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April 7, 2025 by ICCR Coalition Calls on EPA to Protect Safer Choice Program for Cleaning Products

We, the undersigned businesses, organizations and investors, are writing to you to convey our united support for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Safer Choice program. As a voluntary partnership program, Safer Choice works collaboratively with the business community to move safer products and chemicals into the marketplace, creating an incentive for ongoing innovation. Read the […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice
  • Environmental Justice
 April 7, 2025
April 3, 2025 by ICCR United Healthcare Blocks Shareholder Vote on a Proposal Seeking Disclosures Around Practices That Limit or Delay Access to Healthcare

NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, April 4, 2025 – Shareholders of UnitedHealth Group ($UNH) today announced their withdrawal of a proposal submitted for the 2025 proxy after facing a series of challenges from the company at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The proposal filed by the Congregation des Soeurs des Saints Noms de Jesus et […]
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  • Press Releases
  • Equitable Access to Medicine
  • Health Equity
 April 3, 2025
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April 2, 2025 by Julie Wokaty Keep the Fire Going

By Matthew Illian, Director of Responsible Investing, United Church Funds
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  • Current Initiatives
  • Worker Health & Safety
 April 2, 2025
April 1, 2025 by Julie Wokaty Investors File 60 Proposals Calling for Transparency Around Corporate Political Activity

Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility announced they had filed 60 shareholder proposals for the 2025 proxy season calling for increased disclosures and strengthened oversight of corporate political activities at a diverse set of companies and sectors. These proposals included 32 resolutions on lobbying, 23 on political election spending, and five asking companies […]
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  • Press Releases
  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice
  • Climate Lobbying
  • Corporate Lobbying
  • Corporate Political Accountability
  • Corporate Political Spending
 April 1, 2025
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March 21, 2025 by Julie Wokaty Now Out: The 2025 ICCR Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide

ICCR has been publishing the Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide annually since 1974 as a way to educate and build support for member proposals. In our Guide, you will find all ICCR member-sponsored proposals for 2025 corporate proxies along with a preliminary overview of the proxy season and short features from proponents about their engagements on key environmental […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Advancing Worker Justice
  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice
  • Corporate Political Accountability
  • Equitable Global Supply Chains
  • Health Equity
 March 21, 2025
March 20, 2025 by ICCR Investors Call for Just and Comprehensive Immigration Reform to Foster Economic Stability and Growth

NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2025 – A group of nearly 100 institutional investors issued a statement today in support of comprehensive immigration reform they view as critical to creating business certainty, operational continuity, economic expansion, and a more cohesive and just society. The statement includes a series of recommended actions for Congress, Companies, […]
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  • Press Releases
  • Advancing Worker Justice
  • Worker Health & Safety
 March 20, 2025
February 24, 2025 by ICCR Investor Groups Release Report Defending Shareholder Proposal Rights Against Threats

NEW YORK, NY, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2025 – Today, three investor groups released a report, Shareholder Proposals: An Essential Investor Right, in response to threats to fundamental shareholder rights that underpin capital markets from Congress, the courts, and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Shareholder proposals enable investors to safeguard their portfolios and protect the […]
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  • Press Releases
  • Shareholder Rights and SEC Policy
 February 24, 2025
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February 19, 2025 by ICCR ICCR, Shareholder Rights Group, As You Sow Letter to SEC on Staff Legal Bulletin 14M

On Wednesday, February 18, ICCR, the Shareholder Rights Group, and As You Sow sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission requesting that the Staff refrain from applying the guidance provided in Staff Legal Bulletin 14M to any shareholder proposals filed with companies prior to the issuance of the bulletin on February 12, 2025.
  • Current Initiatives
  • Shareholder Rights and SEC Policy
 February 19, 2025
January 15, 2025 by ICCR Walmart Shareholders Urge CEO McMillon to Reconsider Retreat on DEI

Long-term investors cite the company’s capitulation to bullying from anti-DEI groups as contradictory to its stated mission to “foster a sense of belonging… and to be a Walmart for everyone.” NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2024 – Long-term Walmart shareholders who have been engaging the company for decades to promote stronger policies to manage […]
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  • Press Releases
  • Advancing Worker Justice
  • Racial Equity
 January 15, 2025
January 8, 2025 by ICCR Shareholders Call on United Healthcare Group to Issue a Report on the Public Health Costs of Delayed or Denied Access to Treatment

NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2024 – Shareholders of UnitedHealth Group ($UNH) today announced that they had filed a proposal for the 2025 proxy requesting that the Board of Directors prepare a report on the public health-related costs and macroeconomic risks created by the company’s practices that limit or delay access to healthcare. Specifically, […]
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  • Equitable Access to Medicine
  • Health Equity
  • Health Equity & Technology
 January 8, 2025

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