represents more than $4 trillion in managed assets. Leveraging our equity ownership in some of the world’s largest and most powerful companies, ICCR hosts a working group of investors focused on nutrition insecurity.  This group has been engaging food and […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Health Equity
  • Nutrition Insecurity
 September 27, 2022
July 28, 2022 by Julie Wokaty As Climate Impacts Mount, Investors Appeal to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to Advocate for Public Policy to Reduce GHG Emissions

NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, JULY 28TH, 2022 – Today, a group of investors representing U.S. $131B in assets under management announced they sent a letter to the Directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (U.S. Chamber) calling on them to advocate for the public policies needed to bring greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) emissions in line […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Press Releases
  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice
  • Climate Lobbying
  • Methane Management
 July 28, 2022
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September 21, 2020 by Julie Wokaty Blog Post: Congress Takes Positive Step to Protect the Uyghur People

Friends, In my 25 years on the staff of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) engaging companies on human rights concerns including labor rights and working conditions in global supply chains,  I’ve seen serious human rights abuses in many locations: a factory in Guatemala where supervisors were sexually harassing young women workers; a factory in China […]
  • Blog
  • Current Initiatives
  • Equitable Global Supply Chains
  • Prohibiting Import of Forced Labor Goods
 September 21, 2020

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