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May 5, 2021 by Julie Wokaty Investors Commend Kraft Heinz for Efforts to Advance Human Rights Due Diligence Throughout its Supply Chain

Shareholders withdraw their proxy proposal as company begins a formal human rights due diligence process in line with UN Guiding Principles.  NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5TH, 2021 – Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) have withdrawn a proposal asking Kraft Heinz Co (KHC) to publish a Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) […]
  • Press Releases
  • Equitable Global Supply Chains
 May 5, 2021
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April 22, 2021 by Julie Wokaty Investors and Consumer Groups Urge Members of Congress to Overturn Trump-Era SEC Rule Changes

Congressional Review Act seen as mechanism to repeal anti-investor amendments and restore SEC’s role as investor advocate.  NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, APRIL 22ND, 2021– A group of nearly 200 organizations comprising pension funds, asset managers, foundations, labor unions, religious organizations and consumer groups today announced a letter they sent to all members of Congress urging […]
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  • Shareholder Rights and SEC Policy
 April 22, 2021
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April 22, 2021 by Julie Wokaty With Work Remaining and Covid19 Still Raging, Investors Caution Against Allowing the Bangladesh Accord for Fire and Building Safety to Expire

Statement endorsed by 181 investors cites the Accord as a highly effective and critical accountability mechanism to safeguards worker health and safety that must be preserved.  NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2021 – A statement endorsed by 181 global institutional investors representing over $4 trillion USD in assets under management calling on companies to […]
  • Press Releases
  • Equitable Global Supply Chains
  • Worker-Driven Social Responsibility
 April 22, 2021
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April 19, 2021 by Julie Wokaty Shareholder Proposals Seek to Prevent “Vaccine Apartheid” via Disparate Access to Life-Saving Covid Medicines

Investors ask J&J, Merck and Pfizer how public investments will be factored into access and affordability plans for COVID vaccines and medicines  NEW YORK, NY, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2021 – Proposals submitted to three pharma companies in receipt of public funding for COVID medicines are set to go to votes at $JNJ, $MRK and $PFE […]
  • Press Releases
  • Equitable Access to Medicine
  • Health Equity
 April 19, 2021
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April 8, 2021 by Julie Wokaty Investors See Momentum Building as Companies Agree to Support Paris-Aligned Climate Policy

Shareholder proponents seek majority votes on climate lobbying proposals at May meetings of Norfolk Southern Corp. ($NSC) and Sempra Energy ($SRE).  NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, APRIL 8TH, 2021 – Building on the groundbreaking majority vote in support of a proposal on climate lobbying at Chevron’s 2020 annual meeting, investor members of the Interfaith Center on […]
  • Press Releases
  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice
  • Climate Lobbying
 April 8, 2021
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March 16, 2021 by Julie Wokaty Rev. David Schilling to Receive ICCR’s 2021 Legacy Award

A lifetime’s work to address the social impacts of corporate practices to be honored at ICCR’s 50th Anniversary Gala.  NEW YORK, NY – TUESDAY, MARCH 16TH, 2021 – The governing board of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility today announced that Rev. David Schilling, ICCR’s Senior Program Director for Human Rights, will be the 2021 recipient […]
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 March 16, 2021
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February 11, 2021 by Julie Wokaty In Wake of Jan 6, Investors Representing $US1.69 Trillion Call on Companies to Reconsider Political Giving

Attack on Congress seen as wake up call for companies on the inherent risks of corporate money in politics to both business and the public interest. NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH, 2021 – A group of 81 institutional investors representing $US1.69T have endorsed a statement sent to CEO members of the Business Roundtable in […]
  • Press Releases
  • Corporate Political Accountability
  • Corporate Political Spending
 February 11, 2021
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February 2, 2021 by Julie Wokaty Shareholders Urge SEC to Re-Examine Changes Made to Proxy Process by Trump Admin that Undercut Investors’ Proposals Seeking a Corporate Response to Climate Change

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2021 – Today the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and the Shareholder Rights Group made public a letter they sent to acting Chair of the SEC Allison Lee on behalf of several investor groups, urging the agency to repeal guidance written under the prior administration that made it easier for companies […]
  • Press Releases
  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice
  • Shareholder Rights and SEC Policy
 February 2, 2021
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January 28, 2021 by Julie Wokaty In Wake of Jan 6, Investors Call on Companies to Re-Evaluate Whether Corporate Political Spending is in the Company’s – or the Public’s – Best Interest

THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2021 – Today the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), a coalition of investors representing over $US 2 trillion in assets under management that engages companies on environmental, social, and governance issues, released a statement it sent to the CEO members of the Business Roundtable (BRT) urging them to refrain from political […]
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  • Corporate Political Accountability
  • Corporate Political Spending
 January 28, 2021
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December 17, 2020 by Julie Wokaty Amazon Again the Target of Multiple Shareholder Proposals for ESG Failures

Shareholder Proposals for the 2021 Proxy Highlight Business Risks Related to Retail Giant’s Practices Around Workers, Diversity and Racial Justice, Surveillance Software and Governance Structures. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18TH, 2020 – Today investors announced they had filed ten shareholder proposals related to environmental, social and governance risks for the Amazon 2021 proxy. The proposals were filed […]
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  • Advancing Worker Justice
  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice
  • Shareholder Rights and SEC Policy
 December 17, 2020

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