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The amendment to the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition’s Code of Conduct follows engagement on the issue of payments to labor brokers by members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility. SocialFunds.com — In 2014, the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) launched the No Fees Initiative, an effort to ensure that workers in the most vulnerable corporate […]

Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, a coalition of more than 300 faith-based institutions representing more than $100bn in invested capital, have been engaging the fossil fuel industry to address climate change since before the term was coined. You could say they are gnarled veterans of shareholder engagement with an industry, like tobacco, […]

A trade group representing  many of the world’s leading  technology and electronics companies is amending its code to prohibit workers from paying fees to obtain jobs at supplier factories, which could spell a significant change in labor practices. 

Some of the seafood that winds up in American grocery stores, in restaurants, even in cat food, may have been caught by Burmese slaves. That’s the conclusion of a yearlong investigation by The Associated Press. The AP discovered and interviewed dozens of men being held against their will on Benjina, a remote Indonesian island, which serves as […]

BENJINA, Indonesia (AP) — The Burmese slaves sat on the floor and stared through the rusty bars of their locked cage, hidden on a tiny tropical island thousands of miles from home. Just a few yards away, other workers loaded cargo ships with slave-caught seafood that clouds the supply networks of major supermarkets, restaurants and […]

Bank of America Corp. on Friday said it would allow certain investors to nominate members for the bank’s board of directors. To nominate members to the board, shareholders must own at least 3% of bank shares for at least three years. Up to 20 investors will be allowed to pool their holdings to reach that […]

Evolution in social acceptance of diversity, as well as years of shareowner engagement by Walden Asset Management, leads to many companies adopting sexual orientation and gender identity policies. SocialFunds.com — One of the first social issues my youngest child became passionate about was lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights, joining the Outright Vermont organization in her […]

The eleventh edition of As You Sow’s Proxy Preview identifies 433 shareowner resolutions filed this year, with corporate political activity and the environment accounting for slightly more than half of them. SocialFunds.com — It’s not just sustainable investors who should give thanks to As You Sow and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) for the effort they put […]

Label-scouting consumers will have noticed a trend in the last several years: fewer “Made in China” tags on clothes on store shelves and an increase in tags from Bangladesh. Bangladesh is now home to factories producing clothes for some of the biggest clothing labels in the world, like Gap, H&M, and Walmart. Garments now account […]