Press Releases

Persistence of shareholders calling for end to predatory lending program pays off. NEW YORK, NY – Friday, January 17th: After a long-term engagement with Wells Fargo to promote more responsible lending products, today members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) wish to commend management for making the right decision in ending its Direct […]

Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility announce month-long initiative during January, Human Trafficking Awareness month, to counter trafficking and slavery in high-risk sectors. NEW YORK, NY///December 10, 2013/In commemoration of Human Rights Day 2013, today members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, a coalition of faith-based and socially responsible investors, announced that […]

Licensing agreement reached for generic production of adult and pediatric Atazanavir shows leadership and innovation in delivering HIV/AIDS medicines where they are most needed. New York, NY, Thursday, December 12th, 2013 – Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) today applaud Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) for successfully negotiating an agreement with the Medicines Patent […]

The ICCR community mourns the loss of Nelson Mandela, champion for equality and human rights, peacemaker and icon of hope for reconciliation and justice. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and countrymen. Forty-three years ago, witnessing the selfless struggle of Mandela and others who rejected the inequality and racism symbolized by the […]

Patent Sharing for Key Medications Urged to Strengthen Results for an AIDS-Free Generation NEW YORK, NY – WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2013–In anticipation of World Aids Day, Sunday, December 1st, 2013, members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) renew their call for companies that make medicines that treat HIV/AIDS to join the Medicines Patent […]

Shareholder analysis of 24 companies finds energy producers – with BP, Exxon Mobil and Occidental at the bottom — failing to adequately report efforts to reduce environmental and community impacts. BOSTON, MA //November 7, 2013///The oil & gas production industry is consistently failing to report measurable reductions of its impacts on communities and the environment […]