Press Releases

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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  • Shareholder Rights and SEC Policy
 February 24, 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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  • 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
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
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  • Equitable Access to Medicine
  • Health Equity
 December 16, 2024
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December 12, 2024 by Julie Wokaty Asset Owners Question Their Managers About Falling Support for ESG Proposals

NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2024 – A group of asset owners today announced that they had sent letters to their top asset managers questioning a marked drop in their support for shareholder proposals calling for increased accountability on corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) impacts.  The letters were sent to BlackRock ($BLK), Vanguard […]
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  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice
 December 12, 2024
November 7, 2024 by ICCR Reaffirming Our Commitments in Light of the 2024 Election

With the 2024 Presidential election now ended and President-elect Trump scheduled to take office on January 20, 2025, ICCR makes the following statement: NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2024 – Since our founding in 1971, members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility have come together to do the important work of holding corporations […]
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  • Advancing Worker Justice
  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice
  • Corporate Political Accountability
  • Equitable Global Supply Chains
  • Human Rights Due Diligence
  • Racial Equity
  • Shareholder Rights and SEC Policy
 November 7, 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 […]
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  • 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 […]
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  • Advancing Worker Justice
  • Impacts of Digital Technology on Workers’ Rights
 October 1, 2024
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August 22, 2024 by ICCR ICCR Letter to the Board of the Business Roundtable Cites Conflicts Arising from its Legal Actions Opposing the SEC Climate Disclosure Rule

NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2024 – The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) today announced it had sent a letter to board members of the Business Roundtable (BRT), a business trade association meant to advocate in the interests of its 200+ CEO members, calling out conflicts arising from an Amicus Brief it filed […]
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  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice
  • Shareholder Rights and SEC Policy
 August 22, 2024
June 28, 2024 by Julie Wokaty Supreme Court Deals a Significant Blow to Ability of Federal Agencies to Put Sensible Guardrails on Corporate Conduct

FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 2024 – The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility laments the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of the decades-old doctrine of Chevron deference, which gives deference to federal agencies to write sensible rules to carry out the laws of Congress. In scuttling this important doctrine, the Supreme Court will make it harder for federal […]
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  • Shareholder Rights and SEC Policy
 June 28, 2024

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