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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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 April 10, 2024
February 27, 2024 by ICCR 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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 February 27, 2024
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February 22, 2024 by ICCR 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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 February 22, 2024
February 15, 2024 by Julie Wokaty 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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 February 15, 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 […]
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 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, […]
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 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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  • Advancing Worker Justice
  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice
  • Digital Rights and AI Accountability
  • Equitable Global Supply Chains
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 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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 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 […]
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 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 […]
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 November 15, 2023

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