Current Initiatives

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January 6, 2025 by ICCR Statement of Shareholder Rights Group and Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility Regarding Corporate Governance and Annual General Meetings in 2025

ICCR and the Shareholder Rights Group released a statement addressing several issues experienced by investors at annual general meetings while exercising their rights as shareholders. These include the right to file shareholder proposals, shareholders’ ability to attend AGMs in person, remedying participation issues in the new virtual meetings environment, and shareholders’ use of universal proxy […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Shareholder Rights and SEC Policy
 January 6, 2025
December 16, 2024 by ICCR Investors Call on Pharma Companies to Conduct Human Rights Due Diligence to Ensure Access to Affordable Medicines

NEW YORK, NY, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2024 – Shareholders in leading pharma companies today announced that they had filed a series of proposals for 2024 proxies calling for a formal human rights due diligence (HRDD) process to determine whether the companies were doing everything they could to increase the access and affordability of their medicines. […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Press Releases
  • Equitable Access to Medicine
  • Health Equity
 December 16, 2024
November 25, 2024 by ICCR The Role of Major U.S. Banks in a Just Transition to a Net-Zero Carbon Economy

ICCR Climate Crisis Issue Brief Three, November 2024 Major U.S. banks must play a pivotal role in a just transition to a net-zero carbon economy through their lending and investment practices. Investors concerned with the financial risks of the climate crisis look to evaluate the pledges, financing activities, and progress toward alignment with the Paris […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice
  • Climate Finance
 November 25, 2024
November 12, 2024 by Julie Wokaty ICCR Amicus Brief in Support of FTC Rule Banning Non-Compete Agreements

Along with the NYC Comptroller and Zevin Asset Management, ICCR filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit supporting the FTC against a challenge to the FTC’s rule banning non-compete agreements.  As the brief states, the FTC’s rule “was supported by institutional investors with collectively billions of dollars of […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Advancing Worker Justice
 November 12, 2024
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October 16, 2024 by ICCR In Advance of Election, Investor Urge Business Roundtable Companies to Voice Support for Democracy, Rule of Law

NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2024 – The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) today announced they had sent a letter on Friday, October 11th to over 200 CEOs who are members of the Business Roundtable asking them to voice their support for democratic institutions including free and fair elections and the peaceful transfer […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Press Releases
  • Corporate Lobbying
  • Corporate Political Accountability
  • Corporate Political Spending
  • Digital Rights and AI Accountability
 October 16, 2024
October 1, 2024 by ICCR New Investor Brief Highlights Digital Tech’s Adverse Impact on Low-Wage Workers

Surveillance tech, algorithmic management systems, displacement by AI, and automated hiring tools contribute to increased reports of workplace discrimination, diminished autonomy, and reduced job quality for the world’s most vulnerable workers. NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2024 – The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility and Open MIC today announce the publication of an investor […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Press Releases
  • Advancing Worker Justice
  • Impacts of Digital Technology on Workers’ Rights
 October 1, 2024
September 24, 2024 by Julie Wokaty Scenes from “Navigating Troubled Waters: Corporate Political Responsibility in Turbulent Times

Thank you to our many friends, partners, sponsors and colleagues for joining us on September 19, 2024 in New York City at Riverside Church for our event Navigating Troubled Waters! It was great to have the time to reconnect and to consider how corporations can help ensure that their political activities serve to reinforce a strong, vibrant democracy. […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Corporate Political Accountability
 September 24, 2024
August 19, 2024 by ICCR The Future of Gas: Decarbonizing Gas Utilities Through Thermal Energy Alternatives

ICCR Climate Crisis Issue Brief Two, August 2024 The decarbonization of the energy utility sector is a top priority for investors in the ICCR network. Investors are increasingly concerned about the expensive proposed “solution” put forward by major gas utilities to achieve “sustainability” of their networks, and should consider engaging companies on truly sustainable alternatives […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice
  • Just Transition to Clean Energy
 August 19, 2024
August 19, 2024 by ICCR Catalyzing Corporate Change 2024

We are pleased to share this year’s edition of Catalyzing Corporate Change, our impact report on the outcomes of the 2024 proxy season. In 2024, our members continued to press their portfolio companies for changes in policies and practices that would mitigate harmful environmental and social impacts. With nearly 400 shareholder proposals filed on a range […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Advancing Worker Justice
  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice
  • Corporate Political Accountability
  • Digital Rights and AI Accountability
  • Equitable Global Supply Chains
  • Health Equity
  • Human Rights Due Diligence
  • Racial Equity
 August 19, 2024
August 6, 2024 by Julie Wokaty Join us for “Navigating Troubled Waters: Corporate Political Responsibility in Turbulent Times

Corporations play an important role in supporting the resilient and vibrant democracy needed to sustain healthy civic engagement, accountable governance, and a stable economy where business can thrive. However, in today’s politically charged landscape, corporations often face significant challenges navigating their support for democratic values without appearing partisan or becoming entangled in controversy. In the lead-up to […]
  • Current Initiatives
  • Corporate Political Accountability
 August 6, 2024

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