# Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility

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## Posts

- [Vote Your Proxies – See 2026’s Proxy Memos and Exempt Solicitations](https://www.iccr.org/vote-your-proxies-see-2026s-proxy-memos-and-exempt-solicitations/): Why is voting proxy ballots so important? The shareholder proposal process allows both large and small shareholders to alert corporate boards and the investor community to their concerns and to request timely action on emerging, or neglected, issues. A key element of process allows shareholders who meet certain criteria to submit proposals for inclusion in
- [The Impact of the Elimination of Rule 14a-8 on Institutions with Detailed Proxy Voting Policies](https://www.iccr.org/the-impact-of-the-elimination-of-rule-14a-8-on-institutions-with-detailed-proxy-voting-policies/): By Tim Smith, ICCR Senior Policy Director The SEC has advanced a proposal to eliminate the ability of shareowners to file shareholder proposals while continuing their traditional attacks on the proponents and the subject matter of the resolutions. None of the three Republican SEC Commissioners who voted for rescission have ever acknowledged examples of resolutions
- [Investor Groups Backed by $8T in AUM Press Food & Bev Companies to Halt Litigation Delaying Public Health Laws](https://www.iccr.org/investor-groups-backed-by-8t-in-aum-press-food-bev-companies-to-halt-litigation-delaying-public-health-laws/): Call follows release of report detailing costs of extensive lawfare attacks on duly enacted public health policies. NEW YORK, NY, Wednesday, September 30, 2026 – The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and ShareAction, two responsible investment organizations coordinating large coalitions of investors, are calling on food and beverage corporations to end their litigious response
- [Swimming Together: Can Vessel Owners and Buyers Cooperate to Improve Conditions for Workers in Tuna Supply Chains?](https://www.iccr.org/swimming-together-can-vessel-owners-and-buyers-cooperate-to-improve-conditions-for-workers-in-tuna-supply-chains/): By Chavi Keeney Nana, Director, Equitable Global Supply Chains, ICCR I recently returned from the third working group meeting for the Ethical Tuna Collaboration (ETC), which is designing a multistakeholder, market-based initiative to help address forced labor on tuna vessels. The ETC is convened by the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions, supported philanthropically by Walmart.
- [When Shareholders Warn and Boards Say No: Shareholder Proposals as an Early Warning System for Corporate Risk, and the Cost of Ignoring Them](https://www.iccr.org/when-shareholders-warn-and-boards-say-no-shareholder-proposals-as-an-early-warning-system-for-corporate-risk-and-the-cost-of-ignoring-them/): By Tim Smith, Senior Policy Advisor Much has been written about the significance of the $5 billion historic penalty and privacy reforms imposed by the FTC on Meta, but press surrounding the incident rarely references the fact that this risk was something shareholders had already warned management about through shareholder filings. In 2018, shareholders filed
- [ICCR Responds to the SEC's Proposal to Rescind Rule 14a-8](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-responds-to-the-secs-proposal-to-rescind-rule-14a-8/): The SEC has filed a proposal to rescind Rule 14a-8, which for more than eight decades has governed the filing of shareholder proposals in company annual meeting proxy statements. In response, Josh Zinner, CEO of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), issued the following statement on 9/16/2026: “This SEC’s proposal to rescind Rule 14a-8
- [ICCR's Statement on the SEC Plan  to Rescind the Shareholder Resolution Rule (14a-8)](https://www.iccr.org/sec-announces-plan-for-rule-making-to-rescind-shareholder-resolution-rule-14a-8/): The SEC has announced plans to rescind Rule 14a-8, which governs the submission of shareholder proposals, in an upcoming rulemaking. In response, Josh Zinner, ICCR CEO, issued the following statement: “This SEC’s announcement of its intent to rescind the obligation of companies to include shareholder proposals in their proxy statements is an attack on the
- [Broad Investor Coalition Calls on EEOC to Continue Collecting Key Workforce Demographic Data](https://www.iccr.org/broad-investor-coalition-calls-on-eeoc-to-continue-collecting-key-workforce-demographic-data/): NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2026 – A coalition of more than 70 investors representing an estimated $1.002 trillion in AUM have signed onto an investor statement calling for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to continue collecting key workforce demographic data, and for companies to continue collecting and share this data with investors,
- [Supporting Workers in the Seafood Processing Industry](https://www.iccr.org/supporting-workers-in-the-seafood-processing-industry/)
- [Our 2026 Annual Event - "Resilience Through Responsibility"](https://www.iccr.org/our-2026-annual-event-resilience-through-responsibility/): Join us for our 2026 Annual Event - "Resilience Through Responsibility: What Does Good Corporate Governance Look Like in Uncertain Times" October 8 at 5PM at Riverside Church in New York City, we invite you to join our Annual Event supporting the work and commitments to corporate responsibility. The evening will feature a fireside chat with corporate
- [Global Platform Worker Power at the International Labour Conference](https://www.iccr.org/global-platform-worker-power-at-the-international-labour-conference/): By Anousha P., Senior Program Associate, Global Platform Workers Solidarity Project (GPWSP) Across the world, a revolution has been unfolding in the world of work. Maybe you have noticed it when ordering food or hiring a nanny. If you use AI, you have benefited from the labor powering this revolution. This is platform (sometimes called
- [SEC Rule Changes will Block Most Shareholder's Ability to File Proxy Proposals](https://www.iccr.org/press-release-sec-rule-changes-will-block-most-shareholders-ability-file-proxy-proposals/): SEC RULE CHANGES WILL BLOCK MOST SHAREHOLDERS’ ABILITY TO FILE PROXY PROPOSALS Commission succumbs to industry pressure in a move that will reduce corporate accountability on critical environmental, social, and governance issues. NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23rd, 2020 – In what is being seen by investors as a major setback for corporate transparency and
- [Intense Shareholder Opposition to Excessive Executive Compensation at Warner Bros.](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-statement-in-response-to-excessive-executive-compensation-at-warner-bros/): In a June 12, 2026 SEC filing Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) revealed that a resounding 84.3% of shareholders voted against the advisory vote on compensation (“say-on-pay”) at the company’s June 9 annual meeting. This is the second strong rebuke shareholders have aimed at the company’s compensation committee in less than three months. On April 23,
- [ICCR Asks the Court for Summary Judgment in its Case Against Texas SB 2337](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-asks-the-court-for-summary-judgment-in-its-case-against-texas-sb-2337/): On January 7, 2026, ICCR filed a Motion for Summary Judgment in its challenge against Texas statute SB 2337. ICCR’s suit, filed in federal court in November 2025 and joined by United Church Funds and Ceres, focused on a newly-adopted law that imposes unprecedented and burdensome unconstitutional obligations on ICCR and similarly-situated organizations. ICCR’s argument
- [ICCR Statement in Response to the SEC's Proposed Rescindment of its Landmark Climate Disclosure Rule](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-statement-in-response-to-the-secs-proposed-rescindment-of-its-landmark-climate-disclosure-rule/): In response to the SEC announcement on May 29, 2026 that it intends to rescind its landmark Climate Disclosure Rule for companies Erica Lasdon, the Director for the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)’s program on Climate and Environmental Justice, issued the following statement: “The Climate Disclosure Rule adopted by the prior SEC after a
- [If Not Ben, Then Who?](https://www.iccr.org/if-not-ben-then-who/): The co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s is fighting to free his company from a conglomerate he says is killing its social mission. Maybe he’s the last stalwart of hippie capitalism. Maybe he’s a contrarian who won’t let go.
- [How the Pope’s Magnifica Humanitas offers a template for individuals to meet the AI moment](https://www.iccr.org/how-the-popes-magnifica-humanitas-offers-a-template-for-individuals-to-meet-the-ai-moment/): Despite a lack of regulation, we still have the ability to steer artificial intelligence in ways that can benefit our common humanity.
- [“Alone We Are Powerless; Together We Are Strong”  -- Global Platform Workers Convening in Nairobi, Kenya  ](https://www.iccr.org/alone-we-are-powerless-together-we-are-strong-global-platform-workers-convening-in-nairobi-kenya/): By David Schilling, Senior Advisor, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, and Anousha P., Project Assistant, Global Platform Workers Solidarity Project The Global Platform Workers Solidarity Project, of which the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and Equidem serve as the co-secretariat, convened a group of over 100 platform worker-organizers, national trade union center representatives and
- [ICCR Statement in Response to Magnifica Humanitas](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-statement-in-response-to-magnifica-humanitas/): In response to the release of Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas Josh Zinner, CEO of ICCR, issued the following statement: “ICCR is grateful for the moral clarity and analytical rigor conveyed in Pope Leo’s encyclical about AI. On so many issues ranging from the over-concentration of corporate power, to income inequality, the future of
- [Legendary proxy filer slams SEC attack on shareholder proposals](https://www.iccr.org/legendary-proxy-filer-slams-sec-attack-on-shareholder-proposals/): In a rare interview, John Chevedden speaks to RI about his fears for the future of the proposal process
- [FGP working to create solutions for seafood companies on due diligence for IUU and human rights](https://www.iccr.org/fgp-working-to-create-solutions-for-seafood-companies-on-due-diligence-for-iuu-and-human-rights/): Fisheries Governance Project is working to provide companies with actionable solutions to address the challenge of IUU and labor rights abuse in the seafood supply chain
- [Small Investors Fear SEC Will Drive Corporate Gadflies to Extinction](https://www.iccr.org/small-investors-fear-sec-will-drive-corporate-gadflies-to-extinction/): America's small investors have one main route for influencing corporate boards, and it's about to get a lot narrower.
- [The Jesuit praying for Gonzaga’s March Madness win—and targeting for-profit prisons](https://www.iccr.org/the-jesuit-praying-for-gonzagas-march-madness-win-and-targeting-for-profit-prisons/): In his career as a Jesuit, Father Bryan Pham has delved into ministry after ministry that tackles the question: What, actually, is success? What is winning?
- [Advocacy groups challenge SEC policy on shareholder proposals](https://www.iccr.org/advocacy-groups-challenge-sec-policy-on-shareholder-proposals/): The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is being sued over a new policy that gives companies "an effective rubber-stamp" to omit shareholder proposals in company proxy statements.
- [A Call for US Companies to Follow the First Amendment](https://www.iccr.org/a-call-for-us-companies-to-follow-the-first-amendment/)
- [Engines of External Governance](https://www.iccr.org/engines-of-external-governance/): Who are the pivotal actors and interests shaping corporate governance?
- [From No‑Action to Court Action: Rule 14a‑8 Exclusions Face Legal Scrutiny](https://www.iccr.org/from-no-action-to-court-action-rule-14a-8-exclusions-face-legal-scrutiny/): It is early yet in the 2026 proxy season, but it has already been an eventful one. The theme for this year might be that while shareholder proposals making it to ballots, particularly on environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) topics are down, litigation is notably up.
- [Advocacy groups sue SEC over proxy policy shift](https://www.iccr.org/advocacy-groups-sue-sec-over-proxy-policy-shift/): On March 19, 2026, two investor advocacy groups filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking to vacate a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) policy that changed how the agency handles shareholder proposals.
- [MRTI publishes 2026 Shareholder Resolution Directory with proxy vote recommendations](https://www.iccr.org/mrti-publishes-2026-shareholder-resolution-directory-with-proxy-vote-recommendations/): Guide urges shareholders to call for corporate responsibility around AI usage and other human and environmental justice concerns
- [Catholic Nuns Are Suing UnitedHealth Group](https://www.iccr.org/catholic-nuns-are-suing-unitedhealth-group/): A quiet SEC policy change is letting corporations like UnitedHealth sidestep shareholder scrutiny — prompting a group of Catholic nuns to take the fight to federal court.
- [Faith-based group sues UnitedHealth over excluded vertical integration concerns](https://www.iccr.org/faith-based-group-sues-unitedhealth-over-excluded-vertical-integration-concerns/): A Canadian religious group, Mission Fund, is suing UnitedHealth Group because the company did not include the group’s proposal for reporting on acquisition consequences in its 2026 proxy materials, according to a March 20 filing in the federal district court in Washington, D.C.
- [Activist investors sue UnitedHealth to force annual reporting on patient care access](https://www.iccr.org/activist-investors-sue-unitedhealth-to-force-annual-reporting-on-patient-care-access/): A faith-based group known for activist investing is suing UnitedHealth Group over the company’s failure to provide details on how its history of mergers and acquisitions have impacted the price of patient care and overall access to services.
- [UnitedHealth shareholder sues over proposal to include details on integration in annual proxy](https://www.iccr.org/unitedhealth-shareholder-sues-over-proposal-to-include-details-on-integration-in-annual-proxy/): An activist investor is suing UnitedHealth Group in a bid to pressure the company to include details on the impact of its vertical integration activities in its annual proxy filing.
- [Faith-Based Lawsuit Puts UnitedHealth Vertical Integration And Valuation Under Scrutiny](https://www.iccr.org/faith-based-lawsuit-puts-unitedhealth-vertical-integration-and-valuation-under-scrutiny/): A coalition of faith-based investors has filed a lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group, seeking detailed disclosure on how its vertical integration affects patients and competition.
- [Faith-based investor coalition sues UnitedHealth to force disclosure of M&A impacts](https://www.iccr.org/faith-based-investor-coalition-sues-unitedhealth-to-force-disclosure-of-ma-impacts/): The shareholders, members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, have been trying to get the healthcare juggernaut to share more information about its controversial business practices.
- [Qualified Health raises $125M, Cerebral acquires Inflow ADHD app, Flourish Care’s $5.7M seed](https://www.iccr.org/qualified-health-raises-125m-cerebral-acquires-inflow-adhd-app-flourish-cares-5-7m-seed/): In the Chutes department, once again UnitedHealth Group can’t catch a break. This time it’s a shareholder lawsuit by a Quebec-based religious non-profit group, Fond des Missions
- [ESG shareholder proposals down 47% from 2025 in US, Proxy Preview finds](https://www.iccr.org/esg-shareholder-proposals-down-47-from-2025-in-us-proxy-preview-finds/): To be able to copy & paste content to share with others please contact us at subscriptions@pei.group.com to upgrade your subscription to the appropriate licence
- [Lobby group names and shames companies omitting shareholder resolutions](https://www.iccr.org/lobby-group-names-and-shames-companies-omitting-shareholder-resolutions/): The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility has launched a public resource which names the companies that have declared their intention to unilaterally omit shareholder resolutions.
- [Investor group tracks companies ‘arbitrarily’ omitting shareholder proposals after SEC change](https://www.iccr.org/investor-group-tracks-companies-arbitrarily-omitting-shareholder-proposals-after-sec-change/): The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, an institutional investor group representing more than $4 trillion in assets, launched an initiative to track companies it deems are “arbitrarily” moving to omit shareholder proposals, following a change in SEC policy.
- [‘A coalition strong enough to move markets’: faith-based investors unite after Paris conference](https://www.iccr.org/a-coalition-strong-enough-to-move-markets-faith-based-investors-unite-after-paris-conference/)
- [Alphabet investors push for safeguards on use of its cloud, AI tech](https://www.iccr.org/alphabet-investors-push-for-safeguards-on-use-of-its-cloud-ai-tech/): A group of Alphabet shareholders are pressing the company to explain how it governs and controls the use of its technology ​and cloud services by governments for surveillance after the tech giant rejected calls for greater disclosure.
- [Trump’s SEC Slammed the Door on Small Investors. They Built a New One.](https://www.iccr.org/trumps-sec-slammed-the-door-on-small-investors-they-built-a-new-one/): Shut out of the government’s filing system, activist investors launched a rival platform—and it’s already outpacing the original.
- [Media CEO Pay 2025: How David Zaslav, Bob Iger, Ted Sarandos and Other Moguls Made Bank as Hollywood Struggled](https://www.iccr.org/media-ceo-pay-2025-how-david-zaslav-bob-iger-ted-sarandos-and-other-moguls-made-bank-as-hollywood-struggled/): In the nonbinding vote, owners holding 82% of shares opposed Zaslav’s golden parachute.
- [ICCR Issues Investor Guidance Report and Statement to Strengthen Executive Compensation Stewardship](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-issues-investor-guidance-report-and-statement-to-strengthen-executive-compensation-stewardship/): NEW YORK, NY — The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) today released a comprehensive report and statement addressing the systemic economic risks posed by skyrocketing executive compensation and the investor imperative to rein in excessive pay through proxy voting and engagement. ICCR’s report Excessive Executive Compensation: Investor Guidance spotlights the ways that status quo
- [Spotlighting Governance Failures by Companies During an SEC Oversight Vacuum](https://www.iccr.org/spotlighting-corporate-governance-failures/)
- [ICCR's Letter to the SEC Regarding Regulation S-K](https://www.iccr.org/iccrs-letter-to-the-sec-regarding-regulation-s-k/): Late last week, ICCR submitted a comment letter [provide link here] to the SEC, responding to a request for comments regarding Regulation S-K, which governs non-financial disclosures in SEC filings. The current SEC leadership is planning a rule-making on Reg S-K, with the idea of significantly weakening the corporate disclosure regime. Please see a link
- [New ICCR Resource Spotlights Corporate Governance Failures By Companies Amid SEC Oversight Vacuum](https://www.iccr.org/new-iccr-resource-spotlights-corporate-governance-failures-by-companies-amid-sec-oversight-vacuum/)
- [Now Out! The 2026 ICCR Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide](https://www.iccr.org/now-out-2026-iccr-proxy-resolutions-and-voting-guide/): Our Guide features ICCR member-sponsored proposals for 2026 corporate proxies along with a preliminary overview of the proxy season. Please feel free to share this resource widely with your networks. And, if you are an investor, we urge you to exercise your shareholder rights by voting your proxies.
- [Faith-based Investor Sues UnitedHealth Group to Protect Shareholder Rights and Address Healthcare Transparency](https://www.iccr.org/faith-based-investor-sues-unitedhealth-group-to-protect-shareholder-rights-and-address-healthcare-transparency/)
- [2026 Shareholder Proposals Challenged by Companies](https://www.iccr.org/2026-shareholder-proposals-challenged-by-companies/): As many of us are aware, in late 2025 the SEC's Division of Corporate Finance announced it was withdrawing from its role of providing staff guidance for companies seeking relief from a potential SEC enforcement action. For decades, companies sought that relief by filing a "No Action" letter with the staff, and asking for assurance
- [Investor Representatives File Lawsuit Challenging Unlawful Restriction of Shareholder Rights ](https://www.iccr.org/investor-representatives-file-lawsuit-challenging-unlawful-restriction-of-shareholder-rights/)
- [Register for the Launch of ICCR's 2026 Proxy Resolutions & Voting Guide](https://www.iccr.org/register-for-the-launch-of-iccrs-2026-proxy-resolutions-voting-guide/): Please join us on Friday, 3/20 from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm ET for a preview of ICCR members' 2026 shareholder proposals and our 2026 Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide.Our webinar will help contextualize the more than 400 resolutions filed by ICCR members for this proxy season, with a deeper discussion by proponents of the rationale for key initiatives.Learn about ICCR member resolutions on
- [Investors Call for Strong Global Worker Convention to Protect Gig and Platform Workers](https://www.iccr.org/investors-call-for-strong-global-worker-convention-to-protect-gig-and-platform-workers/): Advancing a binding ILO Convention to protect platform workers, prevents a race to the bottom in labor standards, and secures fair, decent work in the digital economy NEW YORK, NY -- The International Labor Organization (ILO) issued its Blue Report last week, which is a draft Convention and Recommendations related to decent work in the
- [ICCR and The Nathan Cummings Foundation Joint Statement Following the Settlement of the Axon Lawsuit](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-and-the-nathan-cummings-foundation-joint-statement-following-the-settlement-of-the-axon-lawsuit/): In response to the settlement of the lawsuit filed by the Nathan Cummings Foundation (NCF) against AXON, Josh Zinner, CEO of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), issued the following statement: “ICCR member Nathan Cummings Foundation (NCF) has settled its lawsuit filed against Axon Enterprise, Inc. (AXON), which sought to prevent AXON from excluding
- [Nathan Cummings Foundation Files Suit to Prevent Axon from Excluding Shareholder Proposal on Political Spending Transparency](https://www.iccr.org/nathan-cummings-foundation-files-suit-to-prevent-axon-from-excluding-shareholder-proposal-on-political-spending-transparency/): NEW YORK, NY -- Nathan Cummings Foundation (NCF) announced earlier this week that it has filed a lawsuit against Axon Enterprise, Inc. (AXON) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The suit seeks to prevent AXON from excluding NCF’s shareholder proposal requesting greater transparency around the Company’s political spending. This filing by
- [ICCR Statement in Response to the Overturning of the Endangerment Finding](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-statement-in-response-to-the-overturning-of-the-endangerment-finding/): On February 12, 2026 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officially rescinded the Endangerment Finding, which dates back to 2009 and has underpinned the ability of the federal government to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, vehicles, and other heavy emitters. This action will severely compromise the federal government’s ability to respond to the threat
- [RELEASE: Investors Sound the Alarm on GEO Group's Involvement with Deportation Flights and Immigrant Detention](https://www.iccr.org/release-investors-sound-the-alarm-on-geo-groups-involvement-with-deportation-flights-and-immigrant-detention/): Potential Human Rights Violations Prompt GEO Group Investors to File Shareholder Proposal New York, NY –A coalition of faith-based investors called on the GEO Group (GEO) to commission a third-party report evaluating the company’s potential involvement in violations of international human rights law. Their proposal was filed by the USA East Province of the Society
- [ICCR Statement on Immigration](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-statement-on-immigration/): In response to the anti-immigrant policies of the U.S. administration, the killing of civilians by federal agents and the increasing rollback of constitutional rights, ICCR issued the following statement: The recent violence we have seen in Minnesota, Maine, California, Illinois and elsewhere in our country shocks the conscience. Deeply rooted constitutional protections and values including
- [Statement Commenting on the SEC's Withdrawal from the No Action Process](https://www.iccr.org/statement-commenting-on-the-secs-withdrawal-from-the-no-action-process/): The recent announcement by the SECʼs Division of Corporation Finance that its staff will not, during the 2026 proxy season, “… respond to no-action requests related to any basis for exclusion other than 14a-8(i)(1)” leaves both companies and investors in uncertain, uncharted waters. The lack of staff input deprives companies and proponents of an orderly
- [SEC Bars Filing of Exempt Solicitations on EDGAR for All But the Largest Shareholders](https://www.iccr.org/sec-bars-filing-of-exempt-solicitations-on-edgar-for-all-but-the-largest-shareholders/): Late last week, the SECʼs Division of Corporation Finance updated its Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations to advise that, going forward, the staff will object to using the SECʼs EDGAR filing platform to file Rule 14a-2(b) Notices of Exempt Solicitation by any shareholder holding less than $5 million in shares of the company to which the
- [In Defense of Shareholder Rights: Navigating the Current Policy Landscape ](https://www.iccr.org/in-defense-of-shareholder-rights-navigating-the-current-policy-landscape/): The recent announcement by the SECʼs Division of Corporation Finance that its staff will not, during the 2026 proxy season, “… respond to no-action requests related to any basis for exclusion other than 14a-8(i)(1)” leaves both companies and investors in uncertain, uncharted waters. The lack of staff input deprives companies and proponents of an orderly
- [Power and Responsibility: Investors at the Crossroads of Tech Accountability](https://www.iccr.org/power-and-responsibility-investors-at-the-crossroads-of-tech-accountability/): Debates around tech accountability tend to focus on ethics, regulation, and corporate behavior. Yet, finance, easily one of the most powerful forces shaping any industry, particularly the ever-growing and capital-intensive technology ecosystem, remains largely invisible to most. Especially in today’s world of 'broligarchies,' finance remains one of the primary levers of influence, determining what technologies are
- [Amid ICE raids, some Home Depot investors want to know how law enforcement uses its surveillance data](https://www.iccr.org/amid-ice-raids-some-home-depot-investors-want-to-know-how-law-enforcement-uses-its-surveillance-data/): A group of Home Depot (HD.N), opens new tab investors is asking the company to review its partnership with surveillance firm Flock Safety and state how its data is used and shared with law enforcement, following reports by an independent media outlet that the vendor's data has been used in Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigations. Home Depot
- [Divergent Mandates? A Comparative Analysis of the 2025 Proxy Record of Major Asset Managers](https://www.iccr.org/divergent-mandates-a-comparative-analysis-of-the-2025-proxy-record-of-major-asset-managers/): Authors Sehr Khaliq is the Director of Program Evaluation, and Timothy Smith is the Senior Policy Advisor at the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR). This post is based on their ICCR report. New York City Comptroller Brad Lander[i] recently urged three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock, Fidelity, and PanAgora because of “inadequate”
- [Shareholders Rally in Defense of Patients with Call for UnitedHealth Group to Publish Report on Impacts of Corporate Acquisitions](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-rally-in-defense-of-patients-with-call-for-unitedhealth-group-to-publish-report-on-impacts-of-corporate-acquisitions/): Request comes amid growing public alarm about corporate consolidation in the healthcare sector. New York, NY, December 2025 — A coalition of faith- and values-based investors has filed a new shareholder resolution calling on UnitedHealth Group Inc. (“UNH”) to publish a report analyzing and describing the healthcare consequences of its corporate acquisition strategy. The request
- [ICCR Issues New Report on Proxy Voting Records and Executive Compensation at Large Asset Managers](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-issues-new-report-on-proxy-voting-records-and-executive-compensation-at-large-asset-managers/): New York, NY, December 19, 2025 – This week the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) released a new report analyzing the 2025 proxy voting activity of more than 15 large asset managers. This latest report comes at a time of mounting asset owner scrutiny of how managers are providing oversight for material risks connected
- [ICCR Responds to 12.11 Trump Executive Order on Proxy Advisors and Shareholder Proposals](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-responds-to-12-11-trump-executive-order-on-proxy-advisors-and-shareholder-proposals/)
- [Shareholders Submit Proposal to Food & Beverage Giants Requesting Greater Transparency on Use of Potentially Harmful Additives](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-submit-proposal-to-food-beverage-giants-requesting-greater-transparency-on-use-of-potentially-harmful-additives/)
- [ICCR Statement on Recent Policy Change at the SEC](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-statement-on-recent-policy-change-at-the-sec/): The SEC’s recent announcement that the agency will be stepping back from responding to most No Action requests by companies this year is disturbing and disappointing. SEC leadership appears to be using the excuse of the government shutdown to give companies an open invitation to exclude any or all shareholder proposals from their proxies for
- [Environmental Justice in 2025: What Asset Managers Need to Know](https://www.iccr.org/environmental-justice-in-2025-what-asset-managers-need-to-know/)
- [Faith-Based Investors and Other Institutional Shareholders Push Back on ESG](https://www.iccr.org/faith-based-investors-and-other-institutional-shareholders-push-back-on-esg/)
- [ICCR Members Help Lead Advocacy Day in Congress to Protect Our Rights to File Shareholder Resolutions](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-members-help-lead-advocacy-day-in-congress-to-protect-our-rights-to-file-shareholder-resolutions/)
- [Broad Coalition of Investors Write to SEC Chair to Discuss Serious Concerns About His Recent Speech Targeting Shareholder Proposals](https://www.iccr.org/broad-coalition-of-investors-write-to-sec-chair-to-discuss-serious-concerns-about-his-recent-speech-targeting-shareholder-proposals/)
- [Vote Your Proxies – See 2025’s Proxy Memos and Exempt Solicitations](https://www.iccr.org/vote-your-proxies-see-2025s-proxy-memos-and-exempt-solicitations/): Why is voting proxy ballots so important? The shareholder proposal process allows both large and small shareholders to alert corporate boards and the investor community to their concerns and to request timely action on emerging, or neglected, issues. A key element of process allows shareholders who meet certain criteria to submit proposals for inclusion in
- [Paxton Sued by Nonprofits Over ESG Investment Disclosure Law](https://www.iccr.org/paxton-sued-by-nonprofits-over-esg-investment-disclosure-law/)
- [Leading Sustainable Investing and Faith-Based Organizations Sue to Block Wide Enforcement of Texas Law That Restricts Shareholder Advocacy, Free Speech](https://www.iccr.org/leading-sustainable-investing-and-faith-based-organizations-sue-to-block-wide-enforcement-of-texas-law-that-restricts-shareholder-advocacy-free-speech/)
- [Meeting of the Minds: Driving Sustainability Through Investor–Company Dialogue](https://www.iccr.org/meeting-of-the-minds-driving-sustainability-through-investor-company-dialogue/)
- [ICCR Response to SEC Chair Atkins' Speech on Shareholder Proposals](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-response-to-sec-chair-atkins-speech-on-shareholder-proposals/)
- [Shareholders Ask SEC to Reconsider ExxonMobil Program Locking in Pro-Management Vote in Violation of SEC Rules](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-ask-sec-to-reconsider-exxonmobil-program-locking-in-pro-management-vote-in-violation-of-sec-rules/)
- [Shareholders Commend McDonald's Commitment to End Subminimum Wages as Model for Restaurant Industry](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-commend-mcdonalds-commitment-to-end-subminimum-wages-as-model-for-restaurant-industry/)
- [Now Out: Sea-Ze the Day: How Investors Can Reduce Exposure to Human Rights Abuses in Seafood](https://www.iccr.org/now-out-sea-ze-the-day-how-investors-can-reduce-exposure-to-human-rights-abuses-in-seafood/)
- [Exxon to offer auto-voting to counter shareholder activism](https://www.iccr.org/exxon-to-offer-auto-voting-to-counter-shareholder-activism/)
- [Religious Organizations Underscore their Fundamental Right to Manage Their Investments in Alignment with Their Beliefs, Teachings and Values](https://www.iccr.org/religious-organizations-underscore-their-fundamental-right-to-manage-their-investments-in-alignment-with-their-beliefs-teachings-and-values/): NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2025 – Today, the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), a coalition of over 300 institutional investors who, for more than 50 years, have been leaders in faith-consistent and sustainable investing, issued a statement in defense of this practice as a question of religious freedom protected under the U.S.
- [Investors Appeal to Legislators to Safeguard Workers' Pensions by Opposing Politically Motivated Threats to ESG Investing](https://www.iccr.org/investors-appeal-to-legislators-to-safeguard-workers-pensions-by-opposing-politically-motivated-threats-to-esg-investing/): June 5, 2023. Today the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) announced it had sent a letter to members of both houses of Congress urging them to oppose a well-orchestrated and well-funded campaign seeking to block investors’ use of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors as a framework to reduce long-term risk. The letter was
- [](https://www.iccr.org/ai-in-healthcare/): Investor Statement on AI in Healthcare
- [When Hope and History Rhyme](https://www.iccr.org/when-hope-and-history-rhyme/)
- [Swedish Church Forestry Debate: Sustainable Step or Legal Overreach?](https://www.iccr.org/swedish-church-forestry-debate-sustainable-step-or-legal-overreach/): Let’s be honest, the Swedish Church’s decision to re-evaluate how it manages its vast forests – a chunk of land bigger than some European countries – feels a bit like a royal family arguing over the inheritance. It’s a surprisingly complex situation bubbling up from a seemingly simple question: Should a centuries-old institution focused on
- [UPDATED—en banc Fifth Circuit puts the kibosh on the Nasdaq board diversity rules](https://www.iccr.org/updated-en-banc-fifth-circuit-puts-the-kibosh-on-the-nasdaq-board-diversity-rules/): In August 2021, the SEC approved a Nasdaq proposal for new listing rules regarding board diversity and disclosure, accompanied by a proposal to provide free access to a board recruiting service. The new listing rules adopted a “comply or explain” mandate for board diversity for most listed companies and required companies listed on Nasdaq’s U.S.
- [Dubious en banc Fifth Circuit hears oral argument on Nasdaq board diversity rules](https://www.iccr.org/dubious-en-banc-fifth-circuit-hears-oral-argument-on-nasdaq-board-diversity-rules/): In August 2021, the SEC approved a Nasdaq proposal for new listing rules regarding board diversity and disclosure, accompanied by a proposal to provide free access to a board recruiting service. The new listing rules adopted a “comply or explain” mandate for board diversity for most listed companies and required companies listed on Nasdaq’s U.S.
- [ICCR Amicus Brief in Support of Nasdaq Diversity Rule](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-amicus-brief-in-support-of-nasdaq-diversity-rule/): ICCR has filed an amicus brief in support of the Nasdaq Diversity Rule that will provide a standardized disclosure tool for investors to evaluate whether a company's board has sufficient "idea diversity" to satisfy norms of sound corporate governance.
- [Defense of Europe as a Responsible Investment](https://www.iccr.org/defense-of-europe-as-a-responsible-investment/): The last time the Western investment world saw a robust debate over the parameters of buying shares in the arms industry was roughly in the era of the Vietnam War. In the wake of that fraught conflict, thought-leading socially-responsible investor bodies such as the US Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and counterparts in Europe
- [Political spending only ESG topic to win majority support at 2025 AGMs](https://www.iccr.org/political-spending-only-esg-topic-to-win-majority-support-at-2025-agms/): Topics including plastics GHG emissions, DE&I and human rights have also seen robust support on ballots.
- [ILO: Adopt Binding Treaty to Protect ‘Gig’ Workers](https://www.iccr.org/ilo-adopt-binding-treaty-to-protect-gig-workers/): Joint Declaration Calls for New UN Standards on Decent Work
- [Shareholders to Demand Action from Mark Zuckerberg and Meta on Child Safety](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-to-demand-action-from-mark-zuckerberg-and-meta-on-child-safety/): Investors will vote on child safety resolution at Meta's Annual General Meeting
- [At Amazon's Annual Meeting, Investors Continue to Raise Significant Risks to Workers and the Environment](https://www.iccr.org/at-amazons-annual-meeting-investors-continue-to-raise-significant-risks-to-workers-and-the-environment/): In five shareholder proposals, investors illustrate how the company’s business model, policies, and practices create risks for multiple stakeholders that threaten shareholder value. NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2025 – At Amazon’s ($AMZN) annual meeting last Thursday, five shareholder proposals were presented for a vote, each raising issues that illustrate how the company’s business
- [Too Big to Fail, Too Broken to Fix?](https://www.iccr.org/too-big-to-fail-too-broken-to-fix/): UnitedHealth Group’s very bad year, what it means for healthcare reform, and 3 predictors happening right now.
- [Gibson Dunn ESG: Risk, Litigation, and Reporting Update (April 2025)](https://www.iccr.org/gibson-dunn-esg-risk-litigation-and-reporting-update-april-2025/): On May 6, 2025, the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and the Shareholder Rights Group (SRG) sent a letter to BRT, copying the Chairman of the SEC. The letter offered ICCR’s and SRG’s view that BRT’s recommendations would “insulate corporate management and boards, exposing companies and investors to increased risk during a highly volatile
- [Are Amazon’s Warehouses Facing an ‘Injury Crisis’?](https://www.iccr.org/are-amazons-warehouses-facing-an-injury-crisis/): “Amazon will tell you that outside groups are misrepresenting their injury record, but in fact, Amazon is misrepresenting their injury record,” he said at an investor briefing organized by the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, a New York-based coalition of faith- and values-based investors, on Thursday. “I am not part of any outside group. I’ve
- [Asset owners reluctant to respond to US corporate attack on shareholder rights](https://www.iccr.org/asset-owners-reluctant-to-respond-to-us-corporate-attack-on-shareholder-rights/): Limited pushback after Business Roundtable calls for ban on environmental, social and 'political' proposals
- [ICCR and Shareholder Rights Group Respond to Business Roundtable’s Recommended Reforms to the Proxy Process](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-and-shareholder-rights-group-respond-to-business-roundtables-recommended-reforms-to-the-proxy-process/): ICCR and the Shareholder Rights Group sent this letter to BRT leadership with a copy to the new SEC Chair, Paul Atkins, challenging their recommendations and requesting a dialogue to further discuss our contrasting perspectives about the proxy process in the hopes of achieving a more shared understanding.
- [UnitedHealth Group Faces Shareholder Proposal on Access too Care: Supporters Withdraw Amid SEC Scrutiny](https://www.iccr.org/unitedhealth-group-faces-shareholder-proposal-on-access-too-care-supporters-withdraw-amid-sec-scrutiny/): As annual meetings approach, publicly traded companies navigate the inclusion of shareholder resolution proposals in their proxy materials. These companies often seek assurances from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding the exclusion of certain proposals, aiming to avoid potential enforcement actions.
- [Business Roundtable calls for ban on environmental, social and 'political' proposals](https://www.iccr.org/business-roundtable-calls-for-ban-on-environmental-social-and-political-proposals/): Stakeholders push back against criticisms by group whose members including leading US asset managers and owners.
- [Experts Examine the Power of Corporate Governance in Combating Modern Slavery](https://www.iccr.org/experts-examine-the-power-of-corporate-governance-in-combating-modern-slavery/): The G20 Interfaith Forum Working Group on Human Trafficking, in partnership with Praeveni Global, continues its monthly webinar series with a focus on how corporate governance can be leveraged to combat modern slavery and human trafficking.
- [Shine Global Joins 100 Organizations in Letter Decrying Cuts to ILAB Grants to Address Child Labor and Forced Labor](https://www.iccr.org/shine-global-joins-100-organizations-in-letter-decrying-cuts-to-ilab-grants-to-address-child-labor-and-forced-labor/): Shine Global has joined more than 100 civil society organizations to call on the US Department of Labor to continue fighting forced labor and child labor. Recent cuts of $500 million in funding for the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), whose federally-funded programs play a critical role in fighting forced labor and child labor
- [Denials issue won’t get vote by UnitedHealth Group investors](https://www.iccr.org/denials-issue-wont-get-vote-by-unitedhealth-group-investors/): Publicly traded companies frequently seek guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding the inclusion or exclusion of shareholder resolution proposals in their materials for annual meetings. This practice, while standard, has sparked debate about the potential for SEC influence on corporate decision-making and shareholder rights.
- [UnitedHealth Group avoids shareholder vote on coverage denial audits in wake of CEO killing](https://www.iccr.org/unitedhealth-group-avoids-shareholder-vote-on-coverage-denial-audits-in-wake-of-ceo-killing/): Eden Prairie-based health care giant said one proposal missed a filing deadline, while the other was “impermissibly vague.”
- [Over 50 Investors Release Statement Calling on Companies to Take Steps to Support a Robust U.S. Public Health System](https://www.iccr.org/over-50-investors-release-statement-calling-on-companies-to-take-steps-to-support-a-robust-u-s-public-health-system/): Investors cite concerns, including recent funding freezes, exits from global health bodies, and appointment of unqualified officials that may threaten equitable access to healthcare. NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2025 - Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility today announced they had issued a public statement calling on corporations to champion policies that
- [ICCR and the Investor Alliance for Human Rights Condemn Administration's Cancellation of Grant Funding to Combat Forced Labor](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-and-the-investor-alliance-for-human-rights-condemn-administrations-cancellation-of-grant-funding-to-combat-forced-labor/): ICCR and the Investor Alliance for Human Rights released a statement in response to funding cuts to key agencies working to protect human rights and prevent forced and child labor globally.
- [The religious roots of climate-conscious investing](https://www.iccr.org/the-religious-roots-of-climate-conscious-investing/): About five years ago, environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing was all the rage. It’s a strategy that considers how issues like climate change might affect investments in the future. But long before ESG was a concept adopted by Wall Street, there were smaller investors weighing environmental and social issues: Religious investors.
- [Coalition Calls on EPA to Protect Safer Choice Program for Cleaning Products](https://www.iccr.org/coalition-calls-on-epa-to-protect-safer-choice-program-for-cleaning-products/): We, the undersigned businesses, organizations and investors, are writing to you to convey our united support for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Safer Choice program. As a voluntary partnership program, Safer Choice works collaboratively with the business community to move safer products and chemicals into the marketplace, creating an incentive for ongoing innovation. Read the
- [EPA Safer Choice Program Business Sign On Letter](https://www.iccr.org/epa-safer-choice-program-business-sign-on-letter/): An updated version of the letter, now with 286 signatories. A voluntary partnership program, Safer Choice works collaboratively with the business community to move safer products and chemicals into the marketplace, creating an incentive for ongoing innovation.
- [Keep the Fire Going](https://www.iccr.org/keep-the-fire-going/): By Matthew Illian, Director of Responsible Investing, United Church Funds
- [The God Box](https://www.iccr.org/the-god-box/): In 2020, an investment strategy was all the rage on Wall Street: ESG, or environmental, social and governance investing. It’s a wonky term with a simple premise: Companies that manage the risks and opportunities posed by societal issues like climate change will perform better, especially in the long term. For a moment, it seemed Wall
- [SEC Rule Changes Force Investors to Hold Fire](https://www.iccr.org/sec-rule-changes-force-investors-to-hold-fire/): UnitedHealth Group is the latest company to utilise new guidance, as shareholders figure out their shifting rights.
- [For effective green investing, go brown](https://www.iccr.org/for-effective-green-investing-go-brown/): Avoiding companies that are large GHG emitters won't help the planet or your portfolio.
- [UnitedHealth shareholders withdraw effort to force transparency on coverage denials](https://www.iccr.org/unitedhealth-shareholders-withdraw-effort-to-force-transparency-on-coverage-denials/): The faith-based shareholders’ proposal was challenged by UnitedHealth twice, thanks to a recent SEC guidance change the shareholders slammed as unfair.
- [Lockheed Martin Under Pressure: Ethical Investing and Cluster Munitions](https://www.iccr.org/lockheed-martin-under-pressure-ethical-investing-and-cluster-munitions/): Lockheed Martin’s “Black List” Sparks a Bigger Debate: Is Ethical Investing Enough to Curb the Arms Trade?
- [SEC no-action rulings: Confused and contradictory or business as usual?](https://www.iccr.org/sec-no-action-rulings-confused-and-contradictory-or-business-as-usual/): Investors and experts wiegh in on no-action requests by companies and the US regulators's response.
- [UnitedHealth shareholders pull proposal asking for report on delayed, denied care](https://www.iccr.org/unitedhealth-shareholders-pull-proposal-asking-for-report-on-delayed-denied-care/): A group of UnitedHealth Group shareholders is withdrawing a proposal submitted for the 2025 proxy that requested the company’s management analyze how its business practices affect access to care and public health.
- [United Healthcare Blocks Shareholder Vote on a Proposal Seeking Disclosures Around Practices That Limit or Delay Access to Healthcare](https://www.iccr.org/united-healthcare-blocks-shareholder-vote-on-a-proposal-seeking-disclosures-around-practices-that-limit-or-delay-access-to-healthcare/): NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, April 4, 2025 – Shareholders of UnitedHealth Group ($UNH) today announced their withdrawal of a proposal submitted for the 2025 proxy after facing a series of challenges from the company at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The proposal filed by the Congregation des Soeurs des Saints Noms de Jesus et
- [2025 Update on SEC Rules for Shareholder Proposals](https://www.iccr.org/2025-update-on-sec-rules-for-shareholder-proposals/): In order to help companies and investors determine whether a shareholder proposal qualifies to appear on the proxy statement under SEC Rule 14a-8, the SEC has developed a process to allow companies to inquire in advance whether a proposal must be included. The “no action” process is an informal review process through which the SEC
- [Investors File 60 Proposals Calling for Transparency Around Corporate Political Activity](https://www.iccr.org/investors-file-60-proposals-calling-for-transparency-around-corporate-political-activity/): Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility announced they had filed 60 shareholder proposals for the 2025 proxy season calling for increased disclosures and strengthened oversight of corporate political activities at a diverse set of companies and sectors. These proposals included 32 resolutions on lobbying, 23 on political election spending, and five asking companies
- [ICCR member ESG shareholder proposals filings at 10-year low](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-member-esg-shareholder-proposals-filings-at-10-year-low/): Climate change drops in topic priority focus, no action requests 'up significantly'.
- [Disastrous Omnibus proposal erodes EU’s corporate accountability commitments and slashes human rights and environmental protections](https://www.iccr.org/disastrous-omnibus-proposal-erodes-eus-corporate-accountability-commitments-and-slashes-human-rights-and-environmental-protections/): The publication by the European Commission of its Omnibus proposal revising key corporate sustainability laws sends a clear political signal: President Ursula von der Leyen is deprioritising human rights, workers’ rights and environmental protections for the sake of dangerous deregulation. The Council and Parliament must urgently show leadership by blocking this damaging proposal, as it
- [Trump SEC Curbs on Small Investor Campaigns Face Court Scrutiny](https://www.iccr.org/trump-sec-curbs-on-small-investor-campaigns-face-court-scrutiny/): Activist investors fighting 2020 SEC rules limiting campaigns from small shareholders faced a judge’s scrutiny on Monday over their legal strategy in a four-year-old case challenging regulations that they say curb ESG activism.
- [Oreo-Maker Mondelez Turns to New SEC Guidance to Quiet Call for Russia Transparency](https://www.iccr.org/oreo-maker-mondelez-turns-to-new-sec-guidance-to-quiet-call-for-russia-transparency/): Mondelez International Inc. is asking regulators for permission to ignore a shareholder proposal that calls for greater transparency on the Oreo maker’s Russian operations.
- [SEC allows five firms to block lobbying proposals](https://www.iccr.org/sec-allows-five-firms-to-block-lobbying-proposals/): Regulator siding with companies on "micromanagement" grounds could spell trouble for governance resolutions this proxy season.
- [Shareholder Rights Group Critiques SEC's Peirce on ESG Risks](https://www.iccr.org/shareholder-rights-group-critiques-secs-peirce-on-esg-risks/): The shareowner rights advocacy group in a letter warns the agency against sidelining smaller investors and discounting risk management issues that touch political issues.
- [What Now? Investors’ Role in Fighting Financial Deregulation](https://www.iccr.org/what-now-investors-role-in-fighting-financial-deregulation/): This presidential administration is poised to roll back financial regulations that protect long-term, diversified investors. Both public and private markets face a wave of deregulatory efforts that would weaken investor protections and undermine corporate accountability.
- [Faith groups mobilize to keep fighting climate change as Trump pulls U.S. out of Paris accord](https://www.iccr.org/faith-groups-mobilize-to-keep-fighting-climate-change-as-trump-pulls-u-s-out-of-paris-accord/): Hundreds of religious communities have joined with businesses, universities and colleges, major investors, local governments, states, and tribal nations in declaring they will continue the work of fulfilling the U.S. pledge in the Paris Agreement.
- [ISSA Joins Coalition to Support EPA’s Safer Choice](https://www.iccr.org/issa-joins-coalition-to-support-epas-safer-choice/): WASHINGTON – ISSA has joined a coalition of over 200 businesses and industry groups to express their strong support for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Safer Choice program.
- [Safer Choice Label Threated as Trump Plans EPA Cuts](https://www.iccr.org/safer-choice-label-threated-as-trump-plans-epa-cuts/): A coalition of businesses and organizations representing a broad swath of the economy, including ISSA, the American Sustainable Business Network (ASBN), the Household & Commercial Products Association (HCPA), Change Chemistry, the American Cleaning Institute, the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), and the Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition (AFCC), have come together to express their
- [Coalition Calls on EPA to Protect Safer Choice Program for Cleaning Products](https://www.iccr.org/coalition-calls-on-epa-to-protect-safer-choice-program-for-cleaning-products-2/): As the new Trump administration plans to make big cuts across the federal government, a coalition of over 200 businesses, investors, and organizations has issued a letter expressing united support for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Safer Choice program. This voluntary program, which labels cleaning products meeting stringent safety and environmental standards, is seen by businesses as a
- [Investor Groups Release Report Defending Shareholder Proposal Rights Against Threats](https://www.iccr.org/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
- [Investors Call for Just and Comprehensive Immigration Reform to Foster Economic Stability and Growth](https://www.iccr.org/investors-call-for-just-and-comprehensive-immigration-reform-to-foster-economic-stability-and-growth/): NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2025 – A group of nearly 100 institutional investors issued a statement today in support of comprehensive immigration reform they view as critical to creating business certainty, operational continuity, economic expansion, and a more cohesive and just society. The statement includes a series of recommended actions for Congress, Companies,
- [Now Out: The 2025 ICCR Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide](https://www.iccr.org/now-out-the-2025-iccr-proxy-resolutions-and-voting-guide/): ICCR has been publishing the Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide annually since 1974 as a way to educate and build support for member proposals. In our Guide, you will find all ICCR member-sponsored proposals for 2025 corporate proxies along with a preliminary overview of the proxy season and short features from proponents about their engagements on key environmental
- [New SEC shareholder proposal guidance divides business, investor groups](https://www.iccr.org/new-sec-shareholder-proposal-guidance-divides-business-investor-groups/): New guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission will make it easier for public companies to get the greenlight to exclude shareholder proposals on company proxy statements, experts said, but investor and business groups are split on whether that’s a good thing.
- [How Nonprofits Can Leverage Their Financial Relationships to Advance Justice](https://www.iccr.org/how-nonprofits-can-leverage-their-financial-relationships-to-advance-justice/): Consider a food bank discovering that its operating reserves are in banks that finance industrial agriculture, the very system contributing to food insecurity and displacing small community farms. Or think about a housing nonprofit realizing that its primary bank engages in predatory lending practices that push families into homelessness.
- [ICCR, Shareholder Rights Group, As You Sow Letter to SEC on Staff Legal Bulletin 14M](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-shareholder-rights-group-and-as-you-sow-letter-to-sec-on-staff-legal-bulletin-14m/): On Wednesday, February 18, ICCR, the Shareholder Rights Group, and As You Sow sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission requesting that the Staff refrain from applying the guidance provided in Staff Legal Bulletin 14M to any shareholder proposals filed with companies prior to the issuance of the bulletin on February 12, 2025.
- [UnitedHealth Group resists shareholder proposal on delayed and denied care](https://www.iccr.org/unitedhealth-group-resists-shareholder-proposal-on-delayed-and-denied-care/): UnitedHealth Group is attempting to swat down a non-binding shareholder proposal that asked the company to prepare reports on the costs of delayed and denied healthcare.
- ['It doesn't need to be in the press': Navigating US corporate engagement](https://www.iccr.org/it-doesnt-need-to-be-in-the-press-navigating-us-corporate-engagement/): Political situation will see investors give companies more flexibility on communication around sustainability efforts.
- [How Shareholders Impact Carrier Behavior, Exactly and Specifically, With Wendell Potter](https://www.iccr.org/how-shareholders-impact-carrier-behavior-exactly-and-specifically-with-wendell-potter/): UnitedHealth Group in the cross-hairs—not by patients and regulators but shareholders. … On Wednesday, UHG shareholders requested the company prepare a report on the costs and public health impact related to UnitedHealth’s practices that limit or delay access to healthcare.
- [DEI Is Here to Stay: A Movement Beyond Government Policy](https://www.iccr.org/dei-is-here-to-stay-a-movement-beyond-government-policy/): While legislative attacks may create temporary barriers, they cannot halt the momentum of a cultural movement. DEI is not just a set of policies or workshops—it’s a mindset and a commitment to ensuring fairness, opportunity, and inclusion for everyone.
- [As Attacks Against DEI Heighten, Costco and Apple Prove Inclusion Remains Good Business](https://www.iccr.org/as-attacks-against-dei-heighten-costco-and-apple-prove-inclusion-remains-good-business-2/): Under President Donald Trump’s Project 2025, the administration has launched an unprecedented effort to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. Federal agencies are now prohibited from observing Black History Month, and employees involved in DEI initiatives have been terminated.
- [As Attacks Against DEI Heighten, Costco and Apple Prove Inclusion Remains Good Business](https://www.iccr.org/as-attacks-against-dei-heighten-costco-and-apple-prove-inclusion-remains-good-business/): Under President Donald Trump’s Project 2025, the administration has launched an unprecedented effort to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) programs. Federal agencies are now prohibited from observing Black History Month, and employees involved in DE&I initiatives have been terminated. Critics argue these measures represent a full-on attack on marginalized communities and signal a clear
- [Walmart Shareholders Urge CEO McMillon to Reconsider Retreat on DEI](https://www.iccr.org/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
- [Investors Call on Companies to do Their Part to Support Workers and Markets During the Coronavirus Crisis](https://www.iccr.org/investors-call-companies-do-their-part-support-workers-and-markets-during-coronavirus-crisis/): Companies urged to prioritize safety, paid leave and the maintenance of business and employment relationships to support communities and the markets as global pandemic unfolds. NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, MARCH 26TH – Global institutional investors comprising public pensions, asset management firms and faith-based funds issued a Statement on Coronavirus Response calling on the business
- [Updates: ATA on telehealth policy priorities, UHG investor group demands denied care report, DOJ sues Walgreens on illegal Rx dispensing, VA nominee supports Oracle EHR deployment, RFK Jr. HHS nomination hits Senate](https://www.iccr.org/updates-ata-on-telehealth-policy-priorities-uhg-investor-group-demands-denied-care-report-doj-sues-walgreens-on-illegal-rx-dispensing-va-nominee-supports-oracle-ehr-deployment-rfk-jr-hhs-nominat/): ATA urges nine telehealth priorities for the Trump Administration’s consideration. Acknowledging that HHS expanded Medicare telehealth flexibilities at the start of the pandemic in 2020 in the previous Trump Administration, the American Telemedicine Association’s list is long and detailed.
- [Costco Faces Down Anti-DEI Group as Trump Stokes Backlash](https://www.iccr.org/costco-faces-down-anti-dei-group-as-trump-stokes-backlash/): As many American companies beat a hasty retreat from the diversity, equity and inclusion programs they once embraced, bulk retailer Costco Wholesale Corp. has become one of DEI’s few remaining public proponents.
- [Oreo-Maker Mondelez’s Apparent Backtrack on Russia Prompts Transparency Concern](https://www.iccr.org/oreo-maker-mondelezs-apparent-backtrack-on-russia-prompts-transparency-concern/): (Bloomberg) -- After the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Mondelez International Inc. joined a number of international companies in committing to downsize its presence in Russia. The maker of Oreo cookies has since walked those pledges back, leading some shareholders to renew calls for increased transparency.
- [New Investor Brief Highlights Digital Tech's Adverse Impact on Low-Wage Workers](https://www.iccr.org/new-investor-brief-highlights-digital-techs-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
- [DE&I: Pushing back on the pushback](https://www.iccr.org/dei-pushing-back-on-the-pushback/): With a new administration now in the White House, the pressure to curtail DE&I programs is intensifying. But while additional organizations could still join the exodus, others are standing firm in commitment to an equitable and inclusive workplace.
- [Walmart celebrates opening of new Northwest Arkansas corporate campus](https://www.iccr.org/walmart-celebrates-opening-of-new-northwest-arkansas-corporate-campus/): Plans for the development were first announced in 2017, with the huge multi-million dollar construction comprising of a mass timber construction, smart building technology and office space powered by renewable energy
- [Walmart shareholders push back against calls to abandon diversity and equity efforts](https://www.iccr.org/walmart-shareholders-push-back-against-calls-to-abandon-diversity-and-equity-efforts/): The shareholders said they had spent three decades highlighting the risks associated with discrimination and inequities to Walmart’s leadership
- [Investors urge Walmart not to "give into bullying" on diversity](https://www.iccr.org/investors-urge-walmart-not-to-give-into-bullying-on-diversity/): Dozens of shareholders representing $266 billion in assets are calling on Walmart to spell out the business reasons for backpedaling on the retailer's diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
- [UnitedHealth Group CEO: US health care needs to be ‘less confusing, less complex and less costly’](https://www.iccr.org/unitedhealth-group-ceo-us-health-care-needs-to-be-less-confusing-less-complex-and-less-costly/): In its first financial results since its insurance unit CEO was fatally shot in New York City, UnitedHealth Group reported Thursday weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue, prompting its shares to fall in early morning trading despite quarterly profit beating projections.
- [Shareholders Chide Walmart CEO Following Recent DEI Rollback](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-chide-walmart-ceo-following-recent-dei-rollback/): A group of shareholder activists defending diversity initiatives as a business necessity is decrying Walmart’s decision to nix certain DEI programs.
- [Walmart Under Fire From Investors for Cutting DEI Programs](https://www.iccr.org/walmart-under-fire-from-investors-for-cutting-dei-programs/): Shareholders urge retailer to explain reason for policy change. Company spoke to anti-DEI activist before cutting programs.
- [Investors ask UnitedHealthcare to account for claims denial practices](https://www.iccr.org/investors-ask-unitedhealthcare-to-account-for-claims-denial-practices/): The request comes in the wake of the murder of UHC CEO Brian Thompson in December.
- [UnitedHealth to Report First Earnings Since Executive's Murder](https://www.iccr.org/unitedhealth-to-report-first-earnings-since-executives-murder/): Analysts forecast record annual profits amid rising criticism.
- [Shareholders Demand Review of UnitedHealthcare Claims Denials](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-demand-review-of-unitedhealthcare-claims-denials/): Following the fatal shooting of UnitedHealth's CEO, shareholders are calling for transparency
- [Investors Call for Access to Affordable Medicines](https://www.iccr.org/investors-call-for-access-to-affordable-medicines/): Shareholders request Human Rights Due Diligence to determine whether pharma companies do everything they can to increase drug access and affordability
- [Investors ask UnitedHealth for answers about delayed, denied care](https://www.iccr.org/investors-ask-unitedhealth-for-answers-about-delayed-denied-care/): The proposal comes one month after the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
- [UnitedHealth Group stock surges on higher Medicare Advantage payments](https://www.iccr.org/unitedhealth-group-stock-surges-on-higher-medicare-advantage-payments/): UnitedHealth Group (UNH) stock moved against the grain on Monday, powering more than 4% higher by the afternoon on news that the US government has decided to raise privately-managed health insurance payments for retirees by 4.33%.
- [UnitedHealth shareholders urge company to review utilization management practices](https://www.iccr.org/unitedhealth-shareholders-urge-company-to-review-utilization-management-practices/): A group of UnitedHealth Group shareholders is pressuring the company to examine practices they say deny or limit patient access to care.
- [Faith-based investor group pushes UnitedHealth Group to study claim denials in wake of CEO murder](https://www.iccr.org/faith-based-investor-group-pushes-unitedhealth-group-to-study-claim-denials-in-wake-of-ceo-murder/): Investors seek “introspection” at Eden Prairie-based company with report on the patient impact from prior authorization rules.
- [Activist shareholders press UnitedHealth on delayed, denied care](https://www.iccr.org/activist-shareholders-press-unitedhealth-on-delayed-denied-care/): A group of shareholders requested UnitedHealth Group management analyze how its business practices affect access to care and public health.
- [UnitedHealth shareholders push company to report on impact of claims denials](https://www.iccr.org/unitedhealth-shareholders-push-company-to-report-on-impact-of-claims-denials/): A contingent of UnitedHealth Group shareholders has requested that the company investigate and develop a report on the impact of "practices that limit or delay access to healthcare."
- [UnitedHealth Group shareholders calling on company to take swift action regarding its tattered brand](https://www.iccr.org/unitedhealth-group-shareholders-calling-on-company-to-take-swift-action-regarding-its-tattered-brand/): A group of UnitedHealth Group shareholders is calling on the company to take swift action regarding its tattered brand.
- [UnitedHealth shareholders seek transparency about denied coverage](https://www.iccr.org/unitedhealth-shareholders-seek-transparency-about-denied-coverage/): A group of shareholders filed a proposal asking the Board of Directors to prepare a report on the impacts of the company's practices.
- [Investors call on UnitedHealth to disclose human and economic costs of policies that limit care](https://www.iccr.org/investors-call-on-unitedhealth-to-disclose-human-and-economic-costs-of-policies-that-limit-care/): The killing of a top UnitedHealth executive highlighted public rage against the industry
- [Shareholders urge UnitedHealth to analyze impact of healthcare denials](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-urge-unitedhealth-to-analyze-impact-of-healthcare-denials/): NEW YORK / BOSTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - UnitedHealth Group shareholders on Wednesday said they requested the company prepare a report on the costs and public health impact related to its "practices that limit or delay access to healthcare."
- [Investor Group Calls for UnitedHealth to Report Public Health Costs of Denied Access to Treatment](https://www.iccr.org/investor-group-calls-for-unitedhealth-to-report-public-health-costs-of-denied-access-to-treatment/): The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility issued a shareholder proposal to examine the economic impact of health care claim denials.
- [UnitedHealth shareholders demand review of policies that ‘delayed or denied’ health care access](https://www.iccr.org/unitedhealth-shareholders-demand-review-of-policies-that-delayed-or-denied-health-care-access/): Shareholders of UnitedHealth Group (UHG) are calling on the company’s board of directors to release a report on how its policy of limiting or delaying access to health care may be impacting the company’s brand and the economy overall.
- [UnitedHealth Investors Seek Care Costs Study After CEO’s Killing](https://www.iccr.org/unitedhealth-investors-seek-care-costs-study-after-ceos-killing/): UnitedHealth Group Inc. shareholders are pressing the company’s board to report on public health costs and risks from restricting or delaying patients’ access to care, following the shooting death of one of its executives.
- [UnitedHealth Shareholders Seek Review after CEO Killing](https://www.iccr.org/unitedhealth-shareholders-seek-review-after-ceo-killing/): UnitedHealth shareholders are demanding a review of the costs and public impact of its policy of limiting or delaying access to healthcare in the wake of the murder of a senior executive and a damning Senate report last year.
- [UnitedHealth Under Pressure Over 'Delaying or Avoiding' Medical Care](https://www.iccr.org/unitedhealth-under-pressure-over-delaying-or-avoiding-medical-care/): Shareholders of UnitedHealth Group have urged the company's board of directors to prepare a report examining the effects of its policies that restrict or postpone access to health care on both the company's brand and the broader economy.
- [Shareholders Call on United Healthcare Group to Issue a Report on the Public Health Costs of Delayed or Denied Access to Treatment](https://www.iccr.org/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,
- [Statement of Shareholder Rights Group and Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility Regarding Corporate Governance and Annual General Meetings in 2025](https://www.iccr.org/statement-of-shareholder-rights-group-and-interfaith-center-on-corporate-responsibility-regarding-corporate-governance-and-annual-general-meetings-in-2025/): ICCR and the Shareholder Rights Group released a statement addressing several issues experienced by investors at annual general meetings while exercising their rights as shareholders. These include the right to file shareholder proposals, shareholders’ ability to attend AGMs in person, remedying participation issues in the new virtual meetings environment, and shareholders’ use of universal proxy
- [Just Investing Podcast: Ep.4 David Schilling of the ICCR](https://www.iccr.org/just-investing-podcast-ep-4-david-schilling-of-the-iccr/): Workers in some states win a higher minimum wage and paid sick leave, and Adam and Matthew break down what lies ahead for workers’ rights. Then David Schilling from the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility shares stories from his decades-long work in the fight against forced labor… and the role responsible investors play in this
- [Three important lessons we’re applying to our new tech-focused strategy](https://www.iccr.org/three-important-lessons-were-applying-to-our-new-tech-focused-strategy/): As an organization committed to learning, we continuously reflect on what it means to achieve complex goals in a complex world. The question we are currently grappling with: How is the tech system changing and how are our efforts contributing to that change? Asking and answering these questions has helped us design our strategy for
- [Investors Call on Pharma Companies to Conduct Human Rights Due Diligence to Ensure Access to Affordable Medicines](https://www.iccr.org/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.
- [EU urged not to make ‘arbitrary’ cuts to sustainability disclosure rules](https://www.iccr.org/eu-urged-not-to-make-arbitrary-cuts-to-sustainability-disclosure-rules/): Nearly 100 NGOs, think tanks and membership bodies have written to Commission president Ursula von der Leyen
- [ICCR Names Pat Zerega as the Recipient of its 2024 Legacy Award](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-names-pat-zerega-as-the-recipient-of-its-2024-legacy-award/): NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2024 – ICCR’s Governing Board today announced that the 2024 Legacy Award winner is Patricia (Pat) Zerega, who recently retired from Mercy Investment Services. The ICCR Legacy Award was created to honor those whose work has provided a strong moral foundation and an enduring record of demonstrated influence on
- [Coca-Cola and Pepsi to Face Shareholder Proposals Citing the Potential Health Harms From Continued Use of Non-Sugar Sweeteners in Diet Drinks](https://www.iccr.org/coca-cola-and-pepsi-to-face-shareholder-proposals-citing-the-potential-health-harms-from-continued-use-of-non-sugar-sweeteners-in-diet-drinks/): CONTACT:Susana McDermottDirector of CommunicationsInterfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)201-417-9060 (mobile)smcdermott@iccr.org NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2024 – Investors members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) today announced that Coca-Cola ($KO) and Pepsi ($PEP) -- two of the world’s largest beverage companies -- would face shareholder proposals questioning the companies’ continued use of
- [ICCR Files Response to ExxonMobil's Proxy Statement Attacking Its Shareholders](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-files-response-to-exxonmobils-proxy-statement-attacking-its-shareholders/): Filing highlights concerns regarding the company’s escalating attacks on proponents of shareholder resolutions challenging the company’s response to climate-related financial risks. NEW YORK, NY, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2024 – The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) announced today that it filed a proxy exempt solicitation via the SEC’s EDGAR platform in response to disparaging statements
- [New Investor Guidance Spotlights Importance of Commercial Contracts to Support Improved Human/Worker Rights Performance](https://www.iccr.org/new-investor-guidance-spotlights-importance-of-commercial-contracts-to-support-improved-human-worker-rights-performance/): CONTACT:Susana McDermottDirector of CommunicationsInterfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)201-417-9060 (mobile)smcdermott@iccr.org NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2024 - The Investor Guidance on Responsible Contracting released today by the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and the Responsible Contracting Project (RCP) explains the critical role played by commercial contracts in supporting more robust human rights and
- [Investors Applaud the FTC's Ban of Non-Compete Agreements, Safeguarding the Rights of Low- and Middle-Income Workers](https://www.iccr.org/investors-applaud-the-ftcs-ban-of-non-compete-agreements-safeguarding-the-rights-of-low-and-middle-income-workers/): NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2024 – The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and Zevin Asset Management today welcomed the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) passage of a ban on non-compete agreements (noncompetes). Noncompetes, ostensibly used by employers in contracts to protect proprietary information and intellectual property, prevent tens of millions of employees from
- [In Advance of Walmart's 2024 Shareholder Meeting, Investors Call on the Company to Address Worker Safety and Racial Inequity](https://www.iccr.org/in-advance-of-walmarts-2024-shareholder-meeting-investors-call-on-the-company-to-address-worker-safety-and-racial-inequity/): Today, a group of institutional investors, including members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), issued a public statement of support for a recent letter from Walmart ($WMT) employees calling on the company to address widespread worker safety concerns and racial justice issues across its business. The statement also calls for Walmart to implement
- [Supreme Court Deals a Significant Blow to Ability of Federal Agencies to Put Sensible Guardrails on Corporate Conduct](https://www.iccr.org/supreme-court-deals-a-significant-blow-to-ability-of-federal-agencies-to-put-sensible-guardrails-on-corporate-conduct/): FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 2024 - The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility laments the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of the decades-old doctrine of Chevron deference, which gives deference to federal agencies to write sensible rules to carry out the laws of Congress. In scuttling this important doctrine, the Supreme Court will make it harder for federal
- [Asset Owners Question Their Managers About Falling Support for ESG Proposals](https://www.iccr.org/asset-owners-question-their-managers-about-falling-support-for-esg-proposals/): NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2024 – A group of asset owners today announced that they had sent letters to their top asset managers questioning a marked drop in their support for shareholder proposals calling for increased accountability on corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) impacts. The letters were sent to BlackRock ($BLK), Vanguard
- [Stuck in the Middle with ESG: What Companies Can Expect in 2025 & Beyond](https://www.iccr.org/stuck-in-the-middle-with-esg-what-companies-can-expect-in-2025-beyond/): After a much-anticipated election cycle in the U.S., Republicans will take over the White House and control both chambers of Congress. This shift in power will significantly impact ESG initiatives. While it is too early to determine precisely what those impacts will be, we present our view of the most likely scenarios and how companies
- [ICCR Amicus Brief in Support of FTC Rule Banning Non-Compete Agreements](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-amicus-brief-in-support-of-ftc-rule-banning-non-compete-agreements/): Along with the NYC Comptroller and Zevin Asset Management, ICCR filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit supporting the FTC against a challenge to the FTC’s rule banning non-compete agreements. As the brief states, the FTC’s rule “was supported by institutional investors with collectively billions of dollars of
- [InfluenceMap: Asset owners underutilize stewardship and advocacy opportunities](https://www.iccr.org/influencemap-asset-owners-underutilize-stewardship-and-advocacy-opportunities/): New analysis of the world’s largest insurers and pension funds (representing over $17 trillion in assets) finds that only a limited number are utilizing their influential position to drive climate policy advocacy in line with science-based pathways to net zero, and that the majority are abdicating responsibility in this area. This is despite 22 of
- [Investor Stewardship 2024](https://www.iccr.org/investor-stewardship-2024/): Who occupies the hottest seat on a board of directors? It depends on the circumstances While a CEO might face the toughest questions when an activist investor shows up, and the chief financial officer the biggest grilling from analysts, modern stewardship trends dictate that the chair of the nominating and governance committee is often the
- [Retrenchment or reform? The SEC and ESG proposals under Trump](https://www.iccr.org/retrenchment-or-reform-the-sec-and-esg-proposals-under-trump/): Investors and lawyers look at the implications of changes at the White House and SEC for environmental and social shareholder resolutions.
- [The Role of Major U.S. Banks in a Just Transition to a Net-Zero Carbon Economy](https://www.iccr.org/the-role-of-major-u-s-banks-in-a-just-transition-to-a-net-zero-carbon-economy/): ICCR Climate Crisis Issue Brief Three, November 2024 Major U.S. banks must play a pivotal role in a just transition to a net-zero carbon economy through their lending and investment practices. Investors concerned with the financial risks of the climate crisis look to evaluate the pledges, financing activities, and progress toward alignment with the Paris
- [Senator Markey Celebrates 54 New Endorsements of His Comprehensive AI Civil Rights Legislation](https://www.iccr.org/senator-markey-celebrates-54-new-endorsements-of-his-comprehensive-ai-civil-rights-legislation/): Washington (November 21, 2024) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today announced that 54 new civil rights, labor, LGBTQ+ rights, consumer protection, housing, immigration, and disability organizations have endorsed his Artificial Intelligence (AI) Civil Rights Act. The legislation – the most comprehensive AI civil rights
- [Shareholder Engagement Drives Human Rights Improvements at Companies, Finds Research](https://www.iccr.org/shareholder-engagement-drives-human-rights-improvements-at-companies-finds-research/): Companies improve their human rights credentials 15% faster when they are subject to shareholder engagement, according to research published this week.
- [News from ELCA advocacy](https://www.iccr.org/news-from-elca-advocacy/): Honored for work that has provided a strong moral foundation and an enduring record of demonstrated influence on corporate policies, Patricia Zerega received the 2024 Legacy Award from the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) on Sept. 19 at Riverside Church in New York City. The ELCA is a member of ICCR.
- [NYC Comptroller Lander Files Brief in Support of FTC’s Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amid Legal Challenges](https://www.iccr.org/nyc-comptroller-lander-files-brief-in-support-of-ftcs-ban-on-non-compete-agreements-amid-legal-challenges/): New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, in partnership with The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility and Zevin Asset Management, submitted an amici curiae brief in support of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and its defense of its recently issued non-compete rule, which banned the use of non-compete agreements for nearly all workers.
- [Corporate activities that influence population health: a scoping review and qualitative synthesis to develop the HEALTH-CORP typology](https://www.iccr.org/corporate-activities-that-influence-population-health-a-scoping-review-and-qualitative-synthesis-to-develop-the-health-corp-typology/): The concept of the commercial determinants of health (CDH) is used to study the actions of commercial entities and the political and economic systems, structures, and norms that enable these actions and ultimately influence population health and health inequity. The aim of this study was to develop a typology that describes the diverse set of
- [One Fifth of Applied Materials Shareholders Vote to Address the Pay Gap](https://www.iccr.org/one-fifth-of-applied-materials-shareholders-vote-to-address-the-pay-gap/): Climate change, AI, elections, and unionization are themes in proxy season.
- [ESG has long been part of the DNA of faith-based pension funds](https://www.iccr.org/esg-has-long-been-part-of-the-dna-of-faith-based-pension-funds/): As the controversy over employing environmental, social and governance factors in investment decisions by institutions continues to swirl, a number of church-based pension funds have asserted that ESG forms a core part of their strategies and raison d’etre.
- [R.I. treasurer backs Bally's shareholder proposal for smoke-free casino study](https://www.iccr.org/r-i-treasurer-backs-ballys-shareholder-proposal-for-smoke-free-casino-study/): Representative Teresa Tanzi and casino workers asked Treasurer James Diossa to back a proposal at the May 16 shareholders meeting seeking a report on the potential savings of going smoke-free at Bally's casinos, including two in R.I.
- [Reaffirming Our Commitments in Light of the 2024 Election](https://www.iccr.org/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
- [Private Sector, Public Good](https://www.iccr.org/private-sector-public-good/): Josh Zinner, CEO of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, considers the priorities for responsible investors under a second Trump Presidency.
- [Companies That Decried Jan. 6 Buck Calls to Weigh in on Election](https://www.iccr.org/companies-that-decried-jan-6-buck-calls-to-weigh-in-on-election/): Corporate America, a few billionaires aside, is staying noticeably quiet with just days to go until the presidential election that’s divided the nation sharply.
- [SEC panel urged to back shareholder rights, proposal process](https://www.iccr.org/sec-panel-urged-to-back-shareholder-rights-proposal-process/): Shareholders’ rights advocates urged the agency’s Investor Advisory Committee to defend the current proposal process as a “vital right of shareholders” against attempts to dilute them.
- [SEC Advisory Panel Urged to Back Investor Rights for Proposals](https://www.iccr.org/sec-advisory-panel-urged-to-back-investor-rights-for-proposals/): The SEC’s advisers on investor issues has a duty to support shareholders who push companies to disclose risks from climate change, artificial intelligence and other matters, as businesses fight them in court, advocates said.
- [Obituary for Sister Mary Cecile Paulik](https://www.iccr.org/obituary-for-sister-mary-cecile-paulik/): Sister Mary Cecile, born April 18, 1930, in Oshkosh, WI, was named and baptized Dorothy Anna. She is the oldest of ten children born to Edward and Hedwig (Baszkowski) Paulik, having six brothers and three sisters. Dorothy Anna entered the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother on February 2, 1947, in Milwaukee, WI and professed first
- [How Coalitions Can Help Institutional Investors Improve Their Climate Impact](https://www.iccr.org/how-coalitions-can-help-institutional-investors-improve-their-climate-impact/): When a firm loses money due to climate change, so do its investors. New research shows how investors can lower climate risk and improve impact.
- [Why These Nuns Have Filed More Than 350 Shareholder Resolutions](https://www.iccr.org/why-these-nuns-have-filed-more-than-350-shareholder-resolutions/): The sunflowers and wheat fields of rural Kansas are a long way from Wall Street. But in the small town of Atchison, an unlikely group of investors are making a name for themselves as outspoken shareholder activists.
- [Investors Urge US Companies to Support Democracy, Rule of Law](https://www.iccr.org/investors-urge-us-companies-to-support-democracy-rule-of-law/): The investor-backed Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) has called on 200 CEOs to support democratic institutions including free and fair elections and a peaceful transfer of power ahead of the US presidential election. The CEOs targeted are all part of the Business Roundtable (BRT) – a Washington-based lobbyist association representing the chief executives of some of
- [Keeping up with AI](https://www.iccr.org/keeping-up-with-ai/): With the technology moving fast and policymakers struggling to stay apace, investors can help to regulate the space.
- [Scenes from "Navigating Troubled Waters: Corporate Political Responsibility in Turbulent Times](https://www.iccr.org/join-us-for-navigating-troubled-waters-corporate-political-responsibility-in-turbulent-times-2/): Thank you to our many friends, partners, sponsors and colleagues for joining us on September 19, 2024 in New York City at Riverside Church for our event Navigating Troubled Waters! It was great to have the time to reconnect and to consider how corporations can help ensure that their political activities serve to reinforce a strong, vibrant democracy.Enormous
- [Oxfam Files Formal UN Complaint Against Amazon, Walmart’s ‘Systematic Human Rights Violations’](https://www.iccr.org/oxfam-files-formal-un-complaint-against-amazon-walmarts-systematic-human-rights-violations/): Non-profit Oxfam, which has a mission to fight inequality and poverty globally, announced October 17 it had submitted a formal complaint against Amazon and Walmart to the United Nations.
- [Investing with Principle: Religion Makes Its Way into Investments](https://www.iccr.org/investing-with-principle-religion-makes-its-way-into-investments/): Christians today are bringing the Gospel message with them everywhere -- from the baseball field to the boardroom -- in an attempt to share that message with the world. "We're admonished to go into the whole world and bring the values of the Gospel. And that includes the corporate world," said the Rev. Michael Crosby,
- [Amazon and Walmart’s human rights abuses warrant UN intervention, says Oxfam](https://www.iccr.org/amazon-and-walmarts-human-rights-abuses-warrant-un-intervention-says-oxfam/): In what appears to be a first-of-its-kind filing, Oxfam criticizes the U.S. companies for their human rights violations against domestic workforces.
- [AP7 joins call for US states to cut oil/gas sector methane emissions](https://www.iccr.org/ap7-joins-call-for-us-states-to-cut-oil-gas-sector-methane-emissions/): Swedish pension fund AP7 has weighed into a politicised environmental tussle in the US by linking up with 34 investors to call on US states to cut methane emissions from the country’s oil and gas sector.
- [Group of institutional investors presses states to enforce EPA’s methane emission standards](https://www.iccr.org/group-of-institutional-investors-presses-states-to-enforce-epas-methane-emission-standards/): The group of investors said that reducing methane emissions from the oil and gas sector is vital to limiting climate change.
- [Investors Urge States To Quickly Develop Plans To Meet U.S. Methane Reduction Standards for the Oil and Gas Sector](https://www.iccr.org/investors-urge-states-to-quickly-develop-plans-to-meet-u-s-methane-reduction-standards-for-the-oil-and-gas-sector-2/): Today, a group of 35 investors representing more than $2 trillion in assets under management or advice sent letters calling on states with significant oil and gas production-Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming-to develop, implement, and enforce plans that meet or exceed federal methane standards to substantially reduce methane emissions stemming from
- [Investors Urge States To Quickly Develop Plans To Meet U.S. Methane Reduction Standards for the Oil and Gas Sector](https://www.iccr.org/investors-urge-states-to-quickly-develop-plans-to-meet-u-s-methane-reduction-standards-for-the-oil-and-gas-sector/): Today, a group of 35 investors representing more than $2 trillion in assets under management or advice sent letters calling on states with significant oil and gas production-Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming-to develop, implement, and enforce plans that meet or exceed federal methane standards to substantially reduce methane emissions stemming from
- [Investors urge more than 200 CEOs to give workers paid time off to vote](https://www.iccr.org/investors-urge-more-than-200-ceos-to-give-workers-paid-time-off-to-vote/): The letter, sent to Business Roundtable executives, urged them to show support of “fair elections and the peaceful transfer of power” prior to the U.S. general election.
- [Top CEOs Urged to Give Workers Paid Voting Leave for US Election](https://www.iccr.org/top-ceos-urged-to-give-workers-paid-voting-leave-for-us-election/): Companies should give their workers paid time off to vote in the US presidential election next month, investors that advocate on environmental, social, and governance issues told an influential business group.
- [In Advance of Election, Investor Urge Business Roundtable Companies to Voice Support for Democracy, Rule of Law](https://www.iccr.org/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
- [Thermal Energy Networks: Investing in the Future of Heat](https://www.iccr.org/thermal-energy-networks-investing-in-the-future-of-heat/): By Pedro Glatz Climate Change and Environmental Justice Associate Director, ICCR As part of NYC Climate Week, on September 24th the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and the Building Decarbonization Coalition (BDC) co-hosted a dynamic discussion on the role of Thermal Energy Networks (TENs) as a potential solution to the challenge of decarbonizing building
- [The Human Cost Of Efficiency And Why It Should Matter To All Investors](https://www.iccr.org/the-human-cost-of-efficiency-and-why-it-should-matter-to-all-investors/): A Closer Look at the Spread of Algorithmic Management Systems—Which Contributed to $8 Billion in Turnover Costs and a 45% Injury Rate at Amazon—Across Corporate America
- [Gibson Dunn Environmental, Social and Governance Update (Summer 2024)](https://www.iccr.org/gibson-dunn-environmental-social-and-governance-update-summer-2024/): We are pleased to provide you with Gibson Dunn’s ESG update covering the following key developments during July and August 2024. Please click on the links below for further details.
- [On road to networked geothermal future, gas utilities face barriers](https://www.iccr.org/on-road-to-networked-geothermal-future-gas-utilities-face-barriers/): Thermal energy networks present an opportunity for natural gas utilities to play a role in the transition to electric heating, though the industry faces hurdles as it seeks to harness the technology to decarbonize buildings.
- [Higher Authority](https://www.iccr.org/higher-authority/): Faith-based activist investors hold corporations accountable
- [Shareholders Say Companies Are Using New Tactics to Muzzle Them](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-say-companies-are-using-new-tactics-to-muzzle-them/): Shareholders say companies are increasingly limiting what they can say at annual meetings. How virtual meetings are making it worse.
- [To Stop “Woke” Investing, Companies Want Taxpayer-Funded Lobbyists](https://www.iccr.org/to-stop-woke-investing-companies-want-taxpayer-funded-lobbyists/): Two new anti-ESG bills would install corporate lobbyists within the SEC and hamper shareholders and local governments.
- [Nuns’ commitment to social investment takes on big tech](https://www.iccr.org/nuns-commitment-to-social-investment-takes-on-big-tech/): A group of 80 nuns in Kansas has made headlines for their commitment to social investment and investment activism.
- [The Power Of Individual Investors to Catalyze Change](https://www.iccr.org/the-power-of-individual-investors-to-catalyze-change/): Jim McRitchie is an individual investor who focuses on corporate governance, democracy and social justice. His career in environmental protection taught him that companies often wield more influence on governments than citizens or shareholders, an insight that led him to buy stock and file shareholder proposals to achieve systemic change. With the help of Mark
- [Vanguard backed no environmental or social measures in 2024 proxy season](https://www.iccr.org/vanguard-backed-no-environmental-or-social-measures-in-2024-proxy-season/): Vanguard supported none of the 2400 environmental or social shareholder proposals that it considered in the 2024 US proxy season, saying they were "overly prescriptive", unnecessary or did not relate to material financial risks.
- [Sustainable Finance Newsletter](https://www.iccr.org/sustainable-finance-newsletter/): The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, whose members include religiously affiliated investors, said opposition by the CEO group the Business Roundtable to the SEC's climate disclosure rule raised conflicts with the stated positions of many members. A Roundtable representative said it “regularly consults with our members."
- [What were the major trends of the 2024 proxy season on ESG shareholder proposals?](https://www.iccr.org/what-were-the-major-trends-of-the-2024-proxy-season-on-esg-shareholder-proposals/): This article from Morningstar published on the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance examines three major trends of the 2024 proxy season regarding environmental, social and governance shareholder proposals. The author, the Director of Investment Stewardship Research at Morningstar, reports that, while the number of ESG-related proposals increased, there was a “twist in the tale”: the increase primarily reflected
- [This is the group of Catholic nuns in Kansas that makes Google, Target and Citigroup uncomfortable](https://www.iccr.org/this-is-the-group-of-catholic-nuns-in-kansas-that-makes-google-target-and-citigroup-uncomfortable/): The sisters, led by Sister Barbara McCracken, have emerged as unexpected critics of some of the largest players in the business world, including Google, Target, and Citigroup.
- [ICCR Calls Out US Business Forum on Climate Rule](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-calls-out-us-business-forum-on-climate-rule/): he Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) has criticised the stance of trade association the Business Roundtable (BRT) on the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Climate Disclosure Rule.
- [US Nuns Trouble Companies with Investment Activism](https://www.iccr.org/us-nuns-trouble-companies-with-investment-activism/): In the American state of Kansas, a group of religious women have been calling on large companies to change the way they do business.
- [CP Daily: Thursday August 22, 2024](https://www.iccr.org/cp-daily-thursday-august-22-2024/): Support and against - Leaders of investor group Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) sent a letter to the board of CEO association Business Roundtable (BRT) on Thursday, concerning the BRT's opposition to the SEC's climate disclosure rules.
- [Vote Your Proxies - See 2024's Proxy Memos and Exempt Solicitations](https://www.iccr.org/vote-your-proxies-see-2024s-proxy-memos-and-exempt-solicitations/): The 2024 corporate annual general meeting season has begun, and that means it's time to vote your proxy ballots. Why is voting proxy ballots so important? The shareholder proposal process allows both large and small shareholders to alert corporate boards and the investor community to their concerns and to request timely action on emerging, or neglected, issues. A
- [Investors question Business Roundtable’s climate rule battle](https://www.iccr.org/investors-question-business-roundtables-climate-rule-battle/): Six directors of the CEO lobby group run companies that publicly backed the SEC regulation that Business Roundtable is now fighting in court.
- [ICCR Letter to the Board of the Business Roundtable Cites Conflicts Arising from its Legal Actions Opposing the SEC Climate Disclosure Rule](https://www.iccr.org/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
- [The Future of Gas: Decarbonizing Gas Utilities Through Thermal Energy Alternatives](https://www.iccr.org/the-future-of-gas-decarbonizing-gas-utilities-through-thermal-energy-alternatives/): ICCR Climate Crisis Issue Brief Two, August 2024 The decarbonization of the energy utility sector is a top priority for investors in the ICCR network. Investors are increasingly concerned about the expensive proposed "solution" put forward by major gas utilities to achieve "sustainability" of their networks, and should consider engaging companies on truly sustainable alternatives
- [The Importance and Risks of Transition Minerals in Building a Just Transition](https://www.iccr.org/the-importance-and-risks-of-transition-minerals-in-building-a-just-transition/): ICCR Climate Crisis Issue Brief One, June 2024 The transition to carbon-neutral economies will require a vast quantity of minerals. In essence, we must shift from a fossil fuel-intensive economy to one based on minerals, which are needed to harness and store the energy in natural systems. Due to their importance in new technologies, economic
- [Catalyzing Corporate Change 2024](https://www.iccr.org/catalyzing-corporate-change-2024/): We are pleased to share this year's edition of Catalyzing Corporate Change, our impact report on the outcomes of the 2024 proxy season. In 2024, our members continued to press their portfolio companies for changes in policies and practices that would mitigate harmful environmental and social impacts. With nearly 400 shareholder proposals filed on a range
- [Register Now: ICCR’s 2024 Proxy Resolutions & Voting Guide Webinar](https://www.iccr.org/register-now-iccrs-2024-proxy-resolutions-voting-guide-webinar-2/): 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 filed
- [How a small group of nuns in rural Kansas vex big companies with their investment activism](https://www.iccr.org/how-a-small-group-of-nuns-in-rural-kansas-vex-big-companies-with-their-investment-activism/): ATCHISON, Kansas (AP) — Among corporate America’s most persistent shareholder activists are 80 nuns in a monastery outside Kansas City.
- [Shareholder activism on the rise, with ESG proposals surging](https://www.iccr.org/shareholder-activism-on-the-rise-with-esg-proposals-surging/): Shareholder activism in the United States is on the rise this year, with a 9% increase in shareholder proxy votes put forward against companies compared to the first half of last year, according to a July report from Diligent, a governance software company.
- [Join us for "Navigating Troubled Waters: Corporate Political Responsibility in Turbulent Times](https://www.iccr.org/join-us-for-navigating-troubled-waters-corporate-political-responsibility-in-turbulent-times/): Corporations play an important role in supporting the resilient and vibrant democracy needed to sustain healthy civic engagement, accountable governance, and a stable economy where business can thrive. However, in today's politically charged landscape, corporations often face significant challenges navigating their support for democratic values without appearing partisan or becoming entangled in controversy. In the lead-up to
- [Racist Robots and the Rise of AI Activism](https://www.iccr.org/racist-robots-and-the-rise-of-ai-activism/): Since ChatGPT was launched in 2022, investors have been scratching their heads about how to approach the risks related to the technology.
- [Nike Investors Question Treatment of Garment Workers Overseas](https://www.iccr.org/nike-investors-question-treatment-of-garment-workers-overseas/): Nike Inc. investors are redoubling their efforts to pressure the sports retailer to focus on treatment of workers in its supply chain, as the company attempts to freshen its image and boost slumping sales with its Olympics “Winning Isn’t for Everyone” ad campaign.
- [Global Experts Unite to Combat Modern Slavery's $236 Billion Shadow Economy](https://www.iccr.org/global-experts-unite-to-combat-modern-slaverys-236-billion-shadow-economy/): In a world where modern slavery continues to thrive, the Human Trafficking Working Group of the G20 Interfaith Forum (IF20) is taking action.
- [The Diverse Investing Collective Announces Advisory Board](https://www.iccr.org/the-diverse-investing-collective-announces-advisory-board/): More than a dozen highly respected foundation and finance industry leaders are joining with the Collective to assist it in reaching its goal of gender- and racially-diverse management teams managing 33% of overall AUM by 2033.
- [Can Gen Z Workers Still Stand Up for Causes?](https://www.iccr.org/can-gen-z-workers-still-stand-up-for-causes/): After firing 28 employees for protesting in favor of Palestine, Google's CEO declared the company shouldn't get distracted by politics because after all, "Google is a business." This clear commitment to a company's purpose has been praised, but it hides an uncomfortable reality—businesses are already deeply engaged in politics. So how does a company handle
- [When Customers and Investors Demand Corporate Sustainability](https://www.iccr.org/when-customers-and-investors-demand-corporate-sustainability/): Through shareholder resolutions, letters, and activism, consumers and shareholders can push companies to clean up supply chains—and their reputations.
- [Want to be an activist investor? As a shareholder, start with proxy voting](https://www.iccr.org/want-to-be-an-activist-investor-as-a-shareholder-start-with-proxy-voting/): It’s your chance to vote your views and your conscience.
- [US judge dismisses Exxon case against activist investor over proxy filing](https://www.iccr.org/us-judge-dismisses-exxon-case-against-activist-investor-over-proxy-filing/): HOUSTON, June 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) had filed against activist group Arjuna Capital after the group had agreed not to pursue future proxy filings at the company's annual meetings.
- [Health-Driven Investors Eye Casino Smoking, Non-Sugar Sweeteners](https://www.iccr.org/health-driven-investors-eye-casino-smoking-non-sugar-sweeteners/): Shareholders are pressing companies from Coca-Cola to Caesars this proxy season on indoor smoking at casinos, the risks of non-sugar sweeteners in soft drinks, and a range of other health issues.
- [ExxonMobil’s Lawsuit Against its Shareholders: A Cautionary Tale](https://www.iccr.org/exxonmobils-lawsuit-against-its-shareholders-a-cautionary-tale/): On January 21, ExxonMobil filed a case in the Fifth Circuit Court in Dallas, Texas suing two shareholders, Arjuna Capital and Netherlands-based FollowThis, who had dared to file a proposal requesting that the company do more to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to help counter the growing climate crisis. The lawsuit set in motion
- [Investors Vote No on Exxon Board](https://www.iccr.org/investors-vote-no-on-exxon-board/): ExxonMobil's court suit against two investors who filed a shareholder resolution on climate change has resulted in a chorus of opposition by investors who vigorously opposed the case with many publicly declaring that they are voting against members of the Board to signal their deep concern. This outpouring of investor opposition is virtually unprecedented and
- [NY seminary votes to divest from companies with connections to Israel](https://www.iccr.org/ny-seminary-votes-to-divest-from-companies-with-connections-to-israel/): Union Theological Seminary in New York City voted to divest from companies with connections to Israel that it claims are “profiting from the present war in Palestine.”
- [Arlington approves new natural gas drilling as activists publish pollution report](https://www.iccr.org/arlington-approves-new-natural-gas-drilling-as-activists-publish-pollution-report/): Days after environmental advocacy group Liveable Arlington released a report on pollution emitted from Arlington’s natural gas drilling sites, Jennifer Quick stood before City Council May 28 to ask some questions. Have officials done any research beyond what natural gas companies have told them about pollution? Have they proposed ways to make residents safer?
- [Effecting change from inside the corporate tent](https://www.iccr.org/effecting-change-from-inside-the-corporate-tent/): Tim Smith, senior policy advisor for the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, talks about shareholder engagement on the ‘A Matter of Faith’ podcast
- [Business and environmental leaders call for strong Canadian oil and gas methane regulations](https://www.iccr.org/business-and-environmental-leaders-call-for-strong-canadian-oil-and-gas-methane-regulations/): Tackling methane is the easiest, cheapest way to reduce climate pollution and stimulate local economies
- [Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen Confronts Mark Zuckerberg About Child Safety](https://www.iccr.org/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-confronts-mark-zuckerberg-about-child-safety/): Haugen will call out Meta for radically underestimating safety incidents on the platform
- [Over 200 Dollar General Workers and Customers Protest](https://www.iccr.org/over-200-dollar-general-workers-and-customers-protest/): Action Follows String of Protests at Dollar General Stores Across Nine States
- [Dollar General workers rally for safety improvements, fair pay at Tennessee headquarters](https://www.iccr.org/dollar-general-workers-rally-for-safety-improvements-fair-pay-at-tennessee-headquarters/): More than 200 Dollar General workers and customers gathered for a march and protest at the corporation's annual shareholder meeting in Middle Tennessee to demand store safety and better pay.
- [ExxonMobil Investors Send Strong Message of Disapproval Over the Company's Lawsuit Seeking to Silence Shareholders](https://www.iccr.org/exxonmobil-investors-send-strong-message-of-disapproval-over-the-companys-lawsuit-seeking-to-silence-shareholders/): CONTACT:Susana McDermottDirector of CommunicationsInterfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)201-417-9060 (mobile)smcdermott@iccr.org NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2024 - As votes from today’s annual meeting of ExxonMobil shareholders were tallied and preliminary results announced, it became clear that the company’s hostile campaign directed towards its own shareholders had taken its toll. While shareholder support for this
- [Investors Pressure ExxonMobil Board on Climate; Meta Shareholders Consider Child Safety and AI](https://www.iccr.org/investors-pressure-exxonmobil-board-on-climate-meta-shareholders-consider-child-safety-and-ai/): Single-use plastics also on the ballot at oil companies, in the latest from proxy-voting season.
- [Arlington gas well study reveals invisible emissions](https://www.iccr.org/arlington-gas-well-study-reveals-invisible-emissions/): An Arlington watchdog group says a report from a six-month investigation of Arlington gas well sites released on Thursday proves what they've been warning for years — that gas wells in suburban DFW are chronically leaking dangerous emissions, putting residents at risk.
- [Climate scientist leaves ExxonMobil’s board with little to show for it](https://www.iccr.org/climate-scientist-leaves-exxonmobils-board-with-little-to-show-for-it/): Advocates had hoped Susan Avery’s nomination would be a turning-point moment for the company’s climate approach. It wasn’t.
- [Investors push for more disclosure on corporate lobbying](https://www.iccr.org/investors-push-for-more-disclosure-on-corporate-lobbying/): Resolutions related to lobbying and political spending have so far received the most support of socially-oriented proposals this proxy season.
- [Study Finds Concerning Levels of Pollution Coming from TotalEnergies' Urban Fracking Sites in Arlington, TX](https://www.iccr.org/study-finds-concerning-levels-of-pollution-coming-from-totalenergies-urban-fracking-sites-in-arlington-tx/): CONTACT:Susana McDermottDirector of CommunicationsInterfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)201-417-9060 (mobile)smcdermott@iccr.org NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2024 – Members of ICCR and investors in TotalEnergies are responding to the release of a new report by EarthWorks and the FracTracker Alliance showing significant levels of emissions of methane and hazardous air pollutants like benzene from the
- [Investors Raise Concerns to Meta Regarding Child Safety on Social Media Platforms](https://www.iccr.org/investors-raise-concerns-to-meta-regarding-child-safety-on-social-media-platforms/): Fiduciary Trust International, a global wealth manager and wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Templeton, announces that Meta shareholder Lisette Cooper, PhD, vice chair, has filed a resolution for shareholders to vote upon at Meta’s annual meeting in Menlo Park, CA on May 29, 2024.
- [Exxon faces shareholder uprising over climate policies, legal tactics](https://www.iccr.org/exxon-faces-shareholder-uprising-over-climate-policies-legal-tactics/): The nation’s largest public pension fund said Monday it will vote against Exxon’s slate for board of directors at the May 29 shareholder meeting.
- [CP Daily: Tuesday May 21, 2024](https://www.iccr.org/cp-daily-tuesday-may-21-2024/): Exxon examined - US-based oil giant ExxonMobil is facing a shareholder revolt over its climate policies from two of the largest public pension funds in the US, reported on E&E News.
- [The 2024 Amazon Proposals](https://www.iccr.org/the-2024-amazon-proposals/): Amazon is one of the largest companies in the world by market cap and the second-largest employer in the U.S. Over the past several years, shareholders, including ICCR members, have been pressing the company to implement policies that will mitigate the risks of any adverse environmental and social impacts from both its direct operations and
- [ClearBridge Investments Extends Its Long History of ESG Integration](https://www.iccr.org/clearbridge-investments-extends-its-long-history-of-esg-integration/): Annual stewardship report highlights ClearBridge's active ownership and philanthropic initiatives
- [Union Theological Seminary trustees endorse divestment from ‘companies profiting from the war in Palestine’](https://www.iccr.org/union-theological-seminary-trustees-endorse-divestment-from-companies-profiting-from-the-war-in-palestine/): The institution, which has a partnership with Columbia, is one of the first in the United States to announce plans to divest from such companies.
- [Shareholders vote down smoke-free study for Bally's casinos, including two in R.I.](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-vote-down-smoke-free-study-for-ballys-casinos-including-two-in-r-i/): State Treasurer James Diossa voted for the proposal at the request of Representative Teresa Tanzi and casino union workers, but the Bally's board of directors opposed it.
- [Shareholder Willingness to Protect Workers’ Rights May Be Growing](https://www.iccr.org/shareholder-willingness-to-protect-workers-rights-may-be-growing/): Letters to McDonald's and Wendy's from shareholders may indicate a broader trend regarding employee rights issues.
- [Union Theological Seminary Votes to Divest From Israel’s War on Gaza](https://www.iccr.org/union-theological-seminary-votes-to-divest-from-israels-war-on-gaza/): The Columbia-affiliated seminary is one of the first schools to begin divesting from companies that profit from the war.
- [Big Pharma: investors want to act on drug prices](https://www.iccr.org/big-pharma-investors-want-to-act-on-drug-prices/): American pharmaceutical companies are facing a wave of protest from investors. AbbVie, Eli Lilly, Gilead, Johnson & Johnson, Merck and Pfizer are targeted by a shareholder engagement campaign to improve access to medicines and reduce costs. A common practice of laboratories is particularly targeted, that of the extension of the duration of patents which allows
- [Rep. Tanzi, casino workers deliver letter to State Treasurer urging support for smokefree shareholder proposal at Bally’s](https://www.iccr.org/rep-tanzi-casino-workers-deliver-letter-to-state-treasurer-urging-support-for-smokefree-shareholder-proposal-at-ballys/): Providence, RI — Ahead of the Rhode Island House Finance Committee hearing on HB 7500 – aimed at closing the casino smoking loophole — Representative Tanzi, a lead bill sponsor, joined by casino workers, delivered a letter yesterday to State Treasurer James Diossa urging him to vote in favor of a shareholder proposal to study
- [Decadeslong push to end smoking in casinos finds new audience: shareholders](https://www.iccr.org/decadeslong-push-to-end-smoking-in-casinos-finds-new-audience-shareholders/): Caesars, Boyd and Bally’s oppose a question drafted by stockholders who want their fellow investors to support a study on the costs of allowing indoor smoking.
- [In shareholder actions, backers of casino smoking studies want operators to “do well by doing good”](https://www.iccr.org/in-shareholder-actions-backers-of-casino-smoking-studies-want-operators-to-do-well-by-doing-good/): The idea that companies “do well by doing good” is behind a proposal that shareholders in three major gaming operators will vote on in coming weeks.
- [ICCR Guides Investors on Humans Rights Performance](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-guides-investors-on-humans-rights-performance/): The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and the Responsible Contracting Project (RCP) have released Investor Guidance on Responsible Contracting, outlining the critical role of commercial contracts in supporting robust human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD) processes.
- [Exxon’s legal actions against climate-conscious shareholders invoke PC(USA)’s response](https://www.iccr.org/exxons-legal-actions-against-climate-conscious-shareholders-invoke-pcusas-response/): Current MRTI efforts include letter to fossil fuel giant, resolution filed with Goldman Sachs
- [Investors Urged to Stand up to ExxonMobil](https://www.iccr.org/investors-urged-to-stand-up-to-exxonmobil/): Shareholders argue the company’s aggressive legal action undermines shareholder rights and the US SEC’s authority.
- [Environmental & Social Policy Issues in the 2024 U.S. Proxy Season](https://www.iccr.org/environmental-social-policy-issues-in-the-2024-u-s-proxy-season/): Proponents as of mid-Feburary 2024 had filed at least 527 shareholder resolutions on environmental, social and related sustainable governance issues for the 2024 proxy season. This is down by only a few from 536 last year at the same time. It still seems possible the total will reach the 630-year-end total of last year.
- [Shareholder Activists Call for Removal of ExxonMobil CEO](https://www.iccr.org/shareholder-activists-call-for-removal-of-exxonmobil-ceo/): Asset owners seek to block ExxonMobil appointments.
- [Shared Interest Celebrates 30th Anniversary With Voices Of Change Gala In New York City](https://www.iccr.org/shared-interest-celebrates-30th-anniversary-with-voices-of-change-gala-in-new-york-city/): Honoring Citibank, N.A., Lebohang “Lebo M” Morake and Wendy Luhabe and with Special Guests Reverend Naomi Tutu, Redi Tlhabi and Mungi Ngomane
- [House GOP spearheads legislation to strike down SEC climate disclosure rule](https://www.iccr.org/house-gop-spearheads-legislation-to-strike-down-sec-climate-disclosure-rule/): The Financial Services Committee advanced a Congressional Review Act challenge to the rule by a 28-22 vote split along party lines.
- [ICCR pushes back on Exxon proxy statement claims](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-pushes-back-on-exxon-proxy-statement-claims/): Oil major repeats claims that shareholder proposal process is being abused, calls out filers.
- [ExxonMobil Attacks Shareholders in 2024 Proxy Statement, References As You Sow an Unusual 13 Times in a Move to Intimidate](https://www.iccr.org/exxonmobil-attacks-shareholders-in-2024-proxy-statement-references-as-you-sow-an-unusual-13-times-in-a-move-to-intimidate/): ExxonMobil Corporation recently released its 2024 proxy statement, which includes a United Church Funds shareholder proposal requesting that Exxon report on how a reduced demand for virgin plastic would impact the company’s financial position. The proponent designated As You Sow as its representative.
- [Investor Guidance on Responsible Contracting](https://www.iccr.org/investor-guidance-on-responsible-contracting/): This guidance is a resource for investors to use when discussing responsible purchasing and contracting issues with companies.
- [Investor groups criticise SEC commissioners over climate rule comments](https://www.iccr.org/investor-groups-criticise-sec-commissioners-over-climate-rule-comments/): US SIF, ICCR, and Shareholder Rights Group challenge statement from Republican commissioners, while fund industry association 'urges' SEC to align anti-greenwashing regulation with watered-down climate disclosure rule.
- [Exxon Declares War On Its Dissenters](https://www.iccr.org/exxon-declares-war-on-its-dissenters/): The fossil fuel giant is suing investors to intimidate them from ever trying to influence corporate decisions.
- [The Non-Sugar Sweetener Debate is NOT Sweet](https://www.iccr.org/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
- [Exxon shouldn't be able to silence its shareholders](https://www.iccr.org/exxon-shouldnt-be-able-to-silence-its-shareholders/): The corporate behemoth's lawsuit is a wake-up call to investors. And all Americans.
- [Climate strife divides US Chamber. Will departures follow?](https://www.iccr.org/climate-strife-divides-us-chamber-will-departures-follow/): At least 37 member corporations have objected to the powerful business lobby’s climate policies.
- [CalPERS board members voice concerns about investing in Exxon after testimony from beneficiaries](https://www.iccr.org/calpers-board-members-voice-concerns-about-investing-in-exxon-after-testimony-from-beneficiaries/): On Monday, March 18, members of the CalPERS Board of Directors voiced serious concerns about continuing to invest in Exxon after the oil company sued shareholders who brought forward a climate resolution.
- [Big Pharma Patent Extension Abuse Threatens Healthcare and Human Rights](https://www.iccr.org/big-pharma-patent-extension-abuse-threatens-healthcare-and-human-rights/): For decades, Trinity Health along with other members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility’s Health Equity Group have made improving affordability of and access to medicines a focus for corporate engagements with the pharma sector. The United States has some of the highest prescription drug prices in the world. This affects not only patients who
- [Democrats mull punishment for US Chamber ‘greenwashing’](https://www.iccr.org/democrats-mull-punishment-for-us-chamber-greenwashing/): Two senators said Thursday they’re considering multiple options in their campaign against the Chamber of Commerce’s action on climate — or lack thereof.
- [NAM's SEC Lawsuit Undermines Shareholder Rights](https://www.iccr.org/nams-sec-lawsuit-undermines-shareholder-rights/): In May 2023, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) successfully filed a motion to intervene in a federal case brought by the anti-ESG group the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), challenging a shareholder resolution No Action determination. The NAM motion opened a broader challenge to the
- [Tracey Rembert & Alex Wright-Gladstein - New U.S. SEC Climate Disclosure rules explained](https://www.iccr.org/tracey-rembert-alex-wright-gladstein-new-u-s-sec-climate-disclosure-rules-explained/): In this episode, Frankly Speaking explores the new climate disclosure rules just agreed by the Securities and Exchange Commission in the United States and asks what are the implications both in the US and worldwide. To answer those questions, Richard Howitt welcomes Tracey Rembert, Associate Director, Climate Change and Environmental Justice at the Interfaith Center
- [MRTI committee approves ‘Shareholder Resolutions Directory with Proxy Voting Recommendations’](https://www.iccr.org/mrti-committee-approves-shareholder-resolutions-directory-with-proxy-voting-recommendations/): The guide is designed to aid investors who want to align with denominational guidelines.
- [What Does the New SEC Climate-Risk Reporting Rule Mean for Brands?](https://www.iccr.org/what-does-the-new-sec-climate-risk-reporting-rule-mean-for-brands/): While the new mandate was scaled back from what was originally proposed, US companies must now prepare to join many markets around the world in the climate-risk disclosure game.
- [Industry, lawmakers want human capital disclosure rule, but no proposal yet](https://www.iccr.org/industry-lawmakers-want-human-capital-disclosure-rule-but-no-proposal-yet/): Industry groups, lawmakers and the SEC's Investor Advisory Committee have all asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to promulgate a new rule mandating human capital management disclosure, but the agency has yet to even issue a proposal.
- [Primaries Aren’t The Only Ballots In The Mail… It’s Proxy Season 2024!](https://www.iccr.org/primaries-arent-the-only-ballots-in-the-mail-its-proxy-season-2024/): Spring is a critical time this year not just for electoral democracy, but for shareholder democracy. Each year, companies allow their shareholders to share their views and ultimately vote on critical issues, from board membership to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) concerns. For the many stakeholders that care about social equity, the long-term environmental costs
- [Bowing to right-wingers, the SEC issues a pathetically watered-down climate disclosure rule](https://www.iccr.org/bowing-to-right-wingers-the-sec-issues-a-pathetically-watered-down-climate-disclosure-rule/): Corporate managements nationwide undoubtedly breathed sighs of relief Wednesday, when the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a rule mandating their disclosures of greenhouse gas emissions and risks from global warming.
- [ICCR Statement in Response to the SEC's Rule on Climate-Related Disclosures](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-statement-in-response-to-the-secs-rule-on-climate-related-disclosures/): CONTACT:Susana McDermottDirector of CommunicationsInterfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)201-417-9060 (mobile)smcdermott@iccr.org NEW YORK NY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2024 - The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) commends the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for issuing a landmark rule on mandatory climate risk disclosure that will provide critical information to investors on risks to their portfolios. ICCR
- [SEC Finalizes Climate Disclosure Rule, Omitting Scope 3](https://www.iccr.org/sec-finalizes-climate-disclosure-rule-omitting-scope-3/): The Securities and Exchange Commission finalized Wednesday, by a 3-2 vote, a rule that will require public companies to disclose their climate risks and their scope 1 and scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions.
- [ExxonMobil is suing investors who want faster climate action](https://www.iccr.org/exxonmobil-is-suing-investors-who-want-faster-climate-action/): ExxonMobil faces dozens of lawsuits from states and localities alleging the company lied for decades about its role in climate change and the dangers of burning fossil fuels. But now, ExxonMobil is going on the offensive with a lawsuit targeting investors who want the company to slash pollution that’s raising global temperatures.
- [Chamber targets SEC in Exxon anti-climate initiative case](https://www.iccr.org/chamber-targets-sec-in-exxon-anti-climate-initiative-case/): The filing comes one week before SEC’s vote on a landmark climate disclosure rule that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is expected to challenge in court.
- [SEC sets vote on landmark climate rule](https://www.iccr.org/sec-sets-vote-on-landmark-climate-rule/): The proposal was once hailed as a “watershed” for U.S. markets, but activists fear the final version won’t require companies to disclose enough about their planet-warming emissions.
- [Investors denounce ExxonMobil suit against climate activist-shareholders as an attack on their rights](https://www.iccr.org/investors-denounce-exxonmobil-suit-against-climate-activist-shareholders-as-an-attack-on-their-rights-2/): Shareholder-activists at the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility urged Exxon’s board to convince the company’s management to end the lawsuit
- [US Pharma Prices: a Hard Pill to Swallow](https://www.iccr.org/us-pharma-prices-a-hard-pill-to-swallow/): Though a growing cohort of investors is prepared to fight for equal access to medicine, the absence of strict pricing regulation remains a significant hurdle.
- [Investors denounce ExxonMobil suit against climate activist-shareholders as an attack on their rights](https://www.iccr.org/investors-denounce-exxonmobil-suit-against-climate-activist-shareholders-as-an-attack-on-their-rights/): Shareholders are putting up a fight against the lawsuit by ExxonMobil Corporation that aims to shut down their efforts to question the company’s environmental policies.
- [Corporate Influence Over Legislation/Regulation on Key Themes Affecting the Public Interest, Prompts Investors to File Numerous Proposals Scrutinizing Corporate Political Activity](https://www.iccr.org/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
- [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](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-urge-sec-re-examine-changes-made-proxy-process-trump-admin-undercut-investors-proposals/): 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
- [Now Out: ICCR’s 2024 Proxy Resolutions & Voting Guide](https://www.iccr.org/now-out-iccrs-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
- [Why ExxonMobil is taking climate activists to court](https://www.iccr.org/why-exxonmobil-is-taking-climate-activists-to-court/): ExxonMobil is suing two investors over a shareholder proposal that called for it to reduce emissions. If Exxon succeeds, advocates worry the case could chill shareholder activism on climate change.
- [Investors Press SEC to Move Quickly on Workforce Disclosure Rule](https://www.iccr.org/investors-press-sec-to-move-quickly-on-workforce-disclosure-rule/): Shareholder activist groups on Thursday sent a letter to the SEC asking the regulator to require companies to divulge more workforce information, known as human capital reporting, “as soon as possible.”
- [SEC should propose human capital disclosure rule – coalition says](https://www.iccr.org/sec-should-propose-human-capital-disclosure-rule-coalition-says/): Several labor organizations, trade groups and the Illinois treasurer have banded together to ask that the SEC propose a rule mandating that public companies disclose human capital management metrics.
- [Shareholders Rally for Transparency: A Push for Enhanced Human Capital Disclosures at the SEC](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-rally-for-transparency-a-push-for-enhanced-human-capital-disclosures-at-the-sec/): Discover the coalition of shareholder activist groups advocating for enhanced human capital disclosures, the rationale behind the call for transparency, and the potential benefits of a more accountable corporate world.
- [Comment Letter from Investors on Pandemic Accord](https://www.iccr.org/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
- [Shareholders Steer the Course: A Surge in ESG Proposals Signals a New Era of Financial Activism](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-steer-the-course-a-surge-in-esg-proposals-signals-a-new-era-of-financial-activism/): Discover how the surge in ESG proposals is reshaping corporate America, with a focus on human rights, climate action, and the impact of AI. Explore the Vanguard of Change and the evolving landscape of financial activism beyond the balance sheet.
- [Worker and human rights top issues for ICCR members for 2024 AGMs](https://www.iccr.org/worker-and-human-rights-top-issues-for-iccr-members-for-2024-agms/): Report sheds light on key topics for ICCR members, with climate still in focus and AI rising up the agenda.
- [Exxon lawsuit a sign of more punishing tactics against climate activist investors](https://www.iccr.org/exxon-lawsuit-a-sign-of-more-punishing-tactics-against-climate-activist-investors/): Three years after oil giant suffered historic defeat at the hands of shareholder activists, Exxon turns to conservative Texas courts to silence climate investors
- [US Child Labour “Alive and Well”](https://www.iccr.org/us-child-labour-alive-and-well/): Investors urged to renew engagement after failed shareholder proposal seeking greater transparency on child labour risks at Tyson Foods.
- [How investors can bolster global health equity while generating long-term value](https://www.iccr.org/how-investors-can-bolster-global-health-equity-while-generating-long-term-value/): The need to balance people and profit has always been a challenge for the pharmaceutical industry, but companies are now under increasing pressure to recognize their responsibility in the fight for global health equity. At the same time, with the rise of environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations in investment processes, companies that don’t focus
- [Deborah Christie and Marie Ang: Strategic investor engagement](https://www.iccr.org/deborah-christie-and-marie-ang-strategic-investor-engagement/): To accelerate net-zero objectives, investors are well placed to leverage their voice as asset owners through stewardship and engagement activities with investments not aligned with a net-zero pathway.
- [Investor Rebellion Brews Over Exxon Lawsuit](https://www.iccr.org/investor-rebellion-brews-over-exxon-lawsuit/): The ICCR says the oil and gas major is undermining both the US SEC and investors through its action.
- [Investors Ask Exxon’s Board to End ‘Aggressive’ Climate Suit](https://www.iccr.org/investors-ask-exxons-board-to-end-aggressive-climate-suit/): Shareholder activists asked Exxon Mobil Corp.’s board to drop a lawsuit against investors that they say could set a dangerous precedent for future climate proposals.
- [What Exxon and Elon tell us about the ‘myth of the shareholder franchise’](https://www.iccr.org/what-exxon-and-elon-tell-us-about-the-myth-of-the-shareholder-franchise/): Wherever you stand on the shareholder vs. stakeholder capitalism debate, there is one thing everyone can probably agree on: The idea that corporate America is built on shareholder primacy is largely a myth. The most powerful stakeholder in many U.S. listed companies is the CEO and chairman, followed by the board, and their interests often
- [Antibiotics: Investors’ Blindspot ](https://www.iccr.org/antibiotics-investors-blindspot/): Resistance to antibiotics is a looming systemic risk for investors, but too few have the bandwidth or awareness to take it on.
- [Corporate America watches as Exxon sues climate shareholder groups](https://www.iccr.org/corporate-america-watches-as-exxon-sues-climate-shareholder-groups/): ExxonMobil’s market capitalisation exceeds $400bn. Follow This, a Dutch climate activist group, controls shares in the oil supermajor that at last count were worth less than $4,000.
- [Seeing Healthcare as a Human Right](https://www.iccr.org/seeing-healthcare-as-a-human-right/): As responsible investors, we advocate for corporate and systemic reforms that will improve the health and well-being of communities, especially those communities bearing a disproportionate burden of disease. For decades, faith-based investors working through the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) have engaged leading pharmaceutical and other healthcare companies on concerns related to access and
- [In Letter to Exxon's Board, Investors Denounce Lawsuit Against Shareholder Proponents as an Attack on Shareholder Rights](https://www.iccr.org/in-letter-to-exxons-board-investors-denounce-lawsuit-against-shareholder-proponents-as-an-attack-on-shareholder-rights/): CONTACT:Susana McDermottDirector of CommunicationsInterfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)201-417-9060 (mobile)smcdermott@iccr.org Shareholders say a lawsuit over a shareholder proposal calling for disclosures of GHG emissions reductions is akin to a “SLAPP suit” intended to intimidate perceived opponents and silence dissenting points of view. NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2024 – The Interfaith Center on Corporate
- [Religious investors urge Exxon to drop lawsuit against activist shareholders](https://www.iccr.org/religious-investors-urge-exxon-to-drop-lawsuit-against-activist-shareholders/): A group of religious investors urged Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), to drop a lawsuit against climate activists, saying in a letter to the energy company's board seen by Reuters on Thursday that the action is a broad threat to shareholder rights.
- [ExxonMobil takes legal hammer to climate shareholder groups](https://www.iccr.org/exxonmobil-takes-legal-hammer-to-climate-shareholder-groups/): ExxonMobil's market capitalization exceeds US$400 billion. Follow This, a Dutch climate activist group, controls shares in the oil supermajor that at last count were worth less than US$4000. Follow This has repeatedly tried to use its tiny holding as lever to force Exxon to expand pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions. This year, the oil
- [Amazon Shareholders See Continued Strong Support for Proposals Raising Concerns Regarding Workers, Climate Change, and the Misuse of Tech](https://www.iccr.org/amazon-shareholders-see-continued-strong-support-for-proposals-raising-concerns-regarding-workers-climate-change-and-the-misuse-of-tech/): NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2023 – Amazon ($AMZN) shareholders are able to announce the final votes behind a group of 13 proposals that went to a vote at last week’s annual meeting of stockholders. Consistent with a pattern established in prior years, Amazon management delayed the release of the final vote tallies until
- [The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility Welcomes Princeton Theological Seminary to Its Coalition of Faith and Values Investors](https://www.iccr.org/the-interfaith-center-on-corporate-responsibility-welcomes-princeton-theological-seminary-to-its-coalition-of-faith-and-values-investors/): CONTACT:Susana McDermottDirector of CommunicationsInterfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)201-417-9060 (mobile)smcdermott@iccr.org The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), a coalition of over 300 faith and values-based institutional investors practicing sustainable investing and shareholder engagement, announced today that the Princeton Theological Seminary has joined as a faith-based member. Princeton Theological Seminary was established in 1812, the first
- [ExxonMobil Reports Stellar Q4 Earnings and Challenges Activists’ Climate Proposal](https://www.iccr.org/exxonmobil-reports-stellar-q4-earnings-and-challenges-activists-climate-proposal/): In a rather significant move, ExxonMobil has lodged a complaint against Arjuna Capital LLC and Follow This. The company seeks a declaratory judgment to exclude a climate-related shareholder proposal from its 2024 annual meeting proxy statement. This proposal is pushing for Exxon to expedite the reduction of GHG emissions while disclosing new plans, targets, and
- [Investors Call on Energy Companies to Support Proposed EPA Methane Rules to Curb Climate Change](https://www.iccr.org/investors-call-energy-companies-support-proposed-epa-methane-rules-curb-climate-change/): New regulationswould cut GHG emissions 40%-45% below 2012 levels over the next 10 years. NEW YORK, NY, Thursday, September 17, 2015 – Today, a coalition of 37 investors, including asset management companies, hospital systems, mutual funds, and faith-based organizations, sent letters to 32 leading oil & gas and energy companies, voicing their concerns about the
- [Over 50% of Investors Plan To Boost Sustainable Investments in 2024](https://www.iccr.org/over-50-of-investors-plan-to-boost-sustainable-investments-in-2024/): Morgan Stanley survey also finds 77% are interested in sustainable investing.
- [Exxon employs “direct-to-court” strategy for shareholder proposal. Will others do the same?](https://www.iccr.org/exxon-employs-direct-to-court-strategy-for-shareholder-proposal-will-others-do-the-same/): Back in 2014, a few companies, facing shareholder proposals from the prolific shareholder-proposal activist, John Chevedden, and his associates, adopted a “direct-to-court” strategy, bypassing the standard SEC no-action process for exclusion of shareholder proposals. In each of these cases, the court handed a victory of sorts to Mr. Chevedden, refusing to issue declaratory judgments that
- [Exxon Sues to Block Climate Proposal From Shareholder Vote](https://www.iccr.org/exxon-sues-to-block-climate-proposal-from-shareholder-vote/): Oil giant ExxonMobil has resorted to legal action against two activist investors, seeking to prevent their proposal on accelerated climate action from being put to vote at the company’s next annual meeting.
- [Activist investors fret over Exxon Mobil's lawsuit bypassing US regulator](https://www.iccr.org/activist-investors-fret-over-exxon-mobils-lawsuit-bypassing-us-regulator/): Investors that use shareholder resolutions to pressure companies on environmental and social issues said they are worried that an Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) lawsuit bypassing the U.S. securities regulator could undermine their influence.
- [ICCR Statement in Response to ExxonMobil Lawsuit to Block Shareholder Climate-Related Proposal](https://www.iccr.org/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,
- [Register Now: ICCR’s 2024 Proxy Resolutions & Voting Guide Webinar](https://www.iccr.org/register-now-iccrs-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 filed
- [Joint Investor Letter to Nike on Outstanding Wage Payments](https://www.iccr.org/joint-investor-letter-to-nike-on-outstanding-wage-payments/): On September 7, 2023, signatories ABN AMRO and CCLA Investment Management, supported by ICCR and its members, PGGM, and Triodos Investment Management, sent a joint investor letter to Nike to ask the company to pay outstanding wage payments for garment workers in factories in Cambodia and Thailand employed by the Ramatex Group. Workers were dismissed
- [ICCR Files Amicus Brief in NAM/NCPPR Lawsuit Against the SEC](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-files-amicus-brief-in-nam-ncppr-lawsuit-against-the-sec/): On September 21, ICCR submitted an Amicus Brief in connection to the lawsuit filed by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) attempting to undermine the SEC’s authority to adjudicate shareholder proposals. In its intervention in NCPPR’s suit, NAM argued the SEC does not have the authority to
- [Despite political backlash, socially responsible investing is still popular, advisor says](https://www.iccr.org/despite-political-backlash-socially-responsible-investing-is-still-popular-advisor-says/): Investment strategies that peer into the corporate soul — or at least what’s reflected in a company’s behavior — continue to draw a growing number of investors, both individuals and organizations.
- [Focus on Josh Zinner](https://www.iccr.org/focus-on-josh-zinner/): Josh Zinner met the Sisters of St. Francis in 2016 when he became the CEO of The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR). ICCR is a coalition of more than 300 institutional investors collectively representing over $4 trillion in invested capital. One of his first calls was to Sister Nora Nash, the congregation’s former director
- [Investors Call on U.S. Companies to Take Steps Toward the Payment of a Living Wage](https://www.iccr.org/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
- [Why Good Wages Should Matter To All Investors](https://www.iccr.org/why-good-wages-should-matter-to-all-investors/): Some change is slow. Living wage, defined as sufficient to afford a decent standard of living for the worker and his or her family in a particular place, has a storied intellectual history. Plato and Aristotle wrote about the concept of a living wage without defining it, medieval theological Thomas Aquinas called for just wages,
- [US Investors Back Business Case for Living Wage](https://www.iccr.org/us-investors-back-business-case-for-living-wage/): ICCR initiative recommends board compensation committees tasked with closing CEO-median worker pay gap.
- [Investors Launch Global Network Focused on Workers’ Rights](https://www.iccr.org/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
- [IN-DEPTH: Q&A with the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility](https://www.iccr.org/in-depth-qa-with-the-interfaith-center-on-corporate-responsibility/): An interview with Josh Zinner, CEO of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR).
- [Shareholders Challenge Major Investment Firms on Declining Voting Records](https://www.iccr.org/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
- [2024 Shareholder Proposals at Pharma Companies Cite Strategies to Keep Drug Prices High as Potential Human Rights Risks](https://www.iccr.org/2024-shareholder-proposals-at-pharma-companies-cite-strategies-to-keep-drug-prices-high-as-potential-human-rights-risks/): CONTACT:Susana McDermottDirector of CommunicationsInterfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)201-417-9060 (mobile)smcdermott@iccr.org Investors call for reports and due diligence processes to determine whether company policies and practices are hindering equitable access to medicines. NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2023 – Shareholders in seven of the world's largest pharma companies announced that they have submitted proxy proposals
- [US Managers Challenged on Climate, Diversity Voting](https://www.iccr.org/us-managers-challenged-on-climate-diversity-voting/): Investors have filed resolutions asking major US asset managers to review and improve their voting record and practices on climate and diversity. The resolutions cite declining support by BlackRock, State Street, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan for shareholder proposals during the 2023 proxy voting season.
- [Investors Cite Pharma Pricing Strategies as Human Rights Risk](https://www.iccr.org/investors-cite-pharma-pricing-strategies-as-human-rights-risk/): Shareholder proposals have been filed at major pharmaceutical companies by investors seeking information on the impacts of pricing policies on patient access to branded medicines. The investors cited a 2021 report by the Rand Corporation, which found that US branded drug prices were almost 3.5 times higher than prices in 32 OECD member countries.
- [Shareholders Demand Pricing Information From Big Pharma](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-demand-pricing-information-from-big-pharma/): Shareholders in seven of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies have filed proposals demanding the drug companies disclose information about patents that the shareholders say pose risks to human rights, the shareholders announced.
- [Progressive groups target asset managers after their ESG support wanes](https://www.iccr.org/progressive-groups-target-asset-managers-after-their-esg-support-wanes/): Progressive shareholder activists want some of the world's largest asset managers, including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase, to explain a recent decline in those firms' support for left-leaning environmental and social policies at public companies.
- [Activist shareholders urge drugmakers to re-evaluate patent strategies, human rights policies](https://www.iccr.org/activist-shareholders-urge-drugmakers-to-re-evaluate-patent-strategies-human-rights-policies/): Over the years, shareholders at the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) have repeatedly voiced concerns on a variety of subjects to top pharma companies. Now, as 2023 comes to a close, the group is taking pharma giants to task over their patenting strategies and potential human rights shortfalls.
- [Republican anti-ESG push complicates faith-based impact investing](https://www.iccr.org/republican-anti-esg-push-complicates-faith-based-impact-investing/): As heat waves blazed across the U.S. in July, what was later declared the hottest month on record, House Republicans held a series of hearings grilling investment practices based on environmental, social and governance criteria, or ESG.
- [Global Investors Representing Over US$3.8T Issue Statement of Principles for Job Standards and Community Impacts for a Just Transition](https://www.iccr.org/global-investors-representing-over-us38t-issue-statement-principles-job-standards-and-community/): High-road jobs, stakeholder consultation, and a focus on racial and economic justice are featured as central to a just and equitable transition to a clean energy economy. NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH, 2022 – Today a group of 96 global investors representing nearly US$3.8T* in assets published a Statement of Investor Expectations for Job
- [Investors Push Back on Pharma Lawsuits to Thwart Medicare Negotiated Pricing](https://www.iccr.org/investors-push-back-on-pharma-lawsuits-to-thwart-medicare-negotiated-pricing/): NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 2023 – Today, investors released a statement voicing deep concern about lawsuits brought by pharma companies and trade groups to block the U.S. government’s ability to negotiate fair drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries. The investors are predominantly faith-based members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility and shareholders in top pharma companies who
- [CERES and ICCR Urge Board Members to Voice their Dissent with NAM Lawsuit at the SEC](https://www.iccr.org/ceres-and-iccr-urge-board-members-to-voice-their-dissent-with-nam-lawsuit-at-the-sec/): NEW YORK, NY, MONDAY, JULY 31, 2023 - Ceres and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) announced they sent letters to nearly 50 company board members of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) expressing profound concern with NAM’s intervention in the National Center for Public Policy Research’s (NCPPR’s) lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) which would eliminate the Commission’s
- [On the Tenth Anniversary of Rana Plaza Tragedy, Investors Call on Companies to Prioritize Worker Safety in Global Apparel Supply Chains](https://www.iccr.org/tenth-anniversary-rana-plaza-tragedy-investors-call-companies-prioritize-worker-safety-global/): Statement endorsed by 192 investors calls on companies to join the International Accord in Bangladesh and the new Pakistan Accord, to accelerate implementation of human rights due diligence in the garment sector. NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2023 – A coalition of 192 global institutional investors representing $1.3 trillion USD in assets under management
- [A Seat at the Table: Centering Workers to Build a More Inclusive and Equitable Economy, Oct. 5 in NYC](https://www.iccr.org/a-seat-at-the-table-centering-workers-to-build-a-more-inclusive-and-equitable-economy/): Join us at the Historic Riverside Church in New York City on October 5th for cocktails and a light dinner at ICCR's annual event. Enlightened business leaders and investors increasingly recognize the need to center worker voices to redress the racial, gender, and financial power imbalances at the heart of our economy. We will hear
- [ICCR letter to Congress on the reauthorization of the Farm Bill](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-letter-to-congress-on-the-reauthorization-of-the-farm-bill/): As investors, we recognize the importance and financial benefits of resilient and inclusive economies, which includes supporting policies that aid people experiencing hunger and poverty no matter where they live. In 2021, 12.5% of U.S. households with children were food-insecure. In 2021, 12.5% of U.S. households with children were food-insecure. Research indicates that food insecurity
- [As Covid Spikes, Investors Press for Paid Sick Leave for Frontline Retail and Food Workers](https://www.iccr.org/covid-spikes-investors-press-paid-sick-leave-frontline-retail-and-food-workers/): Shareholder proposals at seven companies request a report on the feasibility of including paid sick leave as a standard employee benefit beyond COVID-19. NEW YORK NY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17TH, 2020 – As COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths continue to spike during the holidays, today investors announced they had filed proposals for 2021 proxies with major
- [Amazon Again the Target of Multiple Shareholder Proposals for ESG Failures](https://www.iccr.org/amazon-again-target-multiple-shareholder-proposals-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
- [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](https://www.iccr.org/wake-jan-6-investors-call-companies-re-evaluate-whether-corporate-political-spending-companys-or/): 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
- [In Wake of Jan 6, Investors Representing $US1.69 Trillion Call on Companies to Reconsider Political Giving](https://www.iccr.org/wake-jan-6-investors-representing-us169-trillion-call-companies-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 $US1.69T have endorsed a statement sent to CEO members of the Business Roundtable in
- [Rev. David Schilling to Receive ICCR's 2021 Legacy Award](https://www.iccr.org/rev-david-schilling-receive-iccrs-2021-legacy-award/): A lifetime’s work to address the social impacts of corporate practices to be honored at ICCR’s 50th Anniversary Gala. NEW YORK, NY – TUESDAY, MARCH 16TH, 2021 - The governing board of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility today announced that Rev. David Schilling, ICCR’s Senior Program Director for Human Rights, will be the 2021 recipient
- [Investors See Momentum Building as Companies Agree to Support Paris-Aligned Climate Policy](https://www.iccr.org/investors-see-momentum-building-companies-agree-support-paris-aligned-climate-policy/): Shareholder proponents seek majority votes on climate lobbying proposals at May meetings of Norfolk Southern Corp. ($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
- [Shareholder Proposals Seek to Prevent "Vaccine Apartheid" via Disparate Access to Life-Saving Covid Medicines](https://www.iccr.org/shareholder-proposals-seek-prevent-vaccine-apartheid-disparate-access-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
- [Investors and Consumer Groups Urge Members of Congress to Overturn Trump-Era SEC Rule Changes](https://www.iccr.org/investors-and-consumer-groups-urge-members-congress-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
- [With Work Remaining and Covid19 Still Raging, Investors Caution Against Allowing the Bangladesh Accord for Fire and Building Safety to Expire](https://www.iccr.org/work-remaining-and-covid19-still-raging-investors-caution-against-allowing-bangladesh-accord-fire/): 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
- [Investors Commend Kraft Heinz for Efforts to Advance Human Rights Due Diligence Throughout its Supply Chain](https://www.iccr.org/investors-commend-kraft-heinz-efforts-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)
- [Investors with US$5.8 Trillion Exhort Companies Scoring 0 on CHRB to Know and Show their Human Rights Risks](https://www.iccr.org/investors-us58-trillion-exhort-companies-scoring-0-chrb-know-and-show-their-human-rights-risks/): Lack of public communication suggests the majority of companies benchmarked are not adequately assessing or mitigating human rights risks. NEW YORK, NY, MONDAY, MAY 10TH, 2021 – A group of 208 global investors organized by the Investor Alliance for Human Rights (the Alliance) and representing US$5.8 Trillion in assets under management announced it has sent
- [Major Investors Demand Ambitious Methane Regulations in the U.S.](https://www.iccr.org/major-investors-demand-ambitious-methane-regulations-us/): 147 investors with $5.35 trillion in assets under management call for stronger methane regulations and enforcement Inaction will leave investors and oil and gas companies vulnerable to climate and reputational risks As the Biden administration prepares to revise federal methane regulations, 147 oil and gas industry investors representing $5.35 trillion in assets under management signed
- [Shareholders Calling for Human Rights Protections for Essential Food Chain Workers Prevail at Wendy's Annual Meeting](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-calling-human-rights-protections-essential-food-chain-workers-prevail-wendys-annual/): Shareholder proposal emphasized vulnerability of farmworkers in Wendy’s ($WEN) supply chain to COVID-19 and its failure to join the Fair Food Program. NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, MAY 18TH, 2021 - Today shareholders approved a proposal at Wendy’s asking the company to disclose evidence of whether its existing policies effectively protect workers in its food supply
- [Latest Benchmark Reveals How Global Apparel Brands Continue to Fail Workers](https://www.iccr.org/latest-benchmark-reveals-how-global-apparel-brands-continue-fail-workers/): The majority of apparel and footwear brands still cannot demonstrate how they are mitigating the risks of forced labor that may result from unethical recruitment practices. NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26TH, 2021 – In early 2019, a group of global investors, led by the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and supported by the
- [Pharma Companies in Receipt of Taxpayer Monies Balk at Shareholder Requests for Transparency around Plans to Ensure Vaccine Equity](https://www.iccr.org/pharma-companies-receipt-taxpayer-monies-balk-shareholder-requests-transparency-around-plans-ensure/): In spite of nearly one-third support for shareholder proposals at J&J, Merck and Pfizer seeking to understand how public investments will be factored into access and affordability strategies, the companies remain unresponsive. NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, JUNE 3rd, 2021 – Proposals submitted to three pharma companies in receipt of public funding for the development and
- [Shareholders Approve a Climate Lobbying Proposal at Delta, Continuing a Winning Streak that Shows the Importance of Paris-Aligned Climate Policy](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-approve-climate-lobbying-proposal-delta-continuing-winning-streak-shows-importance/): NEW YORK, NY – THURSDAY, JUNE 17TH, 2021 - Today’s vote by a majority of Delta Air Lines shareholders to seek information on how Delta’s climate lobbying aligns with the goals of the Paris Agreement caps a winning streak of five climate lobbying proposals garnering majority votes this season, underscoring the importance of climate policy
- [Investors File Lawsuit to Overturn Trump-Era SEC Rule Revision that Would Significantly Curtail Shareholders’ Voice in Corporate Governance](https://www.iccr.org/investors-file-lawsuit-overturn-trump-era-sec-rule-revision-would-significantly-curtail-shareholders/): Plaintiffs charge that the SEC’s rule changes are unlawful under the Administrative Procedure Act and contrary to the Commission’s role as “investor advocate”. NEW YORK, NY—JUNE 15, 2021—Investors announced the filing of a complaint this morning in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC’s) recent amendments
- [Investors Urge Hannaford Supermarkets to Protect Dairy Workers in its Supply Chain](https://www.iccr.org/investors-urge-hannaford-supermarkets-protect-dairy-workers-its-supply-chain/): NEW YORK, NY - FRIDAY, JUNE 18TH, 2021 – Today, over 70 investors representing over $121 billion in assets under management announced they had sent a letter to Hannaford Supermarkets requesting that the company address worker rights’ risks in its dairy supply chain by joining the Milk with Dignity Program, a worker-driven social responsibility (WSR)
- [Citing Robust Democratic Structures as a Critical Pillar of Economic Activity, Investors Urge Passage of For the People Act](https://www.iccr.org/citing-robust-democratic-structures-critical-pillar-economic-activity-investors-urge-passage-people/): In a letter to Congress, investors make clear that they view an election system free of discriminatory practices and the political influence of “dark money” as central to a strong democracy where businesses can thrive. NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, AUGUST 10TH, 2021 – A group of 71 institutional investors announced they had sent a letter
- [JNJ Shareholders Express Outrage as Fears over 'Vaccine Apartheid' Become Reality](https://www.iccr.org/jnj-shareholders-express-outrage-fears-over-vaccine-apartheid-become-reality/): Investors say JNJ management has been stubbornly dismissive of their calls to prioritize equitable vaccine access, further jeopardizing African lives, the global economic recovery, and the company’s social license to operate. NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18TH, 2021 – As news broke on Monday that Johnson & Johnson ($JNJ) has been prioritizing the export of
- [Investors Representing US$1.6T Urge Congress to Pass Federal Paid Leave Legislation](https://www.iccr.org/investors-representing-us16t-urge-congress-pass-federal-paid-leave-legislation/): A national policy seen by investors as critical to support employees’ wellbeing, improve workforce equity and foster more resilient businesses in the post-pandemic economy. NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2021 – A group of more than 100 investors including State Treasurers’ offices, pension funds, domestic and global asset management firms, and faith-based funds collectively
- [44% of Smith & Wesson Shareholders Seek the Adoption of a Human Rights Policy](https://www.iccr.org/44-smith-wesson-shareholders-seek-adoption-human-rights-policy/): Investors make the business and moral case for a human rights policy aligned with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to help curb escalating gun violence. NEW YORK, NY – THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021 - In a prepared statement she read to present a shareholder proposal requesting the adoption of a human
- [Investors Call on CEO Members of the Business Roundtable to Voice Their Support for The Build Back Better Budget Reconciliation Package](https://www.iccr.org/investors-call-ceo-members-business-roundtable-voice-their-support-build-back-better-budget/): Investors say the BRT’s vision of “an economy that serves all Americans” is well-served by the strong climate, health and labor features of the plan and should be strongly supported by the business community. NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27TH – A group of 67 institutional investors engaging their portfolio companies on ESG risks announced
- [Shareholders Welcome Merck's Decision to Share IP for Covid-19 Anti-Viral Drug](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-welcome-mercks-decision-share-ip-covid-19-anti-viral-drug/): Licensing agreement means COVID-19 therapeutic, molnupiravir, said to cut COVID-19 hospitalizations and death in high-risk patients in half, will be available for generic manufacture in 105 countries, dramatically increasing access and affordability in low- and middle-income countries. NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28TH, 2021 – Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility and shareholders
- [String of shareholder proposals for 2022 proxies seek to move pharma companies to address long-standing access issues](https://www.iccr.org/string-shareholder-proposals-2022-proxies-seek-move-pharma-companies-address-long-standing-access/): On World AIDS Day, investors caution the pharma industry’s business model contributes to de-facto apartheid as race and income become focal points in the global struggle to gain access to life-saving medicines. NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1ST, 2021 – Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and Investors for Opioid and Pharmaceutical
- [Tyson Foods Commits to Conduct a Racial Equity Audit](https://www.iccr.org/tyson-foods-commits-conduct-racial-equity-audit/): Shareholders withdraw a proposal for the 2022 proxy as Tyson agrees to study how its policies and practices may discriminate against or disparately impactcommunities of color. NEW YORK, NY, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10TH, 2021 – Shareholders of Tyson Foods and members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) today announced that they have withdrawn a
- [In Slate of Nine Proposals for 2022 Proxies Shareholders Seek to Move Top Banks to Cut Emissions/Fund Climate Solutions](https://www.iccr.org/slate-nine-proposals-2022-proxies-shareholders-seek-move-top-banks-cut-emissionsfund-climate/): To highlight the critical role of bank lending in the climate crisis, a group of institutional investors coordinated by the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) announced they have filed a slate of nine proposals at top U.S. banks for their 2022 proxies calling for greater accountability in climate lending. The pivotal role of capital
- [Institutional investors take action: vaccine equity no longer optional Zeist,](https://www.iccr.org/institutional-investors-take-action-vaccine-equity-no-longer-optional-zeist/): Zeist, 6 January 2022 – A group of over 65 leading institutional investors is calling on Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers to move quickly to increase the availability and deployment of vaccinations around the world. An Investor Statement has been drawn up to that end under the leadership of Achmea Investment Management. Letters have been sent to
- [Shareholders Escalate Campaign Pressing Companies to ‘Walk Their Talk’ on Climate Lobbying](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-escalate-campaign-pressing-companies-walk-their-talk-climate-lobbying/): 46 shareholder resolutions for 2022 proxies call out corporations for public statements on climate action that don’t align with their lobbying activities With the stakes posed by the climate crisis higher than ever and public policy solutions clearly needed, investors have filed a record 46 shareholder resolutions for 2022 corporate proxies seeking information about companies’
- [Firearms Manufacturers Must Account for the Risks of Gun Violence Perpetrated with their Weapons, Say Investors](https://www.iccr.org/firearms-manufacturers-must-account-risks-gun-violence-perpetrated-their-weapons-say-investors/): Proponents seek investor support for their proposal requesting a human rights impact assessment scheduled for a vote at Sturm Ruger’s annual meeting of stockholders on Wednesday, June 1st. NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25TH, 2022 - As our nation once again tries to process the unimaginable - a massacre at an elementary school where 21
- [Shareholder Proponents Seek Majority Support for their Proposal to Mitigate Human Rights Harms at Smith & Wesson Annual Meeting on Monday, Sept. 12](https://www.iccr.org/shareholder-proponents-seek-majority-support-their-proposal-mitigate-human-rights-harms-smith-wesson/): NEW YORK, NY, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2022 – On Monday, September 12 at 10:00 am ET, a group of investors will once again urge their fellow shareholders to vote in favor of a proposal requesting the development of a human rights policy at Smith & Wesson (S&W), a leading manufacturer of firearms sold to civilians. This will
- [Steven Heim to Receive ICCR's 2023 Legacy Award](https://www.iccr.org/steven-heim-receive-iccrs-2023-legacy-award/): NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 2023 – The governing board of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility is delighted to announce that the winner of its 2023 Legacy Award is Steven Heim, Director of ESG Research/Shareholder Engagement at Boston Common Asset Management. The ICCR Legacy Award was created to honor those whose work has
- [Chevron's "Racial Equity Audit" Fails to Satisfy Shareholders' Request](https://www.iccr.org/chevrons-racial-equity-audit-fails-satisfy-shareholders-request/): Audit developed in response to a shareholder proposal fails to address key concerns on environmental racism and discrimination. NEW YORK, NY, MONDAY, MAY 8TH, 2023 – Faith-based investor members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility and shareholders of Chevron ($CVX) today announced their dissatisfaction with a Racial Equity Audit (REA) the company developed in
- [Meta/Facebook Platforms Enable Child Sex Trafficking and Exploitation, Say Shareholders](https://www.iccr.org/metafacebook-platforms-enable-child-sex-trafficking-and-exploitation-say-shareholders/): Meta is World’s Largest Source of Online Child Sexual Abuse Materials; Sex Trafficking Survivor to Speak at Tomorrow’s Annual Shareholder Meeting. NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, MAY 24TH, 2022 —At the Meta shareholders meeting tomorrow in Menlo Park, CA, shareholders will vote on a proposal asking the company to report on how its plans for end-to-end
- [As Climate Impacts Mount, Investors Appeal to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to Advocate for Public Policy to Reduce GHG Emissions](https://www.iccr.org/climate-impacts-mount-investors-appeal-us-chamber-commerce-advocate-public-policy-reduce-ghg/): NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, JULY 28TH, 2022 – Today, a group of investors representing U.S. $131B in assets under management announced they sent a letter to the Directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (U.S. Chamber) calling on them to advocate for the public policies needed to bring greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) emissions in line
- [Investors Welcome EPA's Release of New Supplemental Regulations to Curb Dangerous Methane Emissions](https://www.iccr.org/investors-welcome-epas-release-new-supplemental-regulations-curb-dangerous-methane-emissions/): Key features include a streamlined approval process for new methods of methane emissions detection and flexibility in effective technology. NEW YORK, NY - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2022 - Investors welcomed the Biden Administration’s announcement at last week’s COP27 climate summit that it intended to strengthen its proposed standards to cut methane and other harmful air
- [Investors Call for Paid Sick Leave Policy at Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific Railways](https://www.iccr.org/investors-call-paid-sick-leave-policy-norfolk-southern-and-union-pacific-railways/): Shareholders say the lack of a paid sick leave benefit endangers workers’ and public health and creates systemic risks for both the transportation sector and the broader economy. NEW YORK, NY, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5th, 2022 – Shareholders announced they have filed proposals at both Norfolk Southern Corporation ($NSC) and Union Pacific Corporation ($UNP) requesting that
- [Investors Under Pressure on Uyghur Forced Labor](https://www.iccr.org/be-able-copy-paste-content-share-others-please-contact-us-subscriptionspeimediacom-upgrade-your/)
- [Increasing demand by investors for corporate accountability from tech companies](https://www.iccr.org/increasing-demand-investors-corporate-accountability-tech-companies/)
- [Remembering The Heroes Of Socially Responsible Investment](https://www.iccr.org/remembering-heroes-socially-responsible-investment/)
- [Institutional Investors File Shareholder Resolutions at JPMorgan, Bank of America to Curb Emissions](https://www.iccr.org/institutional-investors-file-shareholder-resolutions-jpmorgan-bank-america-curb-emissions/)
- [Banks Told by Investors to Phase Out New Fossil-Fuel Projects](https://www.iccr.org/banks-told-investors-phase-out-new-fossil-fuel-projects/)
- [House lawmakers launch sustainable investment caucus to address ESG investing](https://www.iccr.org/house-lawmakers-launch-sustainable-investment-caucus-address-esg-investing/)
- [Investors focus ESG on contrast between climate words and actions](https://www.iccr.org/investors-focus-esg-contrast-between-climate-words-and-actions/)
- [Amazon, Meta, Alphabet Face Proxy Proposals on Human Rights](https://www.iccr.org/amazon-meta-alphabet-face-proxy-proposals-human-rights/)
- [Activist shareholders ask 9 big pharmas to consider whether 'excessive' patenting hurts access](https://www.iccr.org/activist-shareholders-ask-9-big-pharmas-consider-whether-excessive-patenting-hurts-access/)
- [Sierra Club: Advocacy Groups Call On US Treasury To Measure Climate Crisis' Impact On Insurance](https://www.iccr.org/sierra-club-advocacy-groups-call-us-treasury-measure-climate-crisis-impact-insurance/)
- [Sister Patricia Daly, 66, Dies; Took On Corporate Giants on Social Justice](https://www.iccr.org/sister-patricia-daly-66-dies-took-corporate-giants-social-justice/)
- [UCC climate win with FedEx is part of a record year of raising religious voices to corporations](https://www.iccr.org/ucc-climate-win-fedex-part-record-year-raising-religious-voices-corporations/)
- [How a better governance approach can help avoid ESG lapses](https://www.iccr.org/how-better-governance-approach-can-help-avoid-esg-lapses-0/)
- [Worker Justice Rises to the Top of Investors' Agenda at 2023 Annual Meetings](https://www.iccr.org/worker-justice-rises-top-investors-agenda-2023-annual-meetings/): A group of 37 shareholder proposals centered on worker health & safety, paid sick leave, wages & equity, freedom of association, and workplace sexual harassment will go to votes at upcoming AGMs. NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, APRIL 27TH, 2023 – This spring, a wave of shareholder proposals seeking improved corporate policies and practices related to
- [Companies Receiving Letter Regarding NAM Intervention in NCPPR Lawsuit](https://www.iccr.org/companies-receiving-letter-regarding-nam-intervention-in-ncppr-lawsuit/): Below is the list of companies that were urged by CERES and ICCR members to voice their dissent with NAM's lawsuit: 3M Abbott Accenture Altria Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. ArcelorMittal Baker Hughes Ball Corporation bp America Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Brown-Forman Corporation Caterpillar Inc. ConocoPhillips Deloitte Devon Energy Corporation Dow Inc. DSM-Firmenich Emerson ExxonMobil EY GE Appliances,
- [2020 Proxy Season Offers Fresh Evidence that Proposed SEC Rules Would Inhibit Shareholder Engagement and Undermine the Public Interest](https://www.iccr.org/2020-proxy-season-offers-fresh-evidence-proposed-sec-rules-would-inhibit-shareholder-engagement-and/): Case studies demonstrate how new ownership thresholds and resubmission rules would exclude proposals seeking to address workplace discrimination, hate speech and racial/gender pay gap, among other critical social and environmental issues. NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, JULY 30TH, 2020 – Shareholder groups made public today new and compelling evidence including case studies that illustrate how the
- [Shareholder Proposals Appearing on the 2022 Amazon Proxy Ballot](https://www.iccr.org/shareholder-proposals-appearing-on-the-2022-amazon-proxy-ballot/): Proposal #5: Amazon 401(k) Climate Alignment. Vote: 9.1%. Lead Proponent: As You Sow “Amazon does a great job on climate in their operations with 100,000 new electric vehicles and data centers powered by renewables. Why is it that Amazon employees who are invested in their company retirement plan are profiting from companies burning down the Amazon?” said Andrew Behar, As You Sow CEO.
- [The 2022 Amazon Proposals](https://www.iccr.org/the-2022-amazon-proposals/): 1. Proposal: Address Wealth Inequality through an Ownership Culture. Lead Proponent: Corporate Governance "Amazon.com should address inequality and democracy by helping establish an ownership culture within the firm and in the larger society," said James McRitchie of CorpGov.net. "This proposal asks Amazon.com to include a simple matrix, ideally using EEO-1 classifications, to report the stock ownership and associated voting power awarded to each
- [2022 Paris-Aligned Climate Lobbying Shareholder Proposals](https://www.iccr.org/2022-paris-aligned-climate-lobbying-shareholder-proposals/): Proposals Currently Scheduled to Go to a Vote at Annual Meetings Alphabet - Paris-Aligned Climate Lobbying. Lead Proponent: Zevin Asset Management FedEx - Paris-Aligned Climate Lobbying. Lead Proponent: United Church Funds Honeywell International* - Paris-Aligned Climate Lobbying. Lead Proponent: Proxy Impact (*Proposal failed at 4/25 AGM) Tesla - Paris-Aligned Climate Lobbying. Lead Proponent: Nathan Cummings Foundation United Parcel Service -
- [2022 Climate Finance Resolutions Going to a Vote](https://www.iccr.org/2022-climate-finance-resolutions-going-to-a-vote/): To see the list of co-filers for each proposal, click here. Proposals filed with U.S. Banks: 1. Proposal: Bank of America - Financing Consistent with the IEA Net-Zero 1.5o Scenario Lead Proponent: Trillium Asset Management 2. Proposal: Citigroup - Financing Consistent with the IEA Net-Zero 1.5o Scenario Lead Proponent: Harrington Investments 3. Proposal: Goldman Sachs - Financing Consistent with
- [Patients, Health Advocates Push Big Pharma to Drop 'Unconscionable' Lawsuits](https://www.iccr.org/patients-health-advocates-push-big-pharma-to-drop-unconscionable-lawsuits/)
- [Attempts to Repeal the Current DOL Ruling Governing ERISA Plans Puts the Financial Security of Millions of Pensioners at Risk](https://www.iccr.org/attempts-repeal-current-dol-ruling-governing-erisa-plans-puts-financial-security-millions-pensioners/): NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1ST, 2023 – The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), a coalition of over 300 institutional investors that engages with corporations on environmental, social, and governance issues, registered its strong disappointment with today’s vote by the Senate to pass a Congressional Review Act resolution seeking to repeal the Department of
- [President Biden left no choice but to veto bill seeking to overturn DOL rule](https://www.iccr.org/president-biden-left-no-choice-veto-bill-seeking-overturn-dol-rule/): Legislation seeking to restrict retirement plan sponsors’ ability to consider financial risks such as climate change would have threatened the pensions of millions of workers. NEW YORK, NY, MONDAY MARCH 20TH, 2023 - Today, members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) welcomed President Biden’s veto of legislation attempting to repeal the U.S. Department
- [Human Rights Groups Call on U.S. for Regional Ban on Imports from China Made with Uyghur Forced Labor](https://www.iccr.org/human-rights-groups-call-us-regional-ban-imports-china-made-uyghur-forced-labor/): Groups file petition with Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) for a regional WRO on cotton products from the Xinjiang Region NEW YORK, NY, MONDAY, AUGUST 31ST, 2020 - Today a group of human rights, labor and investor organizations, filed a formal petition with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), urging it to issue a regional
- [Shareholder Proposals Seeking Accelerated Climate Progress will be on the Proxy at All Major North American Banks this Spring](https://www.iccr.org/proposals-seeking-accelerated-climate-progress/): Supply disruptions resulting from the Ukraine invasion highlight the need to transition to renewables and build energy independence. NEW YORK, NY, MONDAY, MARCH 28th, 2022 –Shareholders are announcing that proposals they filed for the 2022 proxies of U.S. and Canadian banks will go to a vote at company annual meetings this spring despite SEC challenges
- [2022 Shareholder Proposals at Pharma Companies Prevail at SEC](https://www.iccr.org/2022-shareholder-proposals-pharma-companies-prevail-sec/): Twelve proposals seeking information on pharma’s access to medicines strategies will go to a vote at annual meetings despite the companies’ attempts to block them from their proxies. NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30th, 2022 – Shareholders engaging major pharmaceutical companies to ensure their practices promote equitable access to medicines - including COVID-19 vaccines and
- [Corporate Commitments to Align Lobbying Activities with Paris Climate Goals Grow Significantly in 2022](https://www.iccr.org/corporate-commitments-align-lobbying-activities-paris-climate-goals-grow-significantly-2022/): NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, APRIL 28TH, 2022 - In continuation of a successful multi-year initiative, investor members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility are announcing the preliminary outcomes of a group of 21 shareholder proposals filed during the 2022 proxy season requesting a report on how companies’ lobbying activities (direct and through trade associations) align
- [Shareholder Proposals Calling out Environmental and Social Risks Receive Near Majority Support at Amazon Annual Meeting](https://www.iccr.org/shareholder-proposals-calling-out-environmental-and-social-risks-receive-near-majority-support-0/): NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2022 – At Amazon.com, Inc.’s ($AMZN) annual meeting of shareholders on May 25th, a group of shareholder-sponsored proposals highlighting a range of environmental and social risks achieved extremely high levels of support – and in several cases majority support from independent (non-insider) shares. The increasing level of support behind the
- [Amazon Again to Receive Multiple Shareholder Proposals Calling Out Governance and Oversight Failures](https://www.iccr.org/amazon-again-receive-multiple-shareholder-proposals-calling-out-governance-and-oversight-failures/): As investor frustration mounts, the number of shareholder proposals soars to 17 citing a host of ESG concerns considered a threat to the public interest and material to investments. NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16TH, 2021 – Amazon.com, Inc. ($AMZN), the e-commerce and tech company with a market cap of US$1.72T is once again coming
- [Investors Press Large Asset Managers on their Proxy Voting Records on ESG Proposals](https://www.iccr.org/investors-press-large-asset-managers-their-proxy-voting-records-esg-proposals/): Letters sent to eight of the largest asset managers call out their low support for shareholder proposals raising long-term environmental, social, and governance risks. NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26TH, 2023 – The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) a coalition of over 300 institutional investors representing more than $US4 trillion in assets under management,
- [Media Briefing on Climate-Related Shareholder Proposals on Proxy at U.S. Banks and Insurance Companies](https://www.iccr.org/media-briefing-climate-related-shareholder-proposals-proxy-us-banks-and-insurance-companies/): THURSDAY, APRIL 20TH AT 12 PM ET – 1 PM ET WHAT: This media briefing will include a brief presentation by shareholders of climate-related proposals on the proxy at U.S. banks and insurance companies. Following the discussion of the proposals, there will be a Q&A for members of the press. WHEN: 12 pm – 1
- [Shareholders File Multiple Proposals at U.S. Banks Seeking to Advance Climate-Forward Lending Policies](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-file-multiple-proposals-us-banks-seeking-advance-climate-forward-lending-policies/): Bank of America ($BAC), Citigroup ($C), Goldman Sachs ($GS), JPMorgan Chase ($JPM), Morgan Stanley ($MS), and Wells Fargo ($WFC) receive proposals related to their financing of GHG emissions driving climate change. NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, JANUARY 24TH, 2023 - Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and Harrington Investments today announced that they
- [ICCR Statement on SEC's Proposed Rule on Climate-Related Disclosures](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-statement-secs-proposed-rule-climate-related-disclosures/): NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, MARCH 22ND, 2022 - The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, a coalition of over 300 faith- and values-based institutional investors representing more than US$4 trillion in assets under management, strongly commends the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for issuing a thoughtful and nuanced proposal on mandatory climate risk disclosure yesterday that
- [Freedom of Association, Digital Rights, Climate Change & Tax Avoidance Among the Multiple Themes Raised in Fifteen Shareholder Proposals Filed at Amazon](https://www.iccr.org/freedom-association-digital-rights-climate-change-tax-avoidance-among-multiple-themes-raised-fifteen/): NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15TH, 2023 - Today Amazon ($AMZN) shareholders announced a slate of 15 proposals they are hoping to put before their fellow shareholders at the company’s 2023 annual meeting in the spring. Investors say Amazon’s size, global reach, and political influence give it unparalleled power to shape societal and global economic
- [Pharma Companies to Face Multiple Proposals at Spring Meetings Challenging Policies and Practices that Discourage Equitable Access to Medicines](https://www.iccr.org/pharma-companies-face-multiple-proposals-spring-meetings-challenging-policies-and-practices/): Despite opposition from board and management, beginning this week, eleven proposals pressing for governance changes to increase health equity will go to a shareholder vote at top pharma companies. NEW YORK, NY, MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2023 – Shareholders today announced that their slate of eleven proposals for 2023 pharma proxies on the use of patents, pharma
- [Shareholders Ask Nine Pharma Companies to Report on Whether Patent Protections are Reducing People's Access to Medicines](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-ask-nine-pharma-companies-report-whether-patent-protections-are-reducing-peoples-access/): As high drug prices persist, proposals seek to understand whether access is being considered in petitions for patent exclusivity extensions – a mainstay sector strategy to block competition and control pricing. NEW YORK, NY – TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13TH, 2022 – Members of the Interfaith Center of Corporate Responsibility and shareholders in major pharma companies today announced that they
- [Walmart Shareholders Seek Improvements on Worker Rights, Racial Justice and Lobbying Disclosure](https://www.iccr.org/walmart-shareholders-seek-improvements-worker-rights-racial-justice-and-lobbying-disclosure/): Three proposals on company proxy scheduled for a vote at annual meeting of stockholders on June 1st. NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, APRIL 28TH, 2022 - When Walmart ($WMT) shareholders attend the company’s annual meeting on June 1st they will be voting on three shareholder proposals raising areas where they believe company performance may be falling
- [Investors Escalate Pressure on Companies to Adopt Paid Sick Leave Policies](https://www.iccr.org/investors-escalate-pressure-companies-adopt-paid-sick-leave-policies/): NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25TH, 2022 - As the economy begins to emerge from the deepest impacts of the pandemic, investors are engaging their portfolio companies around the growing reputational, financial, and regulatory impacts associated with the lack of a comprehensive paid sick leave (PSL) benefit for all employees. Today, a group of investors and their
- [In Response to a Shareholder Proposal, ExxonMobil Publishes a Comprehensive Report on its Lobbying Activities and Expenditures](https://www.iccr.org/response-shareholder-proposal-exxonmobil-publishes-comprehensive-report-its-lobbying-activities-and/): NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2022 – Last Friday, ExxonMobil released a 2020 Lobbying Report detailing its lobbying oversight, philosophy, positions, and details on its lobbying activities and expenditures. The report is in response to a shareholder proposal led by the United Steelworkers which received 55% support in 2021. The Steelworkers have led this
- [Wells Fargo's Human Rights Impact Assessment Leaves Shareholders Dissatisfied](https://www.iccr.org/wells-fargos-human-rights-impact-assessment-leaves-shareholders-dissatisfied/): A failure to publish the complete findings of the assessment has investors wondering about the integrity of the process and whether any learnings gleaned will inform much-needed reforms. NEW YORK, NY – MONDAY, MARCH 14TH, 2022 - Shareholders in Wells Fargo who have been engaging the company for two decades around practices with the potential
- [Utility Companies Respond to Shareholder Proposals Seeking Commitments on Scope 3 Emissions](https://www.iccr.org/utility-companies-respond-shareholder-proposals-seeking-commitments-scope-3-emissions/): CMS Energy was the latest utility company to expand its net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emission commitment to include the company’s natural gas production and delivery system — covering customers and suppliers — by 2050. This announcement was made in response to a shareholder proposal filed by the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin
- [ICCR Submits Comment Supporting the SEC's Proposed Climate Disclosure Rule as Critical to Helping Investors Manage Climate Risk](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-submits-comment-supporting-secs-proposed-climate-disclosure-rule-critical-helping-investors/): NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2022 - Last Friday, ICCR submitted comments to the SEC on its proposed rule, The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors, a rule meant to facilitate climate risk assessment for all investors. The SEC issued the proposed rule in March and invited market participants to provide feedback
- [ICCR Response to U.S. Supreme Court's Decision on West Virginia vs. The EPA](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-response-us-supreme-courts-decision-west-virginia-vs-epa/): NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6TH, 2022 - ICCR strongly condemns the Supreme Court’s recent decision in West Virginia vs the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to limit the scope of EPA’s authority to limit carbon emissions from power plants. As investors who view climate change as an existential economic, environmental, and public health threat,
- [ICCR Stakeholder Commitment - White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-stakeholder-commitment-white-house-conference-on-hunger-nutrition-and-health/): The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), a coalition of over 300 global institutional investors currently represents more than $4 trillion in managed assets. Leveraging our equity ownership in some of the world’s largest and most powerful companies, ICCR hosts a working group of investors focused on nutrition insecurity. This group has been engaging food and
- [Brands questioned by investors on their role in contributing to racial disparities in food system](https://www.iccr.org/brands-questioned-investors-their-role-contributing-racial-disparities-food-system/): Letters to 21 companies seek to learn whether they are addressing how the development and marketing of food may exacerbate adverse health outcomes during the pandemic, and further contribute to systemic racism. NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15TH, 2020 – Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility and shareholders in food, beverage and retail
- [U.S. Support for Trips Waiver Hailed by Investors as a Major Step Towards Ending Covid "Vaccine Apartheid"](https://www.iccr.org/us-support-trips-waiver-hailed-investors-major-step-towards-ending-covid-vaccine-apartheid/): Temporary waiver of IP rights for COVID meds to allow for generic production could help ease the enormous COVID burden in low- and middle-income countries, saving millions of lives. NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, MAY 6TH, 2021 – Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) are celebrating the news that President Biden and U.S.
- [Groundbreaking Climate Accounting Resolution Heads for Shareholder Vote at Oil Giants Chevron and Exxon](https://www.iccr.org/groundbreaking-climate-accounting-resolution-heads-shareholder-vote-oil-giants-chevron-and-exxon/): Major proxy advisors recommend votes in favor of resolution.
- [48% of Shareholders Push Chevron to Account for Net Zero Climate Transition Risk; Exxon to Release Voting Results June 2nd](https://www.iccr.org/48-shareholders-push-chevron-account-net-zero-climate-transition-risk-exxon-release-voting-results/)
- [Shareholders' ESG Proposals Make Significant Gains at Amazon](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-esg-proposals-make-significant-gains-amazon/): Strong votes behind proposals centered on racial equity, worker health and safety and environmental impacts send a “loud message” that investors will persist until their concerns are heard and addressed. NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2nd, 2021 – Recently released vote results for eleven shareholder proposals that were on the proxy at Amazon’s 5/26 annual meeting
- [Near Majority of Exxon Shareholders Support CBIS Resolution Demanding Action on Climate Change](https://www.iccr.org/near-majority-exxon-shareholders-support-cbis-resolution-demanding-action-climate-change/)
- [Investors Welcome New EPA Rules Designed to Significantly Reduce Methane Emissions](https://www.iccr.org/investors-welcome-new-epa-rules-designed-significantly-reduce-methane-emissions/): Federal regulations designed to mitigate methane leaks and flaring from oil & gas operations seen as one of the fastest, most effective ways to combat climate change. NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND, 2021 – Investors welcomed today’s announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding proposed rules meant to drastically cut methane pollution from
- [Shareholders denounce Merck's lawsuit against HHS as a transparent campaign to protect profits at the expense of patients](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-denounce-mercks-lawsuit-against-hhs-as-a-transparent-campaign-to-protect-profits-at-the-expense-of-patients/): NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, JUNE 8TH, 2023 – Shareholders of Merck & Co ($MRK) responded to the news that the company had filed a lawsuit in the DC District Court against the Department of Health and Human Services. The lawsuit cites as “unconstitutional” a key provision of the Inflation Reduction Act that going forward will
- [The Collateral Damage of Covid-19 in the Bangladesh Apparel Sector](https://www.iccr.org/the-collateral-damage-of-covid-19-in-the-bangladesh-apparel-sector/): By David Schilling, ICCR Senior Program Director Tomorrow is the 7th anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh where 1,138 garment workers were killed and over 2,500 injured. This tragic, yet avoidable event and one of the worst workplace disasters in modern history exposed the human rights risks of outsourcing apparel manufacturing to factories with inadequate
- [Blog Post: The Promise of COP26](https://www.iccr.org/blog-post-the-promise-of-cop26/): By Christina Cobourn HermanProgram Director, Climate Change & Environmental JusticeNovember 2021 This week the majority of the world’s governments will gather in Glasgow, Scotland for the 26th "Conference of the Parties" – COP26 – to advance the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement ratified in 2015. Our hopes for this summit - and the stakes the world
- [BRT's Climate Policy Statement: A positive step that must be matched by real action](https://www.iccr.org/brts-climate-policy-statement-a-positive-step-that-must-be-matched-by-real-action/): Christina HermanICCR Program Director, Climate & Environmental Justice Investors appreciate the Climate Policy Statement by Business Roundtable issued in advance of Climate week. From the conflagrations in the West to the inundations in the South, our United States are being ravaged by the unrelenting and undeniable impacts of climate change. The fact that the BRT’s 200-plus prominent
- [COP21: A Giant Step Forward, or Just More Words?](https://www.iccr.org/cop21-giant-step-forward-or-just-more-words-0/): By Christina Herman Most of us cheered at the conclusion of the COP21 in Paris, and breathed a great sigh of relief that this latest effort to reach global consensus on addressing climate change didn’t end in stalemate. For the first time, the world has a global agreement on climate change that involves nearly all
- [Blog Post: Congress Takes Positive Step to Protect the Uyghur People](https://www.iccr.org/blog-post-congress-takes-positive-step-to-protect-the-uyghur-people/): Friends, In my 25 years on the staff of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) engaging companies on human rights concerns including labor rights and working conditions in global supply chains, I’ve seen serious human rights abuses in many locations: a factory in Guatemala where supervisors were sexually harassing young women workers; a factory in China
- [Blog Post: Proposed SEC Rule Changes Threaten to Decrease Corporate Accountability](https://www.iccr.org/blog-post-proposed-sec-rule-changes-threaten-to-decrease-corporate-accountability/): In Bow to Trump Administration’s Deregulatory Agenda, Proposed SEC Rule Changes Threaten to Decrease Corporate Accountability and Diminish Shareholders’ Voice By ICCR CEO Josh Zinner The party-line vote today by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to significantly limit the ability of investors to file shareholder resolutions is yet another action by the Trump Administration
- [Leading Lobbying Practices to Drive 1.5C Policy Action](https://www.iccr.org/leading-lobbying-practices-to-drive-1-5c-policy-action/): The need to reduce GHG emissions to limit warming and reach net zero by 2050 or sooner has never been more urgent yet climate progress has been hindered for decades by aggressive lobbying on the part of corporations (mainly in the oil & gas sector) and their trade associations. Because investors understand that corporate climate
- [Investors Ask Members of BRT to Evaluate How their Political Activities May Reinforce or Undermine Democratic Institutions](https://www.iccr.org/investors-ask-members-of-brt-to-evaluate-how-their-political-activities-may-reinforce-or-undermine-democratic-institutions/): Letter presses corporations to align election spending with core corporate values. NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2023 – Today members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) announced they had sent letters to members of the Business Roundtable urging them to align political spending with their stated core values, to mitigate both reputational risks to the company,
- [Shareholders Register Deep Concerns about Driver Safety at Uber Shareholder Meeting](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-register-deep-concerns-about-driver-safety-uber-shareholder-meeting-0/): Shareholder proposal raising health and safety issues faced by Uber drivers called for enhanced policies/practices to protect workers.
- [“Credibility and integrity”: An Investment in Social Responsibility](https://www.iccr.org/credibility-and-integrity/)
- [ICCR Investors Take a Stand on Social Issues](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-investors-take-a-stand-on-social-issues/)
- [Investor groups defend SEC's proxy authority](https://www.iccr.org/investor-groups-defend-secs-proxy-authority/)
- [Asset managers failing on 2050 goals: InfluenceMap](https://www.iccr.org/asset-managers-failing-on-2050-goals-influencemap/)
- [State treasurer reverses decision on Walmart after company pledges action on child labor](https://www.iccr.org/state-treasurer-reverses-decision-on-walmart-after-company-pledges-action-on-child-labor/)
- [ESG Integration Forum – Summer: Governance professionals eye future amid backlash](https://www.iccr.org/esg-integration-forum-summer-governance-professionals-eye-future-amid-backlash/)
- [US Banks Rank Poorly on Indicators of Concern to Sustainable Investors](https://www.iccr.org/test-blog-entry/): SocialFunds.com -- A recent report by a consortium of European nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) including BankTrack exposes the claims of sustainability by many major global banks to be little more than greenwashing. Almost all the banks analyzed “have expressed their concern about global warming and have made far-reaching statements regarding their commitment to a 'low-carbon economy',”
- [Do investors have too much information?](https://www.iccr.org/test-blog-entry-3/): FORTUNE -- A new-fangled government intervention is in the works that just might pummel your retirement nest egg, once again.Rather than train her sights on prosecuting Wall Street executives, SEC Chief Mary Jo White has decided to focus her attention on a hitherto unknown problem, investor "information overload." White's latest salvo is a rallying cry
- [Hydraulic Fracturing Report Card: Industry Scores "F" on Risk Disclosures to Investors](https://www.iccr.org/test-blog-entry-4/): 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 from
- [Adidas joins European-led effort on Bangladesh factories](https://www.iccr.org/test-blog-entry-2/): (Reuters) - Sporting goods maker Adidas AG (ADSGn.DE) has signed a pact to promote the safety of garment workers in Bangladesh, picking a European-led initiative over a rival U.S. drive, it said on Tuesday.Adidas said although it had only limited production in Bangladesh, it thought that signing the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in
- [For World AIDS Day 2013, Shareholders Seek "Shared Responsibility" in Defeating HIV/AIDS](https://www.iccr.org/world-aids-day-2013-shareholders-seek-shared-responsibility-defeating-hiv-aids/): Patent Sharing for Key Medications Urged to Strengthen Results for an AIDS-Free GenerationNEW 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 Pool
- [Speaker says socially responsible investments are possible](https://www.iccr.org/speaker-says-socially-responsible-investments-are-possible/): From The Fairfield Mirror:By advocating access to health care, environmental justice, climate change issues and natural resource sustainability, ICCR is able to address the many different types of social injustice corporations are normally guilty of, according to Daly.ICCR was founded in 1971 when the Episcopal Church filed a shareholder resolution asking General Motors to leave
- [ICCR Tribute to Nelson Mandela](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-tribute-nelson-mandela/): 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 apartheid
- [Hospitality, Agriculture Firms Vulnerable to Human Trafficking](https://www.iccr.org/hospitality-agriculture-firms-vulnerable-human-trafficking/): Inter Press Service, 1/3/13
- [Investors Praise Bristol-Myers Squibb for Boosting Access to Life-Saving Drugs Via Medicines Patent Pool](https://www.iccr.org/investors-praise-bristol-myers-squibb-boosting-access-life-saving-drugs-medicines-patent-pool/): 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 Pool
- [Living in the shadows: Religion's response to human trafficking](https://www.iccr.org/living-shadows-religions-response-human-trafficking/): This video program looks at what faith communities are doing to raise awareness and empower survivors.
- [Religious Shareholders Push Big Banks to Repent of Sins](https://www.iccr.org/religious-shareholders-push-big-banks-repent-sins/): Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth and other members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) have submitted shareholder proposals at all three banks asking for a “report on business standards.”
- [Ahead of Super Bowl, efforts against trafficking come to forefront](https://www.iccr.org/ahead-super-bowl-efforts-against-trafficking-come-forefront/): As Americans gather around the television to watch the Super Bowl on Feb. 2, human trafficking victims' advocates, social service agencies and law enforcement officials will use this major sporting event to bring awareness to the plight of the millions of people who are trafficked across the globe each year."About five years ago, we realized
- [Top Sustainable Investment Stories for 2013 Part 2](https://www.iccr.org/top-sustainable-investment-stories-2013-part-2/): Sustainable shareowners request that fossil fuel companies report on financial impacts of having to leave in ground a majority of reserves on their books if climate change is to be addressed. SocialFunds.com -- Public advocacy for meaningful climate change legislation has been a key strategy of sustainable investors for decades. US SIF – The Forum
- [On human rights day, investors affirm responsibility of business to safeguard human rights in global supply chains](https://www.iccr.org/human-rights-day-investors-affirm-responsibility-business-safeguard-human-rights-global-supply-0/): 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 they
- [Now out: Sowing the Seeds of Sustainability](https://www.iccr.org/now-out-sowing-seeds-sustainability-corporate-examiner-vol-38-no-2/): Corporate Examiner Vol. 38, No. 2, the Winter 2014 edition of our magazine profiles ICCR member work on sustainable agriculture, fighting human trafficking, and more.
- [Investors commend Wells Fargo for dropping direct deposit advance product](https://www.iccr.org/investors-commend-wells-fargo-dropping-direct-deposit-advance-product/): 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 Deposit
- [Transparency—A Step Towards Ending Modern-Day Slavery](https://www.iccr.org/transparency-step-towards-ending-modern-day-slavery/): When the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) first learned about a new legislative initiative in California that requires companies to report on what they are doing to address human trafficking and slavery in their supply chains, we were very encouraged. In response, ICCR members sent a letter in 2010 signed by dozens of investors
- [Now out: ICCR's 2014 Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide](https://www.iccr.org/now-out-iccrs-2014-proxy-resolutions-and-voting-guide-0/): Included in ICCR's 2014 Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide are the 193 ICCR member-sponsored shareholder resolutions for 2014. We hope that you will study the resolutions described in this Guide thoughtfully, and consider supporting those with which you agree in whatever way you can.
- [Now out: ICCR's 2014 Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide](https://www.iccr.org/now-out-iccrs-2014-proxy-resolutions-and-voting-guide/): Included in ICCR's 2014 Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide are the 193 ICCR member-sponsored shareholder resolutions for 2014. We hope that you will study the resolutions described in this Guide thoughtfully, and consider supporting those with which you agree in whatever way you can.
- [ICCR Recognizes Hershey for Keeping its Commitment on Sustainable Cocoa](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-recognizes-hershey-keeping-its-commitment-sustainable-cocoa/): The largest chocolate producer in North America on track to source 100% certified cocoa by 2020 NEW YORK, NY, Friday, January 31st, 2014– Today members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility and investors in the Hershey Company were heartened by its announcement that, as of year-end 2013, 18% of its cocoa was certified sustainable. Due in
- [Investors Applaud DC District Court Decision to Uphold Section 1502 of the Dodd Frank Act (Conflict Minerals Disclosure)](https://www.iccr.org/investors-applaud-dc-district-court-decision-uphold-section-1502-dodd-frank-act-conflict-minerals/): We applaud the decision taken by the DC District Court decision on July 23rd to uphold the implementing rules for Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act and to dismiss the lawsuit filed against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers, and the Business Roundtable.As investors,
- [Nuns, law enforcement mobilize to prevent sex trafficking around the Super Bowl](https://www.iccr.org/nuns-law-enforcement-mobilize-prevent-sex-trafficking-around-super-bowl/)
- [ICCR Members Challenge Banks on Ethics and Emissions](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-members-challenge-banks-ethics-and-emissions/)
- [Shareholders Applaud CVS Caremark’s Decision to End Tobacco Sales](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-applaud-cvs-caremarks-decision-end-tobacco-sales/): Choice to Place Public Health above Corporate Profits Heralded as Watershed Moment for Retail Pharmacy Sector by Long-Term ShareholdersNEW YORK, NEW YORK, Wednesday, February 5, 2014 – In a move investors hope represents a “tipping point” for the retail pharmacy sector, CVS Caremark announced today that it would end tobacco sales in its chain of
- [Walgreen should join CVS in the no-smoking section](https://www.iccr.org/walgreen-should-join-cvs-no-smoking-section/): In announcing this month that, as of Oct. 1, CVS Caremark Corp. will no longer carry tobacco products in its 7,600 stores, company President and CEO Larry J. Merlo has acknowledged the obvious incongruity of selling cigarettes and other deadly tobacco products while positioning the drugstore chain's pharmacies as health care providers. The decision is
- [In Montclair, Battling Slavery with Outreach and Vigilance](https://www.iccr.org/montclair-battling-slavery-outreach-and-vigilance/): connected."I truly believe [human trafficking] is the horrific crime of our lifetime," she said. "There's a thread throughout all of that. So why not work at it from- See more at: http://www.northjersey.com/news/242873051_In_Montclair__battling_slavery... There may be a "modest uptick" in human trafficking around large sporting events such as the Super Bowl, according to the Polaris Project, a
- [ICCR Publishes 2014 Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-publishes-2014-proxy-resolutions-and-voting-guide/)
- [JPMorgan Chase Investors to Receive  Report on Business Standards in Response to Shareholder Resolution](https://www.iccr.org/jpmorgan-chase-investors-receive-report-business-standards-response-shareholder-resolution/): In light of recent wave of scandals, management commits to comprehensive reporting of steps taken to mitigate risk.
- [Now Out: Sowing the Seeds of Sustainability (CE vol. 38 no. 2)](https://www.iccr.org/now-out-sowing-seeds-sustainability-ce-vol-38-no-2/): Now out - the Winter 2014 edition of ICCR's Corporate Examiner magazine.
- [Deal with activists lets JPMorgan avoid battle over chairman](https://www.iccr.org/deal-activists-lets-jpmorgan-avoid-battle-over-chairman/)
- [Do withdrawn resolutions show greater investor engagement with US banks?](https://www.iccr.org/do-withdrawn-resolutions-show-greater-investor-engagement-us-banks/)
- [Kellogg's vows to only buy 'deforestation-free' palm oil](https://www.iccr.org/kelloggs-vows-only-buy-deforestation-free-palm-oil/)
- [JPMorgan Agrees to Report on Governance and Risk Management](https://www.iccr.org/jpmorgan-agrees-report-governance-and-risk-management/)
- [Grant Makers Are Ignoring One of Their Most Powerful Tools](https://www.iccr.org/grant-makers-are-ignoring-one-their-most-powerful-tools/): By Laura CamposOver the past year, shareholder activists racked up a list of accomplishments that would be the envy of many foundations.They secured agreements from some of the world’s largest companies to set targets for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. They persuaded companies to be more transparent and accountable with corporate political spending and to abandon support
- [Religious investors urge U.S. trade rep to use TPP talks to decrease access to tobacco and increase access to medicines](https://www.iccr.org/religious-investors-urge-us-trade-rep-use-tpp-talks-decrease-access-tobacco-and-increase-access/): Citing unique health risks of tobacco, investors support carve-out in Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) commercial agreements; express concerns for the potential of TPP to limit access to medicines.
- [Profit or Health in the Trans-Pacific Partnership?](https://www.iccr.org/profit-or-health-trans-pacific-partnership/): Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility warn US trade negotiator against expanding tobacco sales and increasing intellectual property rights for medicine. SocialFunds.com -- The November publication by WikiLeaks of a draft text of the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) revealed that US negotiators proposed the extension of intellectual property rights for drugs manufactured
- [New: ICCR's Statement of Principles and Recommended Corporate Practices to Promote Global Health](https://www.iccr.org/new-iccrs-statement-principles-and-recommended-corporate-practices-promote-global-health/): Download here.
- [Alpha Shareholders Cite Contradictions in Company Reporting of its Environmental Record](https://www.iccr.org/alpha-shareholders-cite-contradictions-company-reporting-its-environmental-record/): In Light of Recent EPA Settlement, Shareholders are “Troubled” by Company Statements About its Water and Community Impacts.
- [A call to action regarding the Italian companies ENI and ENEL](https://www.iccr.org/call-action-regarding-italian-companies-eni-and-enel/): Fondazione Culturale Responsabilità Etica (FCRE) will focus its 2014 engagement activities on environmental, governance and social issues with the following two Italian companies:ENI (oil & gas,):8th MayENEL (power): 22nd MayDuring their AGMs, Fondazione Culturale Responsabilità Etica will vote on the different proposals included in the Agenda and speak before the Board of Directors in order to focus
- [ICCR's Laura Berry particpates in the "Lethal but Legal" book talk](https://www.iccr.org/iccrs-laura-berry-particpates-lethal-legal-book-talk/): C-span hosted the book talk in February of 2014.
- [Ameren improves 2013 corporate social responsibility report](https://www.iccr.org/ameren-improves-2013-corporate-social-responsibility-report/): After engagement with environmental nonprofits As You Sow and the Midwest Coalition for Responsible Investment (MCRI), the St. Louis-based utility Ameren Corporation has released its 2013 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report. The new report represents an improvement over its prior disclosure, and brings the report up to the industry standard. The changes came about following
- [Grounds for a Yes vote on Alpha Natural Resources Enviro Proposal](https://www.iccr.org/grounds-yes-vote-alpha-natural-resources-enviro-proposal/): This memo proxy to advisory services lays out the grounds for a Yes vote on Alpha Natural Resources (ticker: ANR) shareholder proposal requesting a report on the company’s efforts to reduce environmental and community impacts associated with its Appalachian mining operations, and how those efforts may reduce legal, reputational and other risks to the company’s
- [In Supplier Guiding Principles, Coca-Cola Takes a Stand on Ethical Recruitment](https://www.iccr.org/supplier-guiding-principles-coca-cola-takes-stand-ethical-recruitment/): Coke’s Guidance Prohibits the Payment of Recruitment Fees to prevent Bonded Labor
- [Make a contribution to help fund the defense of ICCR member-sponsored resolutions at the SEC](https://www.iccr.org/make-contribution-today-support-our-shareholder-resolutions/): Make a contribution to ICCR’s SEC/legal fund to help us offset the costs of defending our shareholder resolutions.
- [Corporate Sponsorships: What Story is Your Brand Selling?](https://www.iccr.org/corporate-sponsorships-what-story-your-brand-selling/)
- [Investors lead push for more action on climate change](https://www.iccr.org/investors-lead-push-more-action-climate-change/): Motivated by mounting scientific evidence that human activity is a leading cause of climate change, major institutional investors are pushing for stronger action by companies in climate-related shareholder resolutions in the 2014 proxy season.The 35 institutional investors are led by Walden Asset Management, the New York State comptroller's office, the California State teachers' retirement system,
- [Investors publish statement of principles and recommended corporate practices to promote global health](https://www.iccr.org/investors-publish-statement-principles-and-recommended-corporate-practices-promote-global-health/): New Technologies and Business Models like the Medicines Patent Pool that Challenge Conventional Pricing, R & D and Intellectual Property Paradigms Seen as Critical if Pharmaceutical Industry is to Meet Health Care Needs in Developing and Emerging Markets New York, NY – Monday, April 7th, 2014 – In commemoration of World Health Day 2014, today
- [Mercy Investment Services withdraws board diversity resolutions following progress with companies](https://www.iccr.org/mercy-investment-services-withdraws-board-diversity-resolutions-following-progress-companies/): Mercy Investment Services is pleased to announce that it has withdrawn board diversity resolutions at Republic Services, Joy Global and Jarden Corporation following successful engagements resulting in progress by the companies.
- [2014 Proxy Season Update](https://www.iccr.org/2014-proxy-season-update/): Members of ICCR filed 196 resolutions on a range of social, environmental and governance issues for the 2014 proxy season. They have formally withdrawn 58 of those, the majority in exchange for reaching significant agreements with the companies. Below, we highlight a number of these successful withdrawals, as well as some key early resolution votes.
- [In Letter to Bank of America CEO, Shareholders Cite ‘Tail Risk’ in Financing of Fossil Fuels](https://www.iccr.org/letter-bank-america-ceo-shareholders-cite-tail-risk-financing-fossil-fuels/): Call for Reporting on Bank's “Financed Emissions”
- [$35bn Investor Coalition Writes to Bank of America CEO on Fossil Fuel Financing](https://www.iccr.org/35bn-investor-coalition-writes-bank-america-ceo-fossil-fuel-financing/)
- [A Year Later, Rana Plaza Survivors Struggle](https://www.iccr.org/year-later-rana-plaza-survivors-struggle/): Recovery Is Slow as Victims Deal With Injuries, Await Adequate Compensation
- [Investors Call for Stronger Financial Commitments from Brands and Retailers to Aid Victims of Rana Plaza](https://www.iccr.org/investors-call-stronger-financial-commitments-brands-and-retailers-aid-victims-rana-plaza/): Read the Statement.On one-year anniversary, global investor initiative reminds companies of their corporate responsibility to protect, respect and remediate human rights violations throughout their supply chains.New York, NY – Thursday, April 24th, 2014 – A global coalition of 134 institutional investors representing over $4.1 trillion in managed assets and led by the Interfaith Center on
- [Investor Perspectives on Children's Rights](https://www.iccr.org/investor-perspectives-childrens-rights/): To investigate to what extent and how are investors taking aspects related to children’s rights into account in their policies and practices, GES cooperated with the Global Child Forum, a Swedish not-for-profit foundation, to survey 195 asset owner signatories to the PRI. This resulting report was launched on April 11, 2014. The exercise will be
- [A Year After Rana Plaza, Investors Call for Transparency](https://www.iccr.org/year-after-rana-plaza-investors-call-transparency/): Today marks one year since the Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh claimed 1,138 lives. This anniversary serves as a reminder of the human rights risks inherent in outsourcing apparel manufacturing to factories with inadequate safeguards to protect workers. Whether we are investors or consumers, NGOs or government officials, we must appeal to apparel brands
- [Post-Rana Plaza, Global Investors Pushing for Systemic Change](https://www.iccr.org/post-rana-plaza-global-investors-pushing-systemic-change/): By Carey L. Biron Hasina, one of the 2,438 Rana Plaza workers that came out alive, by the remains of the factory on Sep. 25, 2013. Credit: Robert Stefanicki/IPSWASHINGTON, Apr 24 2014 (IPS) - A coalition of 134 institutional investors are calling for global corporations to institute new transparency policies throughout their supply chains and to
- [Investors Mark Anniversary of Rana Plaza Tragedy](https://www.iccr.org/investors-mark-anniversary-rana-plaza-tragedy/)
- [ICCR and Tri-Cri Proudly Honor Sr. Patricia Daly, 2014 Winner of the Ceres-Trillium Joan Bavaria Award](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-and-tri-cri-proudly-honor-sr-patricia-daly-2014-winner-ceres-trillium-joan-bavaria-award/): Long-time member of the ICCR celebrated for 35-year legacy in shareholder advocacy
- [Shareholders Commend ADM for Adopting Human Rights Statement](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-commend-adm-adopting-human-rights-statement/): Commitment regarding ethical recruitment practices models best practices to safeguard workers. NEW YORK, NY – Thursday, May 1, 2014–Shareholders in Archer Daniels Midlandand members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility welcomed the company’s announcement at its general meetingtoday that ithad formally adopted a human rights statement.The decision was reached after successful engagementwith ADM management
- [U.S. Religious Progressivism “Way of the Future”](https://www.iccr.org/us-religious-progressivism-way-future/): WASHINGTON, May 2 2014 (IPS) - The future of religion in U.S. politics lies not with conservatives but rather with religious progressives, social scientists here are suggesting, with a faith-based movement potentially able to provide momentum to a new movement for social justice.According to a new report from the Brookings Institute, a think tank here, the current
- [To fight global warming, Stanford should have kept its coal](https://www.iccr.org/fight-global-warming-stanford-should-have-kept-its-coal/)
- [BBB Forum on Corporate Responsibility VII](https://www.iccr.org/bbb-forum-corporate-responsibility-vii/): Material World: Managing Risk and Value, June 4th, 55 Water Street, NYC
- [US groups urge sanctions on Thailand](https://www.iccr.org/us-groups-urge-sanctions-thailand/): WASHINGTON - Thailand should be liable to potential US sanctions for failing to crack down on trafficking in migrant workers, a group of human rights and labour organisations said on Friday. In a letter to US Secretary of State John Kerry, 19 organisations, including Human Rights Watch and the American Federation of Labour, said Thailand "does
- [Coalition of 18 groups urges downgrading of Thailand to "Third Tier" category in this year's Trafficking in Persons Report](https://www.iccr.org/coalition-18-groups-urges-downgrading-thailand-third-tier-category-years-trafficking-persons-report/): A coalition of 18 groups, including faith-based organizations, unions, environmental and labor rights organizations have signed on to a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry recommending that Thailand be downgraded to a “Third Tier” category in this year’s State Dept. Trafficking in Persons Report. The report rates each country with Third Tier being the
- [Rana Plaza Companies 'not doing enough'](https://www.iccr.org/rana-plaza-companies-not-doing-enough/)
- [Kidnapping in Nigeria a Tragic Reminder that Trafficking and Slavery Persist Worldwide](https://www.iccr.org/kidnapping-nigeria-tragic-reminder-trafficking-and-slavery-persist-worldwide/): Constant vigilance required to guard against hidden human rights abuses
- [Rev. Séamus Finn's comments at JPMChase shareholder meeting](https://www.iccr.org/rev-séamus-finns-comments-jpmchase-shareholder-meeting/): "The trust and confidence of the public has neither been repaired or restored."
- [J.P. Morgan's Dimon Aims to Stay Put](https://www.iccr.org/jp-morgans-dimon-aims-stay-put/)
- [Shareholders Ask Facebook to Help Kids “Like” Healthier Food](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-ask-facebook-help-kids-like-healthier-food/): Do Facebook’s advertising and privacy policies promote kids' health?
- [MGO Research: Survey - Social Responsibility in 2014](https://www.iccr.org/monitor-global-outlook-exclusive-survey-11-experts/): New report from the Christian Science Monitor. Findings include: the biggest clash between corporations and SRI activists in 2014 is on climate change.SRI experts analyze environmental, social and governance risks for corporations in emerging markets. Seamus Finn of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate and ICCR Executive Director Laura Berry are both featured.
- [From Stewardship to Power: Religious Organizations & Their Investment Potentials](https://www.iccr.org/stewardship-power-religious-organizations-their-investment-potentials/): New report from 3iG makes the case that if negative screening is all that you do, you are missing a major opportunity. Read the full report on ISSU.
- [US House Passes Human Trafficking Bills](https://www.iccr.org/us-house-passes-human-trafficking-bills/)
- [Dèjá Vu: Shareholder Rights Under Attack](https://www.iccr.org/dèjá-vu-shareholder-rights-under-attack/): Walden Asset Management's Tim Smith on proposed restrictions on shareholder rights.
- [Activist investors push objectives at ConocoPhillips meeting](https://www.iccr.org/activist-investors-push-objectives-conocophillips-meeting/): HOUSTON – Surrounded by well-heeled investors in a packed Omni Hotel conference room on Tuesday, Jimmy Dunne took his turn at the microphone and held up a folded newspaper article from The New York Times.He said it was about how shareholders get one chance every year to tell off their chief executives. At the annual
- [Exxon CEO says Russia sanctions aren’t affecting business](https://www.iccr.org/exxon-ceo-says-russia-sanctions-arent-affecting-business/): By David KoenigThe Associated PressDALLAS — U.S. sanctions against Russian officials are having no effect on Exxon Mobil’s operations in that country, CEO Rex Tillerson said Wednesday after the company’s annual shareholders meeting.Sanctions imposed over Russia’s annexation of Crimea have targeted the president of Russia’s largest oil company, Rosneft, but not the company itself. Exxon
- [Exxon CEO takes on shareholders who want emissions cut](https://www.iccr.org/exxon-ceo-takes-shareholders-who-want-emissions-cut/): Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson pushed back against criticism Wednesday that the company was not doing enough to reduce emissions and combat climate change.He questioned climate modeling that suggests that reducing carbon dioxide emissions would curb global warming.“There’s no one that has a viable pathway to achieve that,” he said at Exxon’s annual shareholders’ meeting.
- [Investors welcome federal bill calling for corporate disclosures on  trafficking and slavery risks](https://www.iccr.org/investors-welcome-federal-bill-calling-corporate-disclosures-trafficking-and-slavery-risks/): June 12, 2014 -- The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, a coalition of 300 investors with assets under management of over $100 billion, Calvert Investments and Christian Brothers Investment Services, commend Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) on the introduction of The Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of
- [Download your complimentary copy of Working Values: Ensuring Ethical Labor Practices in Global Supply Chains](https://www.iccr.org/download-your-complimentary-copy-working-values-ensuring-ethical-labor-practices-global-supply/): "Working Values" is the Spring, 2014 edition of ICCR's Corporate Examiner magazine (Vol. 38, No. 3).
- [Investors Welcome Federal Bill Calling for Corporate Disclosures on Trafficking and Slavery Risks](https://www.iccr.org/investors-welcome-federal-bill-calling-corporate-disclosures-trafficking-and-slavery-risks-0/): This week, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) introduced the Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2014 (H.R. 4842). This important bill calls on corporations to uphold their commitment to end human trafficking and modern-day slavery by requiring them to disclose the policies and management systems they have
- [House Bill Calls for Corporate Disclosure of Human Trafficking Risks](https://www.iccr.org/house-bill-calls-corporate-disclosure-human-trafficking-risks/): by Robert Kropp. Investors issue statement in support of bill introduced this week that will require companies to disclose policies addressing human trafficking in their supply chains.SocialFunds.com -- Last month, the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed five bills seeking to curb some of the worst abuses associated with human trafficking. For the most part the
- [Multi-stakeholder letter commends decision to downgrade Thailand to Tier 3 in Global Trafficking in Persons Report](https://www.iccr.org/investor-letter-commends-decision-downgrade-thailand-tier-3-global-trafficking-persons-report-0/): From today's letter: "We write today to applaud the U.S. State Department’s decision to downgrade Thailand to Tier 3 in the 2014 Global Trafficking in Persons Report. This decision is justified and an important step in international efforts to persuade the Royal Thai Government to begin making the difficult, but necessary, changes needed to bring
- [Human Rights Groups Commend State Department for Action on Thailand](https://www.iccr.org/human-rights-groups-commend-state-department-action-thailand/): by Robert Kropp The 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report downgrades the status of Thailand due to widespread human trafficking and official corruption in the country's lucrative seafood industry. SocialFunds.com -- The US State Department recently published its annual Trafficking in Persons Report, in which it downgraded the human trafficking performance of Thailand to
- [Investors Tell FedEx to Distance Itself from Racist NFL Team Name](https://www.iccr.org/investors-tell-fedex-distance-itself-racist-nfl-team-name/): y Robert Kropp FedEx has naming rights to Washington DC stadium that is home to the Washington Redskins, the professional football team under increasing pressure to change its racist name. SocialFunds.com -- There is no denying that a consensus of influential groups and individuals now condemn the name of the Washington Redskins football team as
- [Pope Francis Calls for Sustainable Investment to Help the Poor](https://www.iccr.org/pope-francis-calls-sustainable-investment-help-poor/): by Robert Kropp At a symposium on impact investing held this week at the Vatican, the Pope calls on the capital markets to serve the good of humanity. SocialFunds.com -- In a speech at the Vatican earlier this week, Pope Francis offered strong support for the social justice mission of sustainable investors. "It is important
- [Shareowner Action on Fracking Disclosure Proves Strength of Proxy](https://www.iccr.org/shareowner-action-fracking-disclosure-proves-strength-proxy/): The Investor Environmental Health Network reports that of six shareowner resolutions filed this year with companies engaged in hydraulic fracturing, four were withdrawn and two received substantial support. SocialFunds.com -- Readers of SocialFunds.com know by now that encouraged by remarks by Securities and Exchange (SEC) Commissioner Daniel Gallagher disparaging the use of the current proxy
- [Statement by the Catholic church on the importance of the UN's "Guiding Principles" as a tool for protecting human rights](https://www.iccr.org/statement-catholic-church-holy-see-importance-uns-guiding-principles-tool-fighting-human-rights/): One of the observations made by Archbishop Tomasi on the importance of continuing the push for implementation of the UN's Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights was: "Despite the significant efforts made to implement the Guiding Principles, key challenges remain: these include broadening dissemination, reaching scale in implementation, building trust between stakeholders and overcoming
- [Shareholder engagement results in Panera's commitment to source sustainable palm oil](https://www.iccr.org/shareholder-engagement-results-paneras-commitment-source-sustainable-palm-oil/): New food policy will reduce environmental and human rights impacts of its palm sourcing
- [Unitarians Craft Divestment Policy that Provides for Continued Engagement](https://www.iccr.org/unitarians-craft-divestment-policy-provides-continued-engagement/): SocialFunds.com talks with Simon Billenness of the Unitarian Universalist Association about the year-long process to develop a policy of divestment from fossil fuel companies while retaining shareowner engagement.SocialFunds.com -- When the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) announced the adoption of a fossil fuel divestment policy for its $173 million endowment fund, Bill McKibben of 350.org tweeted, “The Unitarian church, the
- [Investors Commend Gilead Sciences for Increasing Access to Life-Saving HIV/AIDS Drug Via Medicines Patent Pool](https://www.iccr.org/investors-commend-gilead-sciences-increasing-access-life-saving-hivaids-drug-medicines-patent-pool/): Company’s licensing agreement with MPP for generic production of tenofovir alafenamide shows leadership and innovation in delivering HIV/AIDS medicines where they are most needed.New York, NY, Thursday, July 24, 2014 – Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) today applaud Gilead Sciences for successfully negotiating an agreement with the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP)
- [Towards a More Inclusive Economy](https://www.iccr.org/towards-more-inclusive-economy/): Earlier this month ICCR's Laura Berry traveled to Rome to take part in an invitation-only 2-day seminar inside Vatican-city which discussed poverty & the global economy, and our assumptions about economic theory. The papers and statements that emerged from the seminar are available via the link below. http://www.iustitiaetpax.va/content/giustiziaepace/en/archivio/news/2014/comunicato-stampa---seminario-di-alto-livello-in-vaticano-organi1.html
- [Confronting Unethical Recruitment Practices: Modern Slavery in the Thai Seafood Sector](https://www.iccr.org/confronting-unethical-recruitment-practices-modern-slavery-thai-seafood-sector/): Listen to ICCR's webinar, featuring Valentina Gurney, associate program director, ICCR; Lisa Rende Taylor, director of Project Issara, Anti-Slavery International; and Genevieve Taft, Global Workplace Rights, The Coca-Cola Company: Confronting Unethical Recruitment Practices: Modern Slavery in the Thai Seafood Sector
- [Educational call with Nazma Akter, President of Bangladesh Sommilito Garments Shomik Federation, Tuesday, August 5th, 10:00 am EST](https://www.iccr.org/educational-call-nazma-akter-president-bangladesh-sommilito-garments-shomik-federation-tuesday/): Nazma Akter will be in New York City for a few days next week and we have scheduled an educational session conference call at 10:00 AM, Tuesday, August 5th [Call in Int'l: 001-303-791-5922 US: 1(877) 326-0011 Meeting ID: *8910615*]. I recognize that this is prime time for holidays, but this is an important opportunity to
- [Scenes from today’s Ralph Lauren annual meeting in NYC, by David Schilling, senior program director, ICCR](https://www.iccr.org/scenes-todays-ralph-lauren-annual-meeting-nyc-david-schilling-senior-program-director-iccr/): Going it alone is no way to ensure that human rights are protected in global supply chains.The responsibility of companies to respect and protect the rights of workers in their global apparel supply chains became the central theme of Ralph Lauren’s shareholder meeting this morning in New York City. I attended the meeting as a
- [AFL-CIO Presents Resolution at Ralph Lauren Shareholders’ Meeting](https://www.iccr.org/afl-cio-presents-resolution-ralph-lauren-shareholders-meeting/): Unions, joined by religious organizations, demand Ralph Lauren respect the human rights of Bangladeshi garment workers
- [What it's like to work as an 11-year-old in a garment factory](https://www.iccr.org/what-its-work-11-year-old-garment-factory/): ICCR interviews Nazma Akter of Awaj about her what it was like to work in a Bangladesh factory as a child.
- [Ralph Lauren Under Fire For Refusing To Sign Worker Safety Pacts](https://www.iccr.org/ralph-lauren-under-fire-refusing-sign-worker-safety-pacts/)
- [Investors Pressure Ralph Lauren on Human Rights](https://www.iccr.org/investors-pressure-ralph-lauren-human-rights/)
- [More Than Half of Global Suppliers Commit to 100% Sustainable Palm Oil](https://www.iccr.org/more-half-global-suppliers-commit-100-sustainable-palm-oil/): Suppliers of more than 55 percent of the world’s palm oil have committed to produce or trade 100 percent deforestation-free palm oil in response to demands by global brands, who in turn were responding to investor pressure, according to Ceres.General Mills, Kellogg, and Safeway are among the several food and beverage firms, supermarket companies and
- [The Morning Risk Report: Cisco’s Reputation Worries: Death by 6,000 Cuts?](https://www.iccr.org/morning-risk-report-ciscos-reputation-worries-death-6000-cuts/): Cisco Systems Inc.’s plan to shed 6,000 people may take a toll on its reputation. Reporting on an interview with John Chambers, the company’s chief executive officer,The Wall Street Journal wrote: “Shedding employees in declining businesses will allow the company to add needed skills in units that are growing.“There’s the rub. Laura Berry, executive director of
- [Online Petition Urges Pope to End Mandate Against US Nuns](https://www.iccr.org/online-petition-urges-pope-end-mandate-against-us-nuns/)
- [Letter: Clean Power proposal to benefit public health](https://www.iccr.org/letter-clean-power-proposal-benefit-public-health/): To the Times:As institutional investors concerned about economic security, I support the Clean Power Plan proposed rule because it is good for business, good for public health, and it demonstrates the leadership the global community needs to address; namely, the severity, urgency and geo-political impacts of climate change. Also, as a Sister of St. Francis
- [Investors, Activists, to Announce One Million Supportive Comments for Political Spending Disclosure Petition at Securities and Exchange Commission](https://www.iccr.org/investors-activists-announce-one-million-supportive-comments-political-spending-disclosure-petition/): WHAT: Press conference in which supporters of a petition calling on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to promulgate a political spending disclosure rule will announce that a record-breaking one million comments have been filed in support of the petition. The petition urges the agency to require all publicly traded companies to disclose political spending
- [One Million Comments Urge the SEC to Stop Secret Corporate Political Spending](https://www.iccr.org/one-million-comments-urge-sec-stop-secret-corporate-political-spending/): The SEC should respond to this mandate by requiring corporations to disclose their use of corporate resources for political activities WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a record-breaking demonstration of support, over one million commenters have submitted comments to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) calling on the agency to take immediate steps to require publicly
- [Event: Integrating respect for human rights in business](https://www.iccr.org/event-thursday-september-18/): Thursday, September 18 National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta
- [Nuns: The Newest (and Best) Superheroes](https://www.iccr.org/nuns-newest-and-best-superheroes/): We’re used to seeing nuns in one of two ways — as ruler-wielding disciplinarians from Catholic school or repressed, obedient convent residents. But the extraordinary sisters I spent time with for my latest book, If Nuns Ruled the World, are anything but stereotypical. From an 84-year-old Ironman champion to a torture survivor-turned-activist, here are 10 nuns who are truly shining a light in the darkness:
- [ICCR Honors 2014 Legacy Award Winner Sr. Nora Nash, OSF](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-honors-2014-legacy-award-winner-sr-nora-nash-osf/): ‘Justice for the vulnerable’ a guiding mission for Nash’s 15 years in shareholder advocacy NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 – The Governing Board of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility today announces Sr. Nora Nash as the recipient of its 2014 Legacy Award. The ICCR Legacy Award was created to honor those whose work
- [Making an impact: CHE Trinity Health](https://www.iccr.org/making-impact-che-trinity-health/)
- [Advocacy Groups Challenge Studios  Over Smoking in Youth-Related Movies](https://www.iccr.org/advocacy-groups-challenge-studios-over-smoking-youth-related-movies/)
- [‘Ethical’ Investing in Emerging Markets?](https://www.iccr.org/ethical-investing-emerging-markets/)
- [Financing Food Justice a Priority for ICCR Members](https://www.iccr.org/financing-food-justice-priority-iccr-members/)
- [ICCR Commends HP for New Ethical Recruitment Provisions in Supplier Code](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-commends-hp-new-ethical-recruitment-provisions-supplier-code/)
- [Citing Greater but Uneven Progress, Release of 2014 Access to Medicine Index  Ranks Pharma Companies’ Global Health Initiatives](https://www.iccr.org/citing-greater-uneven-progress-release-2014-access-medicine-index-ranks-pharma-companies-global/)
- [Retailers' own reports cited in push to increase workers' wages](https://www.iccr.org/retailers-own-reports-cited-push-increase-workers-wages/)
- [Faith-Based Shareholders Prepare Day of Reckoning for Bank of America](https://www.iccr.org/faith-based-shareholders-prepare-day-reckoning-bank-america/)
- [Faith-based group calls on Bank of America to separate chairman, CEO roles](https://www.iccr.org/faith-based-group-calls-bank-america-separate-chairman-ceo-roles-read-more-here/)
- [Proposed Rule for EPA’s Clean Power Plan Backed by Faith-Based and Responsible Investors](https://www.iccr.org/proposed-rule-epas-clean-power-plan-backed-faith-based-and-responsible-investors/)
- [Top Pediatric HIV/AIDS Drug to be Offered by AbbVie for Generics Manufacture](https://www.iccr.org/top-pediatric-hivaids-drug-be-offered-abbvie-generics-manufacture/): Heeding call to ‘Focus, Partner and Achieve’, long-term shareholders are gratified by company’s decision to open access and cut costs of life-saving medicines for the world’s most vulnerable childrenNEW YORK, NY – MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2014 – Shareholders and members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) who have long advocated for IP-sharing agreements
- [Praying for Rain in San Antonio, Texas](https://www.iccr.org/praying-rain-san-antonio-texas-0/)
- [Faith-Based Group Forces Governance Changes at JPMorgan Chase](https://www.iccr.org/faith-based-group-forces-governance-changes-jpmorgan-chase/)
- [“Shareholder Activism”. An approach that gradually gains ground on this side of the Atlantic](https://www.iccr.org/shareholder-activism-approach-gradually-gains-ground-side-atlantic/): New article about shareholder activism in Europe.
- [Investors in JPMC Welcome How we do Business Report: Need for Culture Change Acknowledged](https://www.iccr.org/investors-jpmc-welcome-how-we-do-business-report-need-culture-change-acknowledged/)
- [JPMorgan Report To Outline Improved Controls: Activist](https://www.iccr.org/jpmorgan-report-outline-improved-controls-activist/)
- [Faith Based Shareholder Advocacy](https://www.iccr.org/faith-based-shareholder-advocacy/)
- [Investor Advocate: Buy Stock, Gain A Voice](https://www.iccr.org/investor-advocate-buy-stock-gain-voice/)
- [Wendy’s Removes Soda from Kids’ Meals](https://www.iccr.org/wendys-removes-soda-kids-meals/): Move Responds to Concern over Diabetes, Obesity, and Other Soda-Related Diseases WASHINGTON—Wendy’s has agreed to remove sugary soda from its children’s menus. The move, which is already in effect, was hailed by MomsRising.org, the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, and the Center for Science in the Public Interest, all of which have been urging the chain to
- [Wendy's to remove soda listing from kids' meal menus](https://www.iccr.org/wendys-remove-soda-listing-kids-meal-menus/): Wendy's is stopping its hard sell on soft drinks — for kids, at least.The fast-food chain is dropping the soda option on its kids' meal menus, the Center for Science in Public Interest announced Thursday."While parents bear most of the responsibility for feeding their children well, restaurant chains also need to do their part," said CSPI senior nutrition
- [United Methodist Pension Fund Revises Investment Guidelines](https://www.iccr.org/united-methodist-pension-fund-revises-investment-guidelines/): Fund to Avoid Coal Energy and Companies Operating in Countries Thought to Violate Human RightsThe United Methodist Church is implementing new guidelines for its $21 billion pension fund meant to steer it away from investing in coal energy and in companies that operate in countries thought to violate human rights.
- [Burning Questions](https://www.iccr.org/burning-questions/): Even before the energy boom became a victim of its own success as crude oil prices collapsed in November, it was facing severe headwinds from the fossil fuel divestment movement, which gained serious momentum in 2014. Initiated in 2011, when students on a half dozen campuses asked their colleges to divest endowments, and ramped up
- [Shell Supportive of Shareholder Proposal Filed by Global Faith-Based Investors](https://www.iccr.org/shell-supportive-shareholder-proposal-filed-global-faith-based-investors/): Positive gains on climate change affirm voice of religious investors and effectiveness of shareholder engagement modelNEW YORK, NY, Tuesday, February 3, 2015 – In an unusual move, the board of oil giant Royal Dutch Shell is recommending that its investors support a proposal submitted by a global coalition of its shareholders requesting reporting on a
- [February GreenMoney Journal focuses on role of faith-based investing](https://www.iccr.org/february-greenmoney-journal-focuses-role-faith-based-investing/): Mark Regier guest edits prominent SRI publication GOSHEN, Indiana – Mark Regier, Vice President of Stewardship Investing for Everence and Praxis Mutual Funds, is the guest editor for the February 2015 issue of GreenMoney Journal.The issue, which is now available at greenmoneyjournal.com, focuses on the role of faith-based investing in the industry’s past, present and future,
- [Journal Devotes Issue to Faith-Based Investors](https://www.iccr.org/journal-devotes-issue-faith-based-investors/): An issue of Green Money Journal, guest edited by Mark Regier of Everence, explores the history and aspirations of faith-based sustainable investing. First of a two-part series.SocialFunds.com -- Last night, I finished reading Jesus: A Life, a book-length study by the British novelist A.N. Wilson that I bought used for one dollar at my local
- [Shareholder Group Fights Fossil-Fuel Divestment](https://www.iccr.org/shareholder-group-fights-fossil-fuel-divestment/): An organization of faith-based and socially responsible investors is pushing back against the call for divestment from fossil fuel companies. At its Winter Conference Wednesday, the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility, which claims 300 member organizations controlling $100 billion in invested capital, called instead for more shareholder engagement with such companies.“Divestment is one step but
- [Corporate Responsibility for Farm Animal Welfare Benchmarked](https://www.iccr.org/corporate-responsibility-farm-animal-welfare-benchmarked/)
- [Walmart Shareholders See Decision to Raise Workers' Wages as Positive Step Forward](https://www.iccr.org/walmart-shareholders-see-decision-raise-workers-wages-positive-step-forward/)
- [Wells Fargo and Citi face shareholder pressure](https://www.iccr.org/wells-fargo-and-citi-face-shareholder-pressure/)
- [Wal-Mart wage hike seen pressuring Target, fast-food](https://www.iccr.org/wal-mart-wage-hike-seen-pressuring-target-fast-food/): Feb 19 (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc's wage hike will likely trigger a rethink on pay across the retail and fast-food sectors, with Target Corp one of the low-wage employers facing pressure to follow suit and pay workers more.Wal-Mart announced on Thursday it would lift its minimum U.S. wage to $9 an hour this year and $10 in
- [Investor Engagement Yields Commitment from Dow to Ensure Safe Use of Pest-Resistant Seed](https://www.iccr.org/investor-engagement-yields-commitment-dow-ensure-safe-use-pest-resistant-seed/)
- [TJX Shareholders Optimistic About Commitment to Increase Wages](https://www.iccr.org/tjx-shareholders-optimistic-about-commitment-increase-wages/): Investors Engaging the Company on Compensation Issues Heartened by Decision but still Seeking to Close Pay Equity Gap
- [Investors Applaud Merck's Decision to Share Children's HIV/AIDS Patent](https://www.iccr.org/investors-applaud-mercks-decision-share-childrens-hivaids-patent/): Faith-based investors say move will make Raltegravir accessible and affordable for millions of vulnerable children
- [Organizations Seek Stronger Labor Protections, Corporate Responsibility in Palm Oil Industry](https://www.iccr.org/organizations-seek-stronger-labor-protections-corporate-responsibility-palm-oil-industry/): Unprecedented coalition of human rights and environmental groups release recommendations for companies to eradicate labor abuses in supply chainWashington, D.C. – The growing global demand for palm oil has contributed to systemic human rights abuses of workers, including children, and requires stronger labor protections throughout the industry’s supply chain. Today, an unprecedented and diverse alliance
- [Investors Applaud McDonald's New Policy Restricting Suppliers' Use of Antibiotics](https://www.iccr.org/investors-applaud-mcdonalds-new-policy-restricting-suppliers-use-antibiotics/): Decision to stop sourcing chicken raised with antibiotics vital to human medicine welcomed by investors advocating for more sustainable food production NEW YORK, NY, Wednesday, March 4, 2015 – McDonald’s USA today announced its decision to begin sourcing only chicken raised “without antibiotics that are important to human medicine”, making it the largest restaurant chain in the U.S. to adopt a policy of this kind.Because over 70 percent of
- [As second anniversary approaches, ICCR urges Benetton to contribute $5 million to Fund for Rana Plaza victims](https://www.iccr.org/second-anniversary-approaches-iccr-urges-benetton-contribute-5-million-fund-rana-plaza-victims/): Today, the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), a coalition of 300 organizations, sent a letter to the CEO of Benetton Group, urging it to increase its contribution to the Rana Plaza victims fund, as the 2nd anniversary of the disaster approaches.Excerpt (see attachment for the full text of the letter):The Interfaith Center on Corporate
- [Walmart minimum wage to keep staff rise piles pressure on rivals](https://www.iccr.org/walmart-minimum-wage-keep-staff-rise-piles-pressure-rivals/): After decades of shop floor and political campaigning, US retailers are finally finally beginning to increase their minimum wages. While the increase is benefiting millions of workers across the country, its driving force is market competition.Walmart’s decision last week to increase the wages of 500,000 staff to at least $9 (£5.80) an hour – $1.75
- [Burger King drops soft drinks from kids’ menu](https://www.iccr.org/burger-king-drops-soft-drinks-kids-menu/): Burger King has dropped soft drinks from its children’s meal menu, the latest change at a fast-food chain as advocacy groups urge restaurants to promote healthier fare, especially for children.Burger King followed the lead of McDonald’s, which dropped such drinks from its Happy Meal menu list in 2013, and Wendy’s, which made a similar change
- [Investors convince PNC to stop financing mountaintop removal mining](https://www.iccr.org/investors-convince-pnc-stop-financing-mountaintop-removal-mining/): WASHINGTON (CNS) — Faith-based investors lauded PNC Financial Services’ decision to no longer finance coal-mining firms’ major mountaintop removal ventures in Appalachia.Marcela Pinilla, director of shareholder advocacy at Mercy Investment Services in St. Louis, welcomed the notice and said it would place the country’s seventh-largest bank among financial industry leaders in addressing climate change.“As investors,
- [Is exorbitant CEO pay a form of tyranny? Thomas Aquinas thinks so](https://www.iccr.org/exorbitant-ceo-pay-form-tyranny-thomas-aquinas-thinks-so/): A combination of shareholder activism, academic rigor and religious support may be chipping away at exorbitant CEO pay, finding it bad for business and contrary to the common good.Pay of corporate chief executives has grown "an astounding 937% over the past 35 years," says a new report from As You Sow, a shareholder advocacy group
- [Bank of America Changes Bylaws to Allow Some Investors to Nominate Directors](https://www.iccr.org/bank-america-changes-bylaws-allow-some-investors-nominate-directors/)
- [Investors For Bangladeshi  Worker Rights (article)](https://www.iccr.org/investors-bangladeshi-worker-rights-article/): 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
- [BofA Allows Some Investors to Nominate Directors](https://www.iccr.org/bofa-allows-some-investors-nominate-directors/): 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 threshold.Bank
- [Corporations Improving on LGBT Rights](https://www.iccr.org/corporations-improving-lgbt-rights/): 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 freshman
- [Record Breaking Number of Shareowner Resolutions in 2015](https://www.iccr.org/record-breaking-number-shareowner-resolutions-2015/): 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 into
- [Storming the Corporate Castle: Does Shareholder Activism Work?](https://www.iccr.org/storming-corporate-castle-does-shareholder-activism-work/)
- [Was Your Seafood Caught By Slaves? AP Uncovers Unsavory Trade](https://www.iccr.org/was-your-seafood-caught-slaves-ap-uncovers-unsavory-trade/): 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 the
- [AP Investigation: Are slaves catching the fish you buy?](https://www.iccr.org/ap-investigation-are-slaves-catching-fish-you-buy/): 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 even
- [Electronics Firms Vote to Ban Charging Workers Fees for Jobs](https://www.iccr.org/electronics-firms-vote-ban-charging-workers-fees-jobs/): 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.
- [Industry Coalition's Pledge to Prohibit Recruitment Fees Paid by Workers Seen as Important Step to Curb Slavery in Electronics Supply Chains](https://www.iccr.org/industry-coalitions-pledge-prohibit-recruitment-fees-paid-workers-seen-important-step-curb-slavery/): Investors Commend the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) for Code of Conduct Amendment Specifically Addressing Trafficking and Slavery Risks Posed by Unethical Recruitment PracticesNEW YORK, NY – Tuesday, April 7th, 2015 – Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) today affirmed the EICC’s decision to amend its code of conduct to include a
- [Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility Welcomes First Islamic Financial Firm to its Shareholder Coalition](https://www.iccr.org/interfaith-center-corporate-responsibility-welcomes-first-islamic-financial-firm-its-shareholder/): Azzad Asset Management brings American Muslim perspective to shareholder advocacy.New York, NY, Thursday, April 9, 2015 – Representatives from the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and Azzad Asset Management today announced that Azzad will join ICCR as its newest member—the first Islamic firm to be affiliated with the group. As the premier member organization
- [Faith in Fossil Fuel Divestment](https://www.iccr.org/faith-fossil-fuel-divestment/): 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,
- [Electronics group works to stop forced labor in supply chain](https://www.iccr.org/electronics-group-works-stop-forced-labor-supply-chain/)
- [Electronics Trade Association Prohibits Payments to Labor Brokers](https://www.iccr.org/electronics-trade-association-prohibits-payments-labor-brokers/): 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 supply
- [On Earth Day, Faith-Based Investors Release "Invested in Change" Climate Brief](https://www.iccr.org/earth-day-faith-based-investors-release-invested-change-climate-brief/): Paper examines the work of faith-consistent investors and shareholder engagement as a tool to advance corporate climate change solutionsNEW YORK, NY, Wednesday, April 22, 2015 – Today, the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), a coalition of 300 institutional investors representing over $100 billion in assets, released its climate brief, Invested in Change: Faith-Consistent Investing
- [Two Years After Rana Plaza Collapse, Investors Still Look to Apparel Brands and Retailers for Remediation](https://www.iccr.org/two-years-after-rana-plaza-collapse-investors-still-look-apparel-brands-and-retailers-remediation/): Lingering concerns remain over timeliness of major remediation efforts, the establishment of factory health and safety committees, and corporate commitments to victims’ fund NEW YORK, NY, Thursday, April 23, 2015 – A coalition of global investors representing $2.5 trillion in assets have sent letters to corporate members of the Bangladesh Accord for Fire and Building
- [Rana Plaza two years on: Progress, but compensation and workers' rights still lacking](https://www.iccr.org/rana-plaza-two-years-progress-compensation-and-workers-rights-still-lacking/)
- [Proxy Advisers Recommend Voting Against Some Bank of America Directors](https://www.iccr.org/proxy-advisers-recommend-voting-against-some-bank-america-directors/)
- [ICCR’s Executive Director, Laura Berry to Retire at End of 2015](https://www.iccr.org/iccrs-executive-director-laura-berry-retire-end-2015/): Berry's eight-year tenure marked by sustained capacity and revenue growth for ICCR
- [Sister Nora Nash to Speak at Neumann Graduation](https://www.iccr.org/sister-nora-nash-speak-neumann-graduation/)
- [Global investors call for Bangladesh safety disclosures](https://www.iccr.org/global-investors-call-bangladesh-safety-disclosures/)
- [An Excerpt of Invested in Change: Faith Consistent Investing in a Climate-Challenged World](https://www.iccr.org/excerpt-invested-change-faith-consistent-investing-climate-challenged-world/)
- [Geeta Aiyer Wins 2015 Joan Bavaria Award](https://www.iccr.org/geeta-aiyer-wins-2015-joan-bavaria-award/)
- [Neumann University celebrates 700-plus graduates](https://www.iccr.org/neumann-university-celebrates-700-plus-graduates/)
- [Transparency On Climate Risk: Towards A Global Standard?](https://www.iccr.org/transparency-climate-risk-towards-global-standard/)
- [McDonald's bans media from shareholder meeting amid protest threat](https://www.iccr.org/mcdonalds-bans-media-shareholder-meeting-amid-protest-threat/)
- [Catholic Trust Looks to Brazilian Fund for Social Returns](https://www.iccr.org/catholic-trust-looks-brazilian-fund-social-returns/)
- [On Eve of Shareholder Meetings at ExxonMobil and Chevron, Global Investors Demanding Bolder Action on Climate](https://www.iccr.org/eve-shareholder-meetings-exxonmobil-and-chevron-global-investors-demanding-bolder-action-climate/): Public and faith-based investors representing over $1 trillion will urge oil & gas giants to live up to their stated visions as energy companies of the future by driving the transition to a low-carbon economy. NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, MAY 26TH, 2015 – As members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility and shareholders of
- [ExxonMobil boss faces environmental jabs from nun and friar at Dallas meeting](https://www.iccr.org/exxonmobil-boss-faces-environmental-jabs-nun-and-friar-dallas-meeting/)
- [ExxonMobil Chief Derides Renewables, Says 'We Choose Not to Lose Money on Purpose'](https://www.iccr.org/exxonmobil-chief-derides-renewables-says-we-choose-not-lose-money-purpose/)
- [Shareholders file record number of climate change-related proposals this year](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-file-record-number-climate-change-related-proposals-year/)
- [Resolutions Request Emissions Reduction Goals by Exxon and Chevron](https://www.iccr.org/resolutions-request-emissions-reduction-goals-exxon-and-chevron/)
- [Rana Plaza Trust Fund Secures $30 Million in Compensation for Victims of Collapse](https://www.iccr.org/rana-plaza-trust-fund-secures-30-million-compensation-victims-collapse-0/): Bangladesh Investor Initiative gratified that brands and retailers acknowledge corporate responsibility to remediate human rights violations in global apparel supply chains.NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10th , 2015 – Members of the Bangladesh Investor Initiative are celebrating the announcement by the Rana Plaza Donors Trust Fund that it has met its goal of $30 million
- [Exxon's Gamble: 25 Years of Rejecting Shareholder Concerns on Climate Change](https://www.iccr.org/exxons-gamble-25-years-rejecting-shareholder-concerns-climate-change/)
- [ICCR Welcomes Laudato Si, Pope Francis' Encyclical on the Environment](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-welcomes-laudato-si-pope-francis-encyclical-environment/): Faith-based shareholder advocates promoting corporate responsibility declare readiness to join in harnessing the political and moral courage required to chart a course towards justice and sustainability.NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2015 - Today, members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), a shareholder coalition of faith-based and responsible investors, welcome Pope Francis’ Encyclical
- [Can the Pope's climate encyclical spur corporate action?](https://www.iccr.org/can-popes-climate-encyclical-spur-corporate-action/)
- [Jesse Jackson Nudges Facebook On Diversity](https://www.iccr.org/jesse-jackson-nudges-facebook-diversity/)
- [Two Years After Tragedy, Fund for Rana Plaza Victims Meets Goal](https://www.iccr.org/two-years-after-tragedy-fund-rana-plaza-victims-meets-goal/)
- [Meaningful Strides, Big and Small, in Confronting Trafficking and Slavery](https://www.iccr.org/meaningful-strides-big-and-small-confronting-trafficking-and-slavery/): The challenge to identify, address and eliminate modern slavery and trafficking is incredibly daunting. Yet, it is hopeful, indeed inspiring, to see institutions and individuals who are making a difference. The Expert Meeting on Eradicating Contemporary Forms of Slavery from Supply Chains in Geneva in early April brought together a small group of representatives from
- [Nuns Engage Chevron Amid Pope Francis' War on Climate Change](https://www.iccr.org/nuns-engage-chevron-amid-pope-francis-war-climate-change/)
- [Video: Interview with ICCR Executive Director Laura Berry](https://www.iccr.org/video-interview-iccr-executive-director-laura-berry/)
- [From Citigroup to JPMorgan, How Nuns Became Wall Street's Conscience](https://www.iccr.org/citigroup-jpmorgan-how-nuns-became-wall-streets-conscience/)
- [Goldman Sachs' Consumer Lending Foray Draws Skeptics](https://www.iccr.org/goldman-sachs-consumer-lending-foray-draws-skeptics/)
- [Pope's Climate Stance Hasn't Made Oil a Sin Stock Yet](https://www.iccr.org/popes-climate-stance-hasnt-made-oil-sin-stock-yet/)
- [Laudato Si Makes Waves Throughout Society](https://www.iccr.org/laudato-si-makes-waves-throughout-society/)
- [10 Fortune 500 Showdowns This Year With Not-the-Usual Activist Investors](https://www.iccr.org/10-fortune-500-showdowns-year-not-usual-activist-investors/)
- [Did the Catholic Church Endorse Fossil-Fuel Divestment?](https://www.iccr.org/did-catholic-church-endorse-fossil-fuel-divestment/)
- [Pope Inspires Catholic Investors to Press Environmental Concerns](https://www.iccr.org/pope-inspires-catholic-investors-press-environmental-concerns/)
- [Talking Fracking’s Water Risks with the Shareholder Activists of ICCR and an Up-Close View of Fracking Impacts in Texas](https://www.iccr.org/talking-frackings-water-risks-shareholder-activists-iccr-and-close-view-fracking-impacts-texas/)
- [The Impact of The Pope’s Climate Change Encyclical (article)](https://www.iccr.org/impact-popes-climate-change-encyclical-article/)
- [How Do Activists Create Change (article)](https://www.iccr.org/how-do-activists-create-change-article/)
- [Why 'Laudato Si' Should be on the Reading List of Every CEO](https://www.iccr.org/why-laudato-si-should-be-reading-list-every-ceo/)
- [Disney Takes Important Step Towards Eliminating Smoking from Youth-Rated Movies](https://www.iccr.org/disney-takes-important-step-towards-eliminating-smoking-youth-rated-movies/)
- [ICCR Seeks New CEO](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-seeks-new-ceo/): Applications currently being accepted for leadership role
- [Investors support national legislation mandating corporate disclosures on trafficking and slavery risks](https://www.iccr.org/investors-support-national-legislation-mandating-corporate-disclosures-trafficking-and-slavery-risks/): Act will help prevent incidents of slavery and trafficking in global supply chains.
- [Investors Welcome New Pledges to Act on Climate from American Business Leaders](https://www.iccr.org/investors-welcome-new-pledges-act-climate-american-business-leaders/): Corporate commitments to American Business Act on Climate pledge demonstrate authentic leadership and corporate responsibility.NEW YORK, NY – Thursday, July 30th, 2015 – Today, members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, a shareholder coalition practicing socially responsible investing and shareholder advocacy, applaud this week’s launch of the American Business Act on Climate pledge.The pledge
- [Islamic Finance Reaches New Level of Shari'ah Governance in U.S.](https://www.iccr.org/islamic-finance-reaches-new-level-shariah-governance-us/)
- [He May be Argentine, but the Pope's no Che Guevara](https://www.iccr.org/he-may-be-argentine-popes-no-che-guevara/): Critics of Pope Francis have been feverishly presenting their personal and institutional interpretations of his encyclical, "Laudato Si'", in media outlets all too eager to fuel a public brawl over the intended meaning of his message. As the Pope's September visit to the U.S. draws near, the speculation and spin promises to only increase in
- [H.R. 3226: New Bill Calls for Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery in Corporate Supply Chains](https://www.iccr.org/hr-3226-new-bill-calls-transparency-trafficking-and-slavery-corporate-supply-chains/)
- [US Catholic fossil fuel investments at odds with pope's climate push](https://www.iccr.org/us-catholic-fossil-fuel-investments-odds-popes-climate-push/)
- [Sustainable Investors Praise Obama's Clean Power Plan](https://www.iccr.org/sustainable-investors-praise-obamas-clean-power-plan/)
- [Institutional investors to Big Food: Come clean on water risks](https://www.iccr.org/institutional-investors-big-food-come-clean-water-risks/)
- [Leading Global Investors Urge Food and Beverage Companies to Better Manage Water Risks](https://www.iccr.org/leading-global-investors-urge-food-and-beverage-companies-better-manage-water-risks/): Investors Managing $2.6 Trillion Send Letters to 15 Companies with Poor Risk Disclosure and Management BOSTON (August 19, 2015) Amid growing concerns over escalating water scarcity and pollution risks, more than 60 leading North American and European institutional investors collectively managing $2.6 trillion in assets sent joint letters to 15 food and beverage companies last week
- [Fossil fuel divestment? «Not my job. But a wonderful partner»](https://www.iccr.org/fossil-fuel-divestment-not-my-job-wonderful-partner/)
- [Up your game on water risk, investors urge top food and drink companies](https://www.iccr.org/your-game-water-risk-investors-urge-top-food-and-drink-companies/)
- [Major Food and Beverage Companies Fail to Manage Water Risks](https://www.iccr.org/major-food-and-beverage-companies-fail-manage-water-risks/)
- [Opinion: How Will Wall Street Greet the Pope?](https://www.iccr.org/opinion-how-will-wall-street-greet-pope/)
- [Investigation into Modern Day Slavery on RSPO Member Forthcoming](https://www.iccr.org/investigation-modern-day-slavery-rspo-member-forthcoming/): Coalition of NGOs calls for robust labor audit and actions by the RSPO and buyers
- [Fat cat pay at fossil fuel companies drives climate crisis – report](https://www.iccr.org/fat-cat-pay-fossil-fuel-companies-drives-climate-crisis-report/)
- [What Pope Francis can teach the presidents of Catholic colleges and universities](https://www.iccr.org/what-pope-francis-can-teach-presidents-catholic-colleges-and-universities/)
- [Faith-Based Investors Call on Exxon, Valero and Others to Support Methane Regulations](https://www.iccr.org/faith-based-investors-call-exxon-valero-and-others-support-methane-regulations/)
- [Bank of America’s Fight to Keep Brian Moynihan’s Dual Roles (article)](https://www.iccr.org/bank-americas-fight-keep-brian-moynihans-dual-roles-article/)
- [Investors to McDonald's: Get rid of antibiotics in all meat](https://www.iccr.org/investors-mcdonalds-get-rid-antibiotics-all-meat/)
- [Investors See Double-Standard in Use of Antibiotics in McDonald's Meat Production](https://www.iccr.org/investors-see-double-standard-use-antibiotics-mcdonalds-meat-production/): Shareholders file a proposal requesting a ban on antibiotics used for human medicine across all meats, hot just chicken, as a sign of the company’s commitment to promote public health.NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2015 – Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility and shareholders of meat producers and fast food restaurants have
- [A group of nuns challenges McDonald's over antibiotics in meat](https://www.iccr.org/group-nuns-challenges-mcdonalds-over-antibiotics-meat/)
- [McDonald's Investor Group Wants Antibiotic-Free Meats](https://www.iccr.org/mcdonalds-investor-group-wants-antibiotic-free-meats/)
- [McDonald's investor wants it to cut antibiotics in all meats](https://www.iccr.org/mcdonalds-investor-wants-it-cut-antibiotics-all-meats/)
- [Shareholders Demand McDonald’s Ban Antibiotics From Big Macs](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-demand-mcdonalds-ban-antibiotics-big-macs/)
- [McDonald's investors are demanding a change to the company's food](https://www.iccr.org/mcdonalds-investors-are-demanding-change-companys-food/)
- [Should Shareholders Split BofA CEO, Chairman Roles? (video)](https://www.iccr.org/should-shareholders-split-bofa-ceo-chairman-roles-video/)
- [Investors Call for Support of EPA Methane Regulations](https://www.iccr.org/investors-call-support-epa-methane-regulations/)
- [US Catholic groups debate divesting from fossil fuels (article)](https://www.iccr.org/us-catholic-groups-debate-divesting-fossil-fuels-article/)
- [Investors Call on Legislators to Co-Sponsor Federal Anti-Trafficking Bills](https://www.iccr.org/investors-call-legislators-co-sponsor-federal-anti-trafficking-bills/): Corporate disclosure needed to protect potential victims and to safeguard supply chains and investments. NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2015 – Over 100 investors representing U.S. and international public pension funds, unions, faith institutions, and socially responsible asset management firms that collectively represent over $1 trillion in assets under management, sent a statement to the
- [Investing for Eternity: What the Pope and Warren Buffett Have in Common](https://www.iccr.org/investing-eternity-what-pope-and-warren-buffett-have-common/)
- [Faith-Based Investors Urge Pharma Companies to Increase Access and Affordability  of Life-Saving Medicines](https://www.iccr.org/faith-based-investors-urge-pharma-companies-increase-access-and-affordability-life-saving-medicines/): As UN members ratify Sustainable Development Goals, shareholders call for more affordable medicines and vaccins to address disparities in global health. NEW YORK, NY, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2015 - A group 48 institutional investors and members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility who advocate for greater corporate responsibility on global health concerns, has sent letters
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- [Investors Support Human Trafficking Legislation](https://www.iccr.org/investors-support-human-trafficking-legislation/)
- [Bank of America critics consider next moves](https://www.iccr.org/bank-america-critics-consider-next-moves/)
- [Shareholders Laud Update to ConAgra's Supplier Code to Guard Against Trafficking and Slavery Risks](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-laud-update-conagras-supplier-code-guard-against-trafficking-and-slavery-risks/): New provisions that prohibit the paying of recruitment fees and employee document retention seen as significant measures to help thwart slavery and trafficking of workers at lowest levels of supply chain.
- [Cardinal Turkson hosts conference on mining operations](https://www.iccr.org/cardinal-turkson-hosts-conference-mining-operations/)
- [On World Food Day, Seven Food & Beverage Giants Commit to Publicly Disclose Global Water Risks](https://www.iccr.org/world-food-day-seven-food-beverage-giants-commit-publicly-disclose-global-water-risks/)
- [Pope Francis Talks Climate Change in Speech at UN](https://www.iccr.org/pope-francis-talks-climate-change-speech-un/)
- [On World Food Day, Seven Food & Beverage Giants Commit to Publicly Disclose Global Water Risks](https://www.iccr.org/world-food-day-seven-food-beverage-giants-commit-publicly-disclose-global-water-risks-0/)
- [Heeding Faith Leaders’ Call, Religious Investors Seek Bolder Corporate Commitments on Climate Change](https://www.iccr.org/heeding-faith-leaders-call-religious-investors-seek-bolder-corporate-commitments-climate-change/): Faith-consistent and values-based investors are united in their belief that the current course of climate change, arguably the most urgent challenge facing our planet, can be significantly altered through decisive action on the part of the world’s corporations.As active shareholders we have used our voices to engage companies on environmental and social issues for over
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- [Skepticism Greets Oil Industry Statement on Climate Change](https://www.iccr.org/skepticism-greets-oil-industry-statement-climate-change/)
- [Faith-based shareholder groups confront e-cigarette companies](https://www.iccr.org/faith-based-shareholder-groups-confront-e-cigarette-companies/)
- [Remarks by Executive Director, Laura Berry at the "On Leadership" event](https://www.iccr.org/remarks-executive-director-laura-berry-leadership-event/)
- [Banking on Climate Change](https://www.iccr.org/banking-climate-change/)
- [Capitalism for the Common Good](https://www.iccr.org/capitalism-common-good/)
- [Statement Regarding Investigation of ExxonMobil by the Attorney General of New York](https://www.iccr.org/statement-regarding-investigation-exxonmobil-attorney-general-new-york/)
- [Aligning Money and Mission: The Pope Francis Approach](https://www.iccr.org/aligning-money-and-mission-pope-francis-approach/)
- [Investors Urge Exxon to Take Moral Responsibility for Global Warming](https://www.iccr.org/investors-urge-exxon-take-moral-responsibility-global-warming/)
- [Exxon's Gamble: 25 Years of Rejecting Shareholder Concerns on Climate Change](https://www.iccr.org/exxons-gamble-25-years-rejecting-shareholder-concerns-climate-change-0/)
- [ICCR Announces Josh Zinner as New CEO](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-announces-josh-zinner-new-ceo/): Transition in ICCR's leadership to become effective January 4th, 2016
- [Slavery, Supply Chains and SRI in the Rockies](https://www.iccr.org/slavery-supply-chains-and-sri-rockies-0/): Over 500 investors gathered in Colorado Springs on November 3-5, 2015 for the 26th annual SRI conference on sustainable, responsible and impact Investing hosted by First Affirmative Financial Network. Amid the discussions of new financial products and ESG indicators, participants had a chance to learn about the emerging topics in the fields of SRI and corporate
- [Shareholders of Bristol-Myers Squibb Applaud Decision to Share License for Hepatitis C Drug](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-bristol-myers-squibb-applaud-decision-share-license-hepatitis-c-drug/): Agreement for royalty-free manufacture of daclatasvir will increase access for millions living with HCVvirus
- [Shareholders Commend DineEquity for Taking Sodas Off Kids' Menus](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-commend-dineequity-taking-sodas-kids-menus/): Owner of Applebee’s and IHOP brands responds to calls for healthier beverage options for childrenNew York, NY, Monday, November 30th, 2015 - Shareholders of DineEquity, a leading company in casual and family dining and owner of the Applebee’s and IHOP brands, are commending the company for its decision to remove sodas as the default beverage
- [Applebee's Ditches Soda from Kids Menu](https://www.iccr.org/applebees-ditches-soda-kids-menu/)
- [Investors Unite with Climate Advocates to Support Federal Regs to Cut Methane Emissions](https://www.iccr.org/investors-unite-climate-advocates-support-federal-regs-cut-methane-emissions/): As comment period comes to a close, investors cite financial and environmental risks of methane emissions leaks during fracking and call for industry support of EPA regulation.NEW YORK, NY, DECEMBER 3, 2015 – Today, members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), an investor coalition engaging the oil and gas industry to promote more
- [Faith in Action: Ethical investors stand up for poultry workers](https://www.iccr.org/faith-action-ethical-investors-stand-poultry-workers/)
- [ICCR Letter to Steering Committee of the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-letter-steering-committee-bangladesh-accord-fire-and-building-safety/): Timely remediation for victims and families needed.
- [Hyatt Commitment to ECPAT Code Seen By Investors as Positive Step to Curb Slavery Risks](https://www.iccr.org/hyatt-commitment-ecpat-code-seen-investors-positive-step-curb-slavery-risks/): Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility and shareholders of Hyatt Hotel Corporation are commending the hotel chain for its decision to become a signatory to the ECPAT Tourism Code of Conduct to help end the commercial and sexual exploitation of children.Because countless children become victims of trafficking at hotels across the country, hotel
- [Global Faith Investors in Joint Backing for COP21 Agreement](https://www.iccr.org/global-faith-investors-joint-backing-cop21-agreement/): Faith-consistent investor groups from Europe and the U.S. today welcomed the agreement at COP21. The CIG (Church Investors Group) and ICCR (Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility), which have over 350 members and over $120bn in assets under management between them, are today re-affirming their firm commitment to help speed the transition to a low carbon
- [Shareholders Support Mondelez Decision to Shield Kids Under 12 From Ads](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-support-mondelez-decision-shield-kids-under-12-ads/): Commitment to Refrain from Direct Advertising to Under 12 Age Group Distinguishes Company as Best Practice Standard-Setter in Responsible Food Marketing to Kids.NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2015 – Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility and shareholders in Mondelez are pleased to commend the company for its decision to ban direct advertising
- [Exclusive: Viacom to allow vote on expanding shareholder rights](https://www.iccr.org/exclusive-viacom-allow-vote-expanding-shareholder-rights/)
- [Faith Groups and Corporate Social Responsibility](https://www.iccr.org/faith-groups-and-corporate-social-responsibility/)
- [Constructing the Kingdom](https://www.iccr.org/constructing-kingdom/): Constructing the Kingdom of God here on earth takes dedicated builders. “Most people are afraid to do this kind of work,” says Maryknoll Father Joseph La Mar of his ministry, promoting corporate social responsibility. “You just have to sit at the table and say what you have to say.” His work takes him to high-level
- [Campbell's Shareholders Praise Company's Leadership on GMO Labelling](https://www.iccr.org/campbells-shareholders-praise-companys-leadership-gmo-labelling/): Campbell’s commitment to transparency on GM ingredients and calls for national legislation on GM labeling seen as best practice in sustainable agriculture and management of reputational risk for food industry.NEW YORK, NY – THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016 – Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility and shareholders of the Campbell’s Soup Company were gratified
- [Business Leaders Move to Strengthen Vatican Ties](https://www.iccr.org/business-leaders-move-strengthen-vatican-ties/)
- [ExxonMobil Seeks to Deny Shareholders a Vote on Climate Justice Proposal](https://www.iccr.org/exxonmobil-seeks-deny-shareholders-vote-climate-justice-proposal/): Faith Investors Will Appeal Management’s Efforts to Ban “Moral Imperative” Proposal from Proxy at Annual General Meeting
- [Exxon Stiff-Arms a Request to Take Moral Responsibility for Climate Change](https://www.iccr.org/exxon-stiff-arms-request-take-moral-responsibility-climate-change/): Oil giant ExxonMobil moved to reject a shareholder proposal calling for the company to assert moral leadership on climate change
- [ABHMS Urges Tyson Foods Shareholders to Adopt Water Stewardship Policy](https://www.iccr.org/abhms-urges-tyson-foods-shareholders-adopt-water-stewardship-policy/): VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 2/4/16)—Continuing its commitment to socially responsible investing, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) will present a shareholder resolution at the 2016 Tyson Foods Inc. annual shareholders meeting slated for tomorrow at Holiday Inn Northwest Arkansas Convention Center, Springdale. ABHMS is the resolution’s lead filer, joined by four other investors who are members of
- [Feb 8 Day of Action To Stop Human Trafficking](https://www.iccr.org/feb-8-day-action-stop-human-trafficking/): The US Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking has organized a “Call-In Day” asking you to call your representative and senators in their Washington DC offices on Monday, February 8, 2016. February 8th is the feast of St. Josephine Bakhita, a survivor of human trafficking and a Catholic sister. Click here for sample phone script. The
- [Tyson Foods Dumps More Pollution Into Waterways Each Year Than Exxon](https://www.iccr.org/tyson-foods-dumps-more-pollution-waterways-each-year-exxon/)
- [Why Two Degrees Is So Important—Fossil Fuel Companies Can No Longer Ignore the Need to Act](https://www.iccr.org/why-two-degrees-so-important-fossil-fuel-companies-can-no-longer-ignore-need-act/)
- [Shareholders Pressure Exxon to Deepen Climate Commitments](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-pressure-exxon-deepen-climate-commitments/)
- [Scourge of human trafficking slowly moving out of the shadows](https://www.iccr.org/scourge-human-trafficking-slowly-moving-out-shadows/)
- [Interfaith investor group and CalPERS map out their shareholder campaigns for 2016](https://www.iccr.org/interfaith-investor-group-and-calpers-map-out-their-shareholder-campaigns-2016/)
- [The Power of a Shareholder Proxy](https://www.iccr.org/power-shareholder-proxy/)
- [Socially responsible investors press companies to do the right thing](https://www.iccr.org/socially-responsible-investors-press-companies-do-right-thing/)
- [Impact through Shareholder Engagement](https://www.iccr.org/impact-through-shareholder-engagement/)
- [ICCR Publishes 2016 Proxy Voting Guide](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-publishes-2016-proxy-voting-guide/)
- [U.S. and Canadian Investors Laud Bilateral Agreement to Curb Methane](https://www.iccr.org/us-and-canadian-investors-laud-bilateral-agreement-curb-methane/): Plan to regulate dangerous GHG seen as important step in implementation of COP21 commitments and declaration of a united North American front to combat climate change.NEW YORK, NY - FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2016 – Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), a coalition of 300 faith-based and socially responsible institutional investors welcomes the
- [Religious groups urge companies to respect environment](https://www.iccr.org/religious-groups-urge-companies-respect-environment/)
- [Capuchin, groups are in the market for justice](https://www.iccr.org/capuchin-groups-are-market-justice/)
- [Reporting Environmental, Social And Governance Responsibility: What Message Is Your Company Sending?](https://www.iccr.org/reporting-environmental-social-and-governance-responsibility-what-message-your-company-sending/)
- [Investors Welcome New Tool that Rates Corporate Performance on Human Rights](https://www.iccr.org/investors-welcome-new-tool-rates-corporate-performance-human-rights/): Corporate Human Rights Benchmark Means to Incentivize “Race to the Top” among Top 500 Global Companies
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- [ExxonMobil Fails to Block Climate Justice Proposal at the SEC](https://www.iccr.org/exxonmobil-fails-block-climate-justice-proposal-sec/): Faith-Based Shareholders Force Vote at ExxonMobil on Moral Imperative of Limiting Global Warming to 2 Degrees Celsius
- [Bank of America Responds to Investor Concerns on Ethics and Culture with Publication of Business Standards Report](https://www.iccr.org/bank-america-responds-investor-concerns-ethics-and-culture-publication-business-standards-report/): Shareholders will monitor implementation of policies meant to safeguard against future lapses
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- [Rockefeller Family Fund to Divest ExxonMobil Holdings](https://www.iccr.org/rockefeller-family-fund-divest-exxonmobil-holdings/)
- [Spring Awakening: Uniting Against Climate Change](https://www.iccr.org/spring-awakening-uniting-against-climate-change/): By Rev. Jim ConnMost high school science teachers across the country now teach climate change, but about a third explain it away as a natural phenomenon. Another third tell their students that it comes from both natural and human causes. Meanwhile California almost reached its average reservoir and snowpack levels as measured at the end of March, and reports
- [Corporate Human Rights Benchmark Launched](https://www.iccr.org/corporate-human-rights-benchmark-launched/)
- [Companies We're Watching for the 2016 Proxy Season](https://www.iccr.org/companies-were-watching-2016-proxy-season/): http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=c77e1a70c4bc563a6cb1d9426&id=e50d77bb4b&e=c3c8d68c1f
- [Investors Can Shine a Light on Corporate Lobbying Practices (article)](https://www.iccr.org/investors-can-shine-light-corporate-lobbying-practices-article/)
- [Bangladesh Apparel Workers Still at Risk, Investors Say](https://www.iccr.org/bangladesh-apparel-workers-still-risk-investors-say/): On the third anniversary of Rana Plaza collapse, concerns about corporate commitments to workplace remediation plans persist as implementation lags.NEW YORK, NY – THURSDAY, APRIL 21st, 2016 – A group of global investors that has advocated for commitments from apparel brands and retailers sourcing from Bangladesh to remediate the workplace health and safety failures that
- [Investors Worth $3.6 Trillion Support Joint U.S. and Canadian Announcement on Limiting Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Industry](https://www.iccr.org/investors-worth-36-trillion-support-joint-us-and-canadian-announcement-limiting-methane-emissions/): Doubling of support comes as nations gather in New York City to sign the Paris Climate AgreementBOSTON (April 21, 2016) As attention turns to the Paris Agreement signing ceremony on Friday, leading global investors, representing $3.6 trillion in assets under management, released a statement of support today for U.S. and Canadian efforts to limit methane
- [The Exxon climate risk resolution and the transition to a low carbon economy](https://www.iccr.org/exxon-climate-risk-resolution-and-transition-low-carbon-economy/): Why investors should support the first US resolution co-filed by the Church Commissioners. by Edward Mason
- [Investors: Apparel Workers in Bangladesh Still at Risk](https://www.iccr.org/investors-apparel-workers-bangladesh-still-risk/)
- [Azzad Renews Appeal to Apparel Makers to Protect Worker Rights](https://www.iccr.org/azzad-renews-appeal-apparel-makers-protect-worker-rights/)
- [Investors say Bangla RMG workers still at risk](https://www.iccr.org/investors-say-bangla-rmg-workers-still-risk/)
- [Advocates see upside in rejection of Missouri utility’s clean energy resolution](https://www.iccr.org/advocates-see-upside-rejection-missouri-utilitys-clean-energy-resolution/)
- [Investors Welcome Initiative to Prohibit Payment of Recruitment Fees by Workers](https://www.iccr.org/investors-welcome-initiative-prohibit-payment-recruitment-fees-workers/): Leadership Group for Responsible Recruitment is established, setting a new standard for ethical recruitment in global supply chainsNEW YORK, NY – WEDNESDAY, MAY 4TH, 2016 – An important new initiative, The Leadership Group for Responsible Recruitment (LGRR), established to counter worker exploitation through unethical recruitment, was launched at an event in London today.The LGRR, a collaboration
- [Nuns want to know more about Duke Energy’s lobbying](https://www.iccr.org/nuns-want-know-more-about-duke-energys-lobbying/)
- [Sister Patricia Daly to ExxonMobil: Get on board with Paris goals](https://www.iccr.org/sister-patricia-daly-exxonmobil-get-board-paris-goals/)
- [Investors Applaud Google's Ban of Payday Loan Ads](https://www.iccr.org/investors-applaud-googles-ban-payday-loan-ads/)
- [ICCR Investors Welcome EPA Regulation of Methane Leaks](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-investors-welcome-epa-regulation-methane-leaks/): Faith-based and socially responsible investors welcome the EPA rules to curb methane leaks on new and modified oil & gas infrastructure. NEW YORK, NY – THURSDAY, May 12, 2016 – Methane leaks during oil and gas production constitute a dangerous addition to the greenhouse gases causing global warming and are a waste of valuable natural
- [Faith-conscious investing responds to Pope's challenges to global economy](https://www.iccr.org/faith-conscious-investing-responds-popes-challenges-global-economy/)
- [Restore renewable energy and efficiency rules, Cleveland City Council demands](https://www.iccr.org/restore-renewable-energy-and-efficiency-rules-cleveland-city-council-demands/)
- [Greens in pinstriped suits](https://www.iccr.org/greens-pinstriped-suits/)
- [Shareholders to Press McDonald's on Antibiotic-Free Meat at 5/26 AGM](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-press-mcdonalds-antibiotic-free-meat-526-agm/): Citing dangers of growing antibiotic resistance and increasing consumer demand for sustainable meat, investors look for shareholder support for a comprehensive policy that “phases out routine use of antibiotics”.NEW YORK, NY – TUESDAY, MAY 24, 2016 – Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and shareholders of McDonald’s will be making the case
- [Investors View Solid Support for Climate Proposals at ExxonMobil/Chevron AGMs as Wake-Up Call for Industry](https://www.iccr.org/investors-view-solid-support-climate-proposals-exxonmobilchevron-agms-wake-call-industry/): CEOs Tillerson and Watson remain bullish on fossil fuels in spite of mounting pressure from institutional investors calling for alternative, more sustainable energy pathways.
- [Climate Change Activists Either Prod Exxon Mobil or Sell It](https://www.iccr.org/climate-change-activists-either-prod-exxon-mobil-or-sell-it/)
- [ExxonMobil Faces Showdown with Shareholders over Climate Change](https://www.iccr.org/exxonmobil-faces-showdown-shareholders-over-climate-change/)
- [Here are some of the activist groups taking on oil goliath Exxon](https://www.iccr.org/here-are-some-activist-groups-taking-oil-goliath-exxon/)
- [Support for Antibiotic-Free Meat Proposal at McDonald's Annual Meeting Underscores Investor Concerns](https://www.iccr.org/support-antibiotic-free-meat-proposal-mcdonalds-annual-meeting-underscores-investor-concerns/): In Recognition of Risks to Public Health and Brand Image, Over 22% of Shareholders Agree the Fast-Food Chain Should Revise its Antibiotics Policy to Cover Beef and Pork
- [Exxon Mobil’s shareholders meeting was totally overrun by climate demands](https://www.iccr.org/exxon-mobils-shareholders-meeting-was-totally-overrun-climate-demands/)
- [Sisters lead the way in mission investing that influences corporate policy and advances social good](https://www.iccr.org/sisters-lead-way-mission-investing-influences-corporate-policy-and-advances-social-good/)
- [ExxonMobil Gets Challenge from Shareholders to Reduce Carbon. Will Other Companies Get Pressure?](https://www.iccr.org/exxonmobil-gets-challenge-shareholders-reduce-carbon-will-other-companies-get-pressure/)
- [Shareholders vote down dark money disclosure at Aetna, Anthem](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-vote-down-dark-money-disclosure-aetna-anthem/)
- [The Church of England’s Blessed Investing](https://www.iccr.org/church-englands-blessed-investing/)
- [Activists encouraged by shareholder votes on climate change](https://www.iccr.org/activists-encouraged-shareholder-votes-climate-change/)
- [$4.8 Trillion Investor Coalition Announces Support for World's first Business & Human Rights Benchmark](https://www.iccr.org/48-trillion-investor-coalition-announces-support-worlds-first-business-human-rights-benchmark/)
- [The Price of Politics (News Show)](https://www.iccr.org/price-politics-news-show/): The Australian Broadcasting Corporation recently broadcast an in-depth segment on the influence of corporate money in politics, focusing mainly on Austrialian corporations, but also examining political contributions in the US. Sr. Pat Daly of Tri-Cri was interviewed about Exxon Mobil. Skip ahead to 18 minutes 37 seconds to listen to the Exxon portion.
- [Viacom and 27 Other Stocks That Come With Restricted Voting Rights](https://www.iccr.org/viacom-and-27-other-stocks-come-restricted-voting-rights/)
- [Church agencies look at ways private investors can help social mission](https://www.iccr.org/church-agencies-look-ways-private-investors-can-help-social-mission/)
- [Impact investing needed for sustainable help to poor': Fr. Séamus Finn, OMI](https://www.iccr.org/impact-investing-needed-sustainable-help-poor-fr-séamus-finn-omi/)
- [Efforts to address climate change intensify following GA222](https://www.iccr.org/efforts-address-climate-change-intensify-following-ga222/)
- [DowDupont Special Shareholder meeting keeps shareholders silent](https://www.iccr.org/dowdupont-special-shareholder-meeting-keeps-shareholders-silent/): Midland, Michigan - Earlier this morning, Dow shareholders the Adrian Dominican Sisters, also representing PAN North America, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, and Trillium Asset Management, attempted to share concerns about risks of growing seed and pesticide market control and consolidation, including risks to the entire food system. The Sisters attempted to address social and environmental
- [Investors urge the SEC to require mandatory sustainability disclosures](https://www.iccr.org/investors-urge-sec-require-mandatory-sustainability-disclosures/): US SIF and ICCR issue joint statement Washington, DC, July 25, 2016 -- US SIF: The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment (US SIF) and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) have issued comments on the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s concept release on business and financial disclosure requirements in Regulation S-K. Regulation S-K
- [The Consumer Goods Forum Strengthens Its Action on Sustainable Supply Chains Through GSCP Integration](https://www.iccr.org/consumer-goods-forum-strengthens-its-action-sustainable-supply-chains-through-gscp-integration/)
- [Breaking down barriers to children’s health](https://www.iccr.org/breaking-down-barriers-childrens-health/): By Sarah Margolis, Associate Program Director, Access to Nutrition Why do communities of color across the United States have unequal and inconsistent access to healthy environments? And how do we arrive at practical, sustainable solutions that will measurably improve the well-being of these communities?This question is at the heart of the Communities Creating Healthy Environments (CCHE)
- [Online letter campaign targets McDonald's antibiotic usage](https://www.iccr.org/online-letter-campaign-targets-mcdonalds-antibiotic-usage/)
- [Tyson Foods' Investors Question Company's ESG Record via Shareholder Resolutions for the 2017 Proxy Ballot](https://www.iccr.org/tyson-foods-investors-question-companys-esg-record-shareholder-resolutions-2017-proxy-ballot/): Meat Giant under Fire for Lagging on Important Social Issues, Putting Investors at Risk NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 – Shareholders in Tyson Foods and members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility today announced the filing of five shareholder resolutions for the company’s 2017 proxy ballot, which reflect what they view as
- [Tyson investors call for environmental, social changes](https://www.iccr.org/tyson-investors-call-environmental-social-changes/)
- [Shareholder Resolution Challenges Walgreens on Continued Sales of Tobacco](https://www.iccr.org/shareholder-resolution-challenges-walgreens-continued-sales-tobacco/): Investors concerned that tobacco sales in Walgreens pharmacies threaten the company’s corporate mission to “help people lead healthier and happier lives”.NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25TH, 2016 – Shareholders in Walgreens and members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility today announced the filing of a shareholder proposal requesting that the Board of Directors review
- [Walgreens Feels Tobacco's Heat](https://www.iccr.org/walgreens-feels-tobaccos-heat/)
- [Tyson investors call for environmental, social changes](https://www.iccr.org/tyson-investors-call-environmental-social-changes-0/)
- [Tyson Foods faces investor scrutiny on ethical issues](https://www.iccr.org/tyson-foods-faces-investor-scrutiny-ethical-issues/)
- [Walgreens Shareholders Want Chain to Stop Selling Tobacco](https://www.iccr.org/walgreens-shareholders-want-chain-stop-selling-tobacco/)
- [Timothy Smith and Rev. William Somplatsky-Jarman Winners of ICCR's 2016 Legacy Award](https://www.iccr.org/timothy-smith-and-rev-william-somplatsky-jarman-winners-iccrs-2016-legacy-award/): Pioneers of the Faith-Based Shareholder Advocacy Movement to be Honored at Annual Event at Riverside Church in NYC on September 29th.
- [Shareholder Resolution Asks Walgreens To Review Tobacco Sales](https://www.iccr.org/shareholder-resolution-asks-walgreens-review-tobacco-sales/)
- [Investors Voice Support for Allergan Pledge to Cap Branded Drug Prices](https://www.iccr.org/investors-voice-support-allergan-pledge-cap-branded-drug-prices/): Shareholders continue call for industry-wide disclosures of pricing structures to prevent “predatory pricing” seen to present risks to both business and public health.NEW YORK, NY, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2016 – The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), a coalition of investors who have been calling for greater transparency on drug pricing structures, commends Allergan’s CEO
- [Activist says Wells Fargo to face tough shareholder resolutions](https://www.iccr.org/activist-says-wells-fargo-face-tough-shareholder-resolutions/)
- [Global Investor Statement on Anti-Microbial Resistance](https://www.iccr.org/global-investor-statement-anti-microbial-resistance/): This statement is supported by 78 institutional investors & stakeholders with $569 billion AUM
- [The Art of Ensuring Corporate Accountability and Social Justice](https://www.iccr.org/art-ensuring-corporate-accountability-and-social-justice/)
- [Walgreens Attempts to Censor Debate on Tobacco Sales at Shareholder Meeting](https://www.iccr.org/walgreens-attempts-censor-debate-tobacco-sales-shareholder-meeting/)
- [Shareholders Ask FedEx to Protect LGBT Employees from State-Promoted Discrimination](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-ask-fedex-protect-lgbt-employees-state-promoted-discrimination/): MEMPHIS, TN -- At the upcoming FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) annual shareholder meeting (September 26, 2016), stockholders are asking for details about strategies that FedEx will deploy to defend the company’s LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) employees and their families against discrimination and harassment that is encouraged or enabled by new legislation in several
- [Walgreens Moves to Take Tobacco Sales Off 2017 Agenda](https://www.iccr.org/walgreens-moves-take-tobacco-sales-2017-agenda/)
- [Walden’s Tim Smith Receives the ICCR 2016 Legacy Award](https://www.iccr.org/waldens-tim-smith-receives-iccr-2016-legacy-award/)
- [Faith investors back migrant rights activist sentenced by Thai court](https://www.iccr.org/faith-investors-back-migrant-rights-activist-sentenced-thai-court/)
- [Human Thread tells Macy's, Kohl's: Put fair trade on the racks](https://www.iccr.org/human-thread-tells-macys-kohls-put-fair-trade-racks/)
- [Churches and finance experts find common ground on fossil fuel divestment](https://www.iccr.org/churches-and-finance-experts-find-common-ground-fossil-fuel-divestment/)
- [Religious investors lose faith in Wells Fargo after scandal](https://www.iccr.org/religious-investors-lose-faith-wells-fargo-after-scandal/)
- [Wells Fargo Facing Multiple Resolutions from Shareholders Due to Systemic Ethical Lapses](https://www.iccr.org/wells-fargo-facing-multiple-resolutions-shareholders-due-systemic-ethical-lapses/)
- [Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility Backs Andy Hall](https://www.iccr.org/interfaith-center-corporate-responsibility-backs-andy-hall-0/)
- [Text: Fr Séamus Finn OMI on Together for the Common Good](https://www.iccr.org/text-fr-séamus-finn-omi-together-common-good/)
- [Investors Welcome Benchmark Study of Forced Labor Risks in Food and Beverage Sector](https://www.iccr.org/investors-welcome-benchmark-study-forced-labor-risks-food-and-beverage-sector/): KnowTheChain, releases ranking of the top 20 global food and beverage companies on the steps they are taking to address forced labor risks indicating that there is much room for improvement.
- [Faith-Based Investor Group Calls for Drugmakers to Be Transparent on Pricing](https://www.iccr.org/faith-based-investor-group-calls-drugmakers-be-transparent-pricing/)
- [Why Tyson Foods' investment in Beyond Meat is shrewd](https://www.iccr.org/why-tyson-foods-investment-beyond-meat-shrewd/)
- [Citing Mounting Risks, Shareholders Call for Fuller Disclosure of Price Hikes from Leading Pharma Companies](https://www.iccr.org/citing-mounting-risks-shareholders-call-fuller-disclosure-price-hikes-leading-pharma-companies/): Multiple shareholder resolutions for the 2017 proxy point to economic and societal risks in requests for justification for continued increases on key drugs.NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24TH, 2016 – Investors and members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility who for over 20 years have been engaging the pharma sector to increase the access
- [Investors release statement in response to the September 2016 Tampaco Foils Ltd. factory fire/building collapse in Bangladesh](https://www.iccr.org/investors-release-statement-response-september-2016-tampaco-foils-ltd-factory-firebuilding-collapse/): On September 10, 2016 a boiler exploded at the Tampaco Foils Ltd. factory in Bangladesh causing a fire and building collapse that took the lives of 35 workers and injured over 50 more. Two major companies—British American Tobacco (BAT) and Nestle--have a business relationship with the Tampaco factory to package their products. An investor statement coordinated
- [Faith based investors evolve ESG beyond negative screens](https://www.iccr.org/faith-based-investors-evolve-esg-beyond-negative-screens/): Fundfire interviews ICCR CEO Josh Zinner, other ESG leaders, about the impact of the Papal Encyclical on the environment.
- [10 Surprising Ways Voting for President Mirrors Shareholder Voting](https://www.iccr.org/10-surprising-ways-voting-president-mirrors-shareholder-voting/)
- [$2.3trn investor coalition presses companies following latest Bangladesh industrial accident](https://www.iccr.org/23trn-investor-coalition-presses-companies-following-latest-bangladesh-industrial-accident/)
- [The Power of Faith-Based Investors in the Face of a Changing Climate](https://www.iccr.org/power-faith-based-investors-face-changing-climate/)
- [PGGM and US faith investors withdraw water resolution at Spam-maker Hormel](https://www.iccr.org/pggm-and-us-faith-investors-withdraw-water-resolution-spam-maker-hormel/)
- [Announcement from Walmart CEO on Ethical Recruitment Praised by Investors](https://www.iccr.org/announcement-walmart-ceo-ethical-recruitment-praised-investors/): In recognition of potential slavery risks, CEO McMillon announces new commitments that will prohibit the paying of recruitment fees by workers.NEW YORK, NY, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016 – Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility and Walmart shareholders welcomed today’s announcement by CEO Doug McMillon that the company would be implementing ethical recruitment practices
- [Now more than ever, committed to justice](https://www.iccr.org/now-more-ever-committed-justice/): As faith and values-based investors, ICCR’s members remain united in our commitment to work together to create positive change. And while we are deeply concerned about the challenges we will likely face as a result of Tuesday’s election, beneath this concern lays a persistent hope that forms the bedrock of our coalition. This hope not
- [2016 Access to Medicines Index Released](https://www.iccr.org/2016-access-medicines-index-released/)
- [Now out: US SIF's 2016 Trends Report](https://www.iccr.org/now-out-us-sifs-2016-trends-report/): WASHINGTON, D.C., November 14, 2016 – Sustainable, responsible and impact investing assets now account for $8.72 trillion, or one in five dollars invested under professional management in the United States according to the US SIF Foundation’s biennial Report on US Sustainable, Responsible and Impact Investing Trends 2016 which was released today.The biennial Trends Report—first conducted
- [Make Investing Great Again](https://www.iccr.org/make-investing-great-again/)
- [Investors press meat and restaurant companies to reevaluate antibiotics over-use](https://www.iccr.org/investors-press-meat-and-restaurant-companies-reevaluate-antibiotics-over-use/): In 2017 Shareholder Resolutions, Investors Call on McDonald’s, Sanderson Farms and Yum Brands to Implement Policies that Eliminate Antibiotics Vital to Human Health in Poultry, Pork and Beef Products.NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH, 2016 – Shareholders in meat and restaurant brands and members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility today announced a campaign to move companies
- [McDonald's investor renews push for antibiotic reduction in all meat](https://www.iccr.org/mcdonalds-investor-renews-push-antibiotic-reduction-all-meat/)
- [SSND Cooperative Investment Fund Supports Investment in Renewable Energy Project](https://www.iccr.org/ssnd-cooperative-investment-fund-supports-investment-renewable-energy-project/): After many months of conversations and searching, the School Sisters of Notre Dame's Cooperative Investment Fund's (CIF) Board of Directors voted at the November 2016 meeting to commit a portion of the CIF fund to a Renewable Power Investment. This investment is an investor-aligned fund featuring wind and solar assets while shifting companies and institutions away
- [Investors press meat producers to cut water pollution](https://www.iccr.org/investors-press-meat-producers-cut-water-pollution/): Forty-five large investors collectively managing $1.2 trillion in assets are pressing some of the nation's largest meat producers to set policies for reducing water pollution in their feeding, slaughtering and processing operations.The investors, who are members of sustainability non-profit advocate Ceres and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), sent letters to Cargill Inc [CARG.UL],
- [Perdue Farms responds to water pollution call](https://www.iccr.org/perdue-farms-responds-water-pollution-call/): Poultry giant Perdue Farms has responded to pressure on several leading US meat firms to tighten focus on water use, highlighting the actions it has already taken on the issue.
- [Leading Investors Press Meat Producers to Tackle Water Pollution Risks](https://www.iccr.org/leading-investors-press-meat-producers-tackle-water-pollution-risks/): As Thanksgiving nears, 45 leading institutional investors collectively managing $1.2 trillion in assets are pressing some of the nation’s largest producers of turkey and other meats to address the significant water pollution risks associated with feeding, slaughtering and processing livestock.The investors sent joint letters to four of the largest producers in the meat industry, Cargill,
- [Investors urge Cargill, Smithfield to address water pollution](https://www.iccr.org/investors-urge-cargill-smithfield-address-water-pollution/)
- [Azzad asks pharma companies to reassess drug pricing](https://www.iccr.org/azzad-asks-pharma-companies-reassess-drug-pricing/): Azzad Asset Management, investment advisor to the Azzad Funds, announced today that it has submitted drug pricing proposals to Merck & Co. and Gilead Sciences, two major pharmaceutical companies that manufacture some of America's most popular prescription drugs.The proposals request the companies' boards of directors to issue a report listing the rates of price increases
- [ICCR Establishes Advisory Committee of Leaders in Business and Human Rights Movement](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-establishes-advisory-committee-leaders-business-and-human-rights-movement/): The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) today announced that it has formed a Human Rights Advisory Committee to provide input on shareholder strategies related to corporate human rights impacts. ICCR’s historical engagement of companies on a range of human rights issues places it in a unique position to make significant progress in improving corporate performance
- [First shareholder resolution on Rohingya presses Chevron on business ties to Burma government](https://www.iccr.org/first-shareholder-resolution-rohingya-presses-chevron-business-ties-burma-government/)
- [Where Wells Fargo Goes From Here](https://www.iccr.org/where-wells-fargo-goes-here/)
- [In Fight to Reduce Carbon Emissions, Investor Coalition Seeks to Turn Corporate Promises into Action](https://www.iccr.org/fight-reduce-carbon-emissions-investor-coalition-seeks-turn-corporate-promises-action/): Letter to over 100 Companies Presses for Follow-Through on Stated Commitments to Set Science-Based GHG Targets. NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2016 – Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), announced that they sent letters to over 100 publicly held companies encouraging them to make good on statements that they would adopt
- [Investors Urge 100 Companies to Turn Their Science-Based GHG-Reduction Targets Into Action](https://www.iccr.org/investors-urge-100-companies-turn-their-science-based-ghg-reduction-targets-action/)
- [How the private sector can fight climate change, with or without Trump](https://www.iccr.org/how-private-sector-can-fight-climate-change-or-without-trump/)
- [Companies Challenged to Adopt Science-Based Climate Goals](https://www.iccr.org/companies-challenged-adopt-science-based-climate-goals/)
- [Standing Rock Sioux - A Model for Protection of Planet and its People](https://www.iccr.org/standing-rock-sioux-model-protection-planet-and-its-people/)
- [Walgreens faces anti-tobacco effort ahead of annual meeting](https://www.iccr.org/walgreens-faces-anti-tobacco-effort-ahead-annual-meeting/)
- [Allergan Shareholders Welcome New Disclosures on Lobbying and Political Activities](https://www.iccr.org/allergan-shareholders-welcome-new-disclosures-lobbying-and-political-activities/): New policy responds to investor requests for greater transparency including spending at the state and local levels and participation in industry trade associations.
- [Allergan shareholders win disclosure](https://www.iccr.org/allergan-shareholders-win-disclosure/)
- [Investors and public health groups voice support for Affordable Care Act](https://www.iccr.org/investors-and-public-health-groups-voice-support-affordable-care-act/): Letter to Trump and Congress cites expanded coverage for millions of Americans in call to improve rather than repeal the landmark health care law. NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2017 – Amid calls from some lawmakers and the President-elect for an immediate repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a coalition of 119 faith-
- [Rome Roundtable 2017](https://www.iccr.org/rome-roundtable-2017/): By Rev. Seamus P. Finn OMI. The Global Foundation http://globalfoundation.org.au/ethical-and-effective-global-governance gathered for its Roman Roundtable 2017 on January 14th and 15th and convened participants from the business and investment community, religious leaders, civic institutions, academia and civil society to evaluate responses and measure progress on United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.The fifty invited participants were asked
- [New Reporting Guidelines Aiming to Shed Further Light on Palm Oil Industry](https://www.iccr.org/new-reporting-guidelines-aiming-shed-further-light-palm-oil-industry/)
- [Why is Walgreens still selling cigarettes? Shareholders want to know](https://www.iccr.org/why-walgreens-still-selling-cigarettes-shareholders-want-know/)
- [Shareholders Welcome Appointment of Climate Expert to ExxonMobil Board](https://www.iccr.org/shareholders-welcome-appointment-climate-expert-exxonmobil-board/): Appointment of Susan Avery, atmospheric scientist, to board of directors responds to investor concerns regarding need for board with climate change competence. NEW YORK, NY – Thursday January 26, 2017 – Members of the Interfaith Center and long-term shareholders of ExxonMobil were encouraged by Exxon’s decision yesterday to appoint a climate scientist to its board
- [Wells Fargo Locks Horns With Some Shareholders Over Proxy Proposals](https://www.iccr.org/wells-fargo-locks-horns-some-shareholders-over-proxy-proposals/)
- [Proxy Season 2017: More Pressure on Social Issues, Focus on Value](https://www.iccr.org/proxy-season-2017-more-pressure-social-issues-focus-value/): With an expected regulatory downshift under the incoming Trump Administration, standard-setting for business conduct may move from the government to the corporate sector, with shareholders and socially conscious directors driving the trend in myriad areas, from industry-specific concerns such as animal welfare to broader issues such as climate change. To be sure, we will continue
- [Business Leaders Advising Trump Urged to Reject Travel Ban, Promote Human Rights](https://www.iccr.org/business-leaders-advising-trump-urged-reject-travel-ban-promote-human-rights/): NEW YORK, NY, Wednesday, February 1st, 2017 – Human rights groups and responsible investors including faith-based organizations today sent a letter to the 19 current and former CEOs comprising President Trump’s Strategic and Policy Forum in advance of their upcoming meeting with the President this Friday. The Strategic and Policy Forum was convened by President
- [The World is Watching](https://www.iccr.org/world-watching/)
- [SRI Firms Come Out in Opposition of Trump Travel Ban](https://www.iccr.org/sri-firms-come-out-opposition-trump-travel-ban/)
- [Trump likely to face questions from Musk and other CEOs over travel ban in Friday meeting](https://www.iccr.org/trump-likely-face-questions-musk-and-other-ceos-over-travel-ban-friday-meeting/)
- [US socially responsible and faith investors call on executives to resist Trump’s immigrant ban](https://www.iccr.org/us-socially-responsible-and-faith-investors-call-executives-resist-trumps-immigrant-ban/): A group of 64 SRI and faith investors and human rights groups in the US has issued a strongly worded letter to business executives calling on them to resist President Trump’s controversial executive order restricting entry for refugees, immigrants, and documented residents from selected countries.
- [Investors and businesses voice strong support for consumer financial protection bureau](https://www.iccr.org/investors-and-businesses-voice-strong-support-consumer-financial-protection-bureau/): Letter to Trump and Congress cites enormous strides CFPB has made under Director Cordray in protecting Americans from financial abuse, and ensuring a fair and transparent financial marketplace NEW YORK, NY, MONDAY FEBRUARY 6, 2017 – Amid calls from some lawmakers and special interest groups to weaken the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a coalition of
- [Sustainable business stands up to Trump](https://www.iccr.org/sustainable-business-stands-trump/)
- [A Closer Look' interviews Rev. Seamus Finn on aligning faith and finance (audio file)](https://www.iccr.org/closer-look-interviews-rev-seamus-finn-aligning-faith-and-finance-audio-file/)
- [This investing strategy can make money and a better world](https://www.iccr.org/investing-strategy-can-make-money-and-better-world/)
- [For Milwaukee friar, win vs. ExxonMobil is biggest since 'Joe Camel'](https://www.iccr.org/milwaukee-friar-win-vs-exxonmobil-biggest-joe-camel/)
- [Catholics find opportunities to invest, contribute for good](https://www.iccr.org/catholics-find-opportunities-invest-contribute-good/)
- [Investors Renew Call On Exxon To Address Climate Risk](https://www.iccr.org/investors-renew-call-exxon-address-climate-risk/)
- [Advocacy groups protest regulatory repeal actions](https://www.iccr.org/advocacy-groups-protest-regulatory-repeal-actions/)
- [Big Pharmas, top biotechs balk at investor group's push for pricing transparency](https://www.iccr.org/big-pharmas-top-biotechs-balk-investor-groups-push-pricing-transparency/)
- [Drug Companies Block Shareholder Votes on Price Transparency Proposals](https://www.iccr.org/drug-companies-block-shareholder-votes-price-transparency-proposals/): Investors’ group wants companies to disclose price increases over the years, and the rationale
- [Pharma Companies Block Investor Requests for Greater Transparency on Drug Pricing](https://www.iccr.org/pharma-companies-block-investor-requests-greater-transparency-drug-pricing/): Drug companies including J & J, Merck, BMS and Pfizer Seek to Silence Shareholders by Omitting Resolution on Price Transparency from Company Proxies.NEW YORK, NY – Thursday, March 2, 2017 – Long-term shareholders in major U.S. drug companies today expressed outrage that their attempts to elicit greater transparency around excessive price increases on critical drugs
- [Pharmalot, Pharmalittle: Drug makers squelch shareholder proposals on price hikes](https://www.iccr.org/pharmalot-pharmalittle-drug-makers-squelch-shareholder-proposals-price-hikes/)
- [Will Drug Prices Come Down As Donald Trump Promised? His Regulators Help Pharmaceutical Companies Block Shareholder Questions About Rising Drug Prices](https://www.iccr.org/will-drug-prices-come-down-donald-trump-promised-his-regulators-help-pharmaceutical-companies-block/)
- [Republican governors request radical change in Medicaid drug coverage](https://www.iccr.org/republican-governors-request-radical-change-medicaid-drug-coverage/)
- [Disney should be more transparent about its lobbying](https://www.iccr.org/disney-should-be-more-transparent-about-its-lobbying/)
- [Investors Urge the SEC and Administration to Continue Robust Implementation of Dodd-Frank (Section 1502) Conflict Minerals Rule](https://www.iccr.org/investors-urge-sec-and-administration-continue-robust-implementation-dodd-frank-section-1502/): BOSTON, MA – March 7, 2017 – A coalition of 127 investors representing over $4.8 trillion in assets under management have called on the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) and the current Administration to continue the comprehensive implementation of Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the Securities
- [New report Exposes Gaps in Corporate Human Rights Performance in Ag, Apparel and Extractives Sectors](https://www.iccr.org/new-report-exposes-gaps-corporate-human-rights-performance-ag-apparel-and-extractives-sectors/): Launch of Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB) is welcomed by investment community as a valuable engagement tool to help advance progress on corporate human rights programs.NEW YORK, NY – MONDAY, MARCH 13TH, 2017 – Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility engaging companies on their human rights impacts welcome today’s launch of a new
- [35 National Religious Leaders Applaud Republican Climate Resolution](https://www.iccr.org/35-national-religious-leaders-applaud-republican-climate-resolution/): Today, 35 diverse religious leaders joined together to welcome a Republican resolution on climate change, introduced by Rep. Elise Stefanik (NY-21), Rep. Carlos Curbelo (FL-26), Rep. Ryan Costello (PA-6), and fourteen other Republican members of Congress. Signatories of the letter, organized by the Friends Committee on National Legislation, include prominent voices from Evangelical, Baptist, Catholic,
- [Kraft Heinz to Take Up 3 Shareholder Resolutions Dealing With Sustainability](https://www.iccr.org/kraft-heinz-take-3-shareholder-resolutions-dealing-sustainability/)
- [Kraft Heinz Opposes Sustainability Shareholder Resolutions](https://www.iccr.org/kraft-heinz-opposes-sustainability-shareholder-resolutions/)
- [Financial Stability Board Climate Deceit](https://www.iccr.org/financial-stability-board-climate-deceit/)
- [Investors ask drugmaker to detail its price increases](https://www.iccr.org/investors-ask-drugmaker-detail-its-price-increases/)
- [Wells Fargo Leaders Reaped Lavish Pay Even as Account Scandal Unfolded](https://www.iccr.org/wells-fargo-leaders-reaped-lavish-pay-even-account-scandal-unfolded/)
- [Wells Fargo shareholders call for a new, broader probe into the bank's accounts scandal](https://www.iccr.org/wells-fargo-shareholders-call-new-broader-probe-banks-accounts-scandal/)
- [Eli Lilly says it's cutting an average of 50% off list prices—and its price hikes don't work](https://www.iccr.org/eli-lilly-says-its-cutting-average-50-list-prices-and-its-price-hikes-dont-work/)
- [Wells Fargo books plush resort for company meeting, and some shareholders aren't happy](https://www.iccr.org/wells-fargo-books-plush-resort-company-meeting-and-some-shareholders-arent-happy/)
- [Failure pays big at Wells Fargo, judging by these executive bonuses](https://www.iccr.org/failure-pays-big-wells-fargo-judging-these-executive-bonuses/)
- [Pharmaceutical companies refuse calls for transparency in price hikes](https://www.iccr.org/pharmaceutical-companies-refuse-calls-transparency-price-hikes/)
- [Moral concerns raised over pay ratio roll-back](https://www.iccr.org/moral-concerns-raised-over-pay-ratio-roll-back/): Faith-based investors speak out on risks of a change in SEC’s planned disclosure of employee-CEO pay ratioNew York, March 21st, 2017Praxis Mutual Funds® and Christian Brothers Investment Services led a group of seven faith-based investment organizations in urging the Securities and Exchange Commission to keep a rule requiring businesses to disclose the CEO/median worker pay ratio.The rule came
- [Investor groups representing $65 trillion tell Trump Admin that current shareholder resolution process is working well to protect investors](https://www.iccr.org/investor-groups-representing-65-trillion-tell-trump-admin-current-shareholder-resolution-process/): Demonstrating strong investor opposition to special interest efforts to weaken key elements of the shareholder resolution process (SEC rule 14a-8), a group of leading investor organizations representing $65 trillion in assets wrote last week to the Trump administration urging support for the SEC’s existing shareholder proposal process, which is providing wide-ranging benefits.The letter was sent Friday
- [Climate Scientist Joins Exxon Board](https://www.iccr.org/climate-scientist-joins-exxon-board/)
- [ICCR Statement on the Executive Order Rolling Back Progress on Climate Change](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-statement-executive-order-rolling-back-progress-climate-change/)
- [Report: Biogen, Vertex to exclude votes on drug price transparency plans](https://www.iccr.org/report-biogen-vertex-exclude-votes-drug-price-transparency-plans/)
- [Two More Water Utilities Commit to the Human Right to Water](https://www.iccr.org/two-more-water-utilities-commit-human-right-water/): Boston, MA -- After engagement with shareholders, two California-based water utilities, California Water Service Group (NYSE: CWT) and American States Water (NYSE: AWR), have adopted policies confirming a commitment to support the human right to water (HRTW). Sparked by shareholder proposals filed last fall by Boston-based socially responsible investment firm NorthStar Asset Management, Inc., these
- [Megabanks lead fight to curtail influence of ‘social impact’ investors](https://www.iccr.org/megabanks-lead-fight-curtail-influence-social-impact-investors/)
- [Meet the Shareholders? Not at These Shareholder Meetings](https://www.iccr.org/meet-shareholders-not-these-shareholder-meetings/)
- [Investors challenge companies including McDonalds on antibiotics excess in meat](https://www.iccr.org/investors-challenge-companies-including-mcdonalds-antibiotics-excess-meat/)
- [AGM season 2017: Investors challenge companies including McDonalds on antibiotics excess in meat](https://www.iccr.org/agm-season-2017-investors-challenge-companies-including-mcdonalds-antibiotics-excess-meat/)
- [In the Trump era, one US Muslim investor tries a louder voice](https://www.iccr.org/trump-era-one-us-muslim-investor-tries-louder-voice/)
- [ICCR Statement in Support of In-Person Annual Stockholder Meetings](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-statement-support-person-annual-stockholder-meetings/): We believe the ability to attend annual stockholder meetings in person is a fundamental tenet of shareholder democracy. The annual meeting provides shareholders with a critical accountability mechanism to assess, challenge and evaluate management performance through an open exchange with board and management. Nevertheless, there is a growing trend among several high profile corporations – including
- [As KFC changes policy, Yum shareholders pull proposal on cutting antibiotics](https://www.iccr.org/kfc-changes-policy-yum-shareholders-pull-proposal-cutting-antibiotics/)
- [Where the Wells Fargo scandal report falls short](https://www.iccr.org/where-wells-fargo-scandal-report-falls-short/)
- [In response to investors & public health groups, meat producers and fast-food restaurants restrict antibiotics in chicken; hurdles persist for beef and pork](https://www.iccr.org/response-investors-public-health-groups-meat-producers-and-fast-food-restaurants-restrict/): Investors encourage companies to go further, move faster to address growing public health risk of antibiotics overuse. New York, NY, Thursday, April 13, 2017 - Shareholder members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility who have been engaging meat producers and restaurant chains on their continued use of meat raised with antibiotics used in human medicine,
- [McDonald's shareholders to vote on key proposals](https://www.iccr.org/mcdonalds-shareholders-vote-key-proposals/)
- [How Wells Fargo could overcome a shareholder revolt](https://www.iccr.org/how-wells-fargo-could-overcome-shareholder-revolt/)
- [McDonald's, fast-food chains find antibiotic-free beef, pork hard to deliver](https://www.iccr.org/mcdonalds-fast-food-chains-find-antibiotic-free-beef-pork-hard-deliver/)
- [Financial regulation bill could end most climate resolutions](https://www.iccr.org/financial-regulation-bill-could-end-most-climate-resolutions/)
- [Wells Fargo investors should apply pressure to repair the damage](https://www.iccr.org/wells-fargo-investors-should-apply-pressure-repair-damage/)
- [Religious groups pressure Vertex over lobbying disclosures](https://www.iccr.org/religious-groups-pressure-vertex-over-lobbying-disclosures/)
- [​Vertex at odds with religious investors over lobbying disclosures](https://www.iccr.org/vertex-odds-religious-investors-over-lobbying-disclosures/)
- [A Radical Proposal For Shareholder Democracy](https://www.iccr.org/radical-proposal-shareholder-democracy/)
- [Major US Investors Oppose Legislation That Would Stifle Filing of Shareholder Resolutions with Companies](https://www.iccr.org/major-us-investors-oppose-legislation-would-stifle-filing-shareholder-resolutions-companies/): Most severe attack on shareholder rights in 50 years
- [Bangladesh Accord Illustrates Power of Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration to Address Supply Chain Issues](https://www.iccr.org/bangladesh-accord-illustrates-power-multi-stakeholder-collaboration-address-supply-chain-issues/): In statement, global investor coalition acknowledges progress made by over 100 brands in concert with trade unions and NGOs to transform worker safety in garment sector through the Accord on Fire and Building Safety.NEW YORK, NY – MONDAY APRIL 24TH, 2017 – A coalition of global investors representing over U.S. $4.3 trillion is using the
- [Strong Support from Shareholders for Business Standards Review at Wells Fargo Annual Meeting](https://www.iccr.org/strong-support-shareholders-business-standards-review-wells-fargo-annual-meeting/): Board and Management Face Frustrated Investors Seeking Systemic Culture Change and ‘Operationalization’ of its Vision and Values Statement.NEW YORK, NY – TUESDAY, APRIL 25TH, 2017 - At its shareholder meeting in Jacksonville, FL this morning, investors in Wells Fargo did little to conceal their frustration with management and the board at the bank’s collective failure
- [ICCR develops guide for companies and investors on ethical recruitment](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-develops-guide-companies-and-investors-ethical-recruitment/)
- [Activists pressure Wells Fargo before shareholders meet](https://www.iccr.org/activists-pressure-wells-fargo-shareholders-meet/)
- [Interfaith Groups Calls for Action in Bangladesh](https://www.iccr.org/interfaith-groups-calls-action-bangladesh/)
- [Stock Update on Earnings & Estimates for Wells Fargo & Company](https://www.iccr.org/stock-update-earnings-estimates-wells-fargo-company/)
- [Tears, shouts and a police escort: The scene at Wells' annual meeting](https://www.iccr.org/tears-shouts-and-police-escort-scene-wells-annual-meeting/)
- [ICCR joins nearly 80 community & public interest organizations in urging opposition to CHOICE Act](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-joins-nearly-80-community-public-interest-organizations-urging-opposition-choice-act/)
- [Protesters shout demands, disrupting Wells Fargo annual meeting](https://www.iccr.org/protesters-shout-demands-disrupting-wells-fargo-annual-meeting/)
- [4 years on from Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh - some progress but a lot still to be done](https://www.iccr.org/4-years-rana-plaza-building-collapse-bangladesh-some-progress-lot-still-be-done/)
- [Fashion Transparency Index Reveals Even Top Brands Lagging in Supply Chain Transparency](https://www.iccr.org/fashion-transparency-index-reveals-even-top-brands-lagging-supply-chain-transparency/)
- [Quakers take aim at Comcast over lobbying disclosures, transparency](https://www.iccr.org/quakers-take-aim-comcast-over-lobbying-disclosures-transparency/)
- [ICCR Urges Continued U.S. Participation in Paris Climate Agreement](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-urges-continued-us-participation-paris-climate-agreement/): The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, a coalition of faith and values investors who actively engage companies on environmental, social and governance issues, is strongly urging President Trump to honor the U.S. commitments to the COP21 global climate agreement. We view continued participation in COP21 as not only critical to maintaining the competitiveness of our
- [Wells Fargo — facing lawsuits about preying on minorities — just won a diversity award](https://www.iccr.org/wells-fargo-facing-lawsuits-about-preying-minorities-just-won-diversity-award/)
- [Top Investors Press Oil & Gas Companies to Tackle Methane Emissions](https://www.iccr.org/top-investors-press-oil-gas-companies-tackle-methane-emissions/)
- [216 investors with more than $15 trillion in assets released an open letter to US and other world leaders urging them to Support the Paris Climate Agreement](https://www.iccr.org/216-investors-more-15-trillion-assets-released-open-letter-us-and-other-world-leaders-urging-them/): Long-term institutional investors representing more than USD 15 Trillion in assets have written to G7 heads of state urging governments to stand by their commitments to the Paris Agreement at their upcoming Summit in Taormina, Italy on May 26-27.Click here to read the global investor letter to G7 and G20 governments.pdf.Click here to read the briefing paper
- [ICCR Applauds Senate Vote to Protect Climate and Prevent Methane Leakage on Public Lands](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-applauds-senate-vote-protect-climate-and-prevent-methane-leakage-public-lands/): The Senate held firm today against overturning a rule designed to reduce harmful methane leakage from oil & gas operations on public lands. Investor members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) have consistently supported strong regulation on methane emissions, a potent warming agent, and ICCR applauds the Senate vote to preserve this rule.
- [Top Investors Press Oil & Gas Companies to Tackle Methane Emissions](https://www.iccr.org/top-investors-press-oil-gas-companies-tackle-methane-emissions-0/)
- [High vote at McDonald's annual meeting underscores need to curb antibiotics use](https://www.iccr.org/high-vote-mcdonalds-annual-meeting-underscores-need-curb-antibiotics-use/): Strong vote on antibiotics proposal at annual meeting signals investor appetite for extending current poultry policies to beef and pork. NEW YORK, NY WEDNESDAY, MAY 24TH, 2017 - McDonald’s shareholders and members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility who have been engaging the company around its routine use of medically important antibiotics in meat production,
- [Faith investors mobilize to press ExxonMobil to address climate change](https://www.iccr.org/faith-investors-mobilize-press-exxonmobil-address-climate-change/): After decades of engagement, faith groups anticipate a tipping point on climate resolution at tomorrow’s annual shareholder meeting.NEW YORK, NY – Tuesday, May 30th, 2017 - To galvanize greater investor support and attention for one of the proxy season’s most anticipated votes, nearly three dozen faith-based investors - all members of the Interfaith Center on
- [As President Trump threatens to renege on U.S. commitment to Paris Agreement, shareholders move ExxonMobil towards a greener energy future](https://www.iccr.org/president-trump-threatens-renege-us-commitment-paris-agreement-shareholders-move-exxonmobil-towards/): Faith investors who have engaged Exxon on climate for over two decades celebrate win at today’s annual meeting.NEW YORK, NY – WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 2017 - On the same day that President Trump is reported to be seriously considering pulling the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Agreement, a majority of Exxon shareholders (62%) approved a resolution calling
- [ExxonMobil shareholders vote 'yes' on climate-change analysis. Did Vanguard help sway result?](https://www.iccr.org/exxonmobil-shareholders-vote-yes-climate-change-analysis-did-vanguard-help-sway-result/)
- [ICCR vows to redouble climate efforts despite Trump's destructive decision on Paris ](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-vows-redouble-climate-efforts-despite-trumps-destructive-decision-paris/): Our coalition of faith- and values-based institutional investors is both outraged and saddened by President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. There is consensus among world leaders that climate change, and its associated financial and social impacts, present an ever-growing threat to the health and well-being of our planet and
- [Exxon vote shows Wall Street diverging from Trump on climate change](https://www.iccr.org/exxon-vote-shows-wall-street-diverging-trump-climate-change/)
- [Doing good and doing well: Faith-based investing converts the skeptics](https://www.iccr.org/doing-good-and-doing-well-faith-based-investing-converts-skeptics/)
- [Hospitals aren’t happy about Trump's withdrawal from Paris climate deal](https://www.iccr.org/hospitals-arent-happy-about-trumps-withdrawal-paris-climate-deal/)
- [Can a transparency culture drive slavery action?](https://www.iccr.org/can-transparency-culture-drive-slavery-action/)
- [Trinity Health Statement on President Trump's Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement](https://www.iccr.org/trinity-health-statement-president-trumps-withdrawal-paris-climate-agreement/): Trinity Health released this statement today to express our disappointment on the decision of President Trump to withdraw America's commitment to the Paris Agreement. Trinity Health has engaged extensively the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) in shareholder advocacy efforts on climate change. We have sought corporate support of the Paris Agreement and been successful in
- [Meet the nun who's transforming companies into socially responsible corporations](https://www.iccr.org/meet-nun-whos-transforming-companies-socially-responsible-corporations/)
- [How faith-based shareholders are pushing companies to do more on climate change](https://www.iccr.org/how-faith-based-shareholders-are-pushing-companies-do-more-climate-change/)
- [Comcast's 2nd virtual shareholder meeting gets poor reviews from activists](https://www.iccr.org/comcasts-2nd-virtual-shareholder-meeting-gets-poor-reviews-activists/)
- [Some practical solutions to the problem of modern slavery](https://www.iccr.org/some-practical-solutions-problem-modern-slavery/)
- [Faith and Values Investors Condemn Passage of Financial CHOICE Act by House](https://www.iccr.org/faith-and-values-investors-condemn-passage-financial-choice-act-house/)
- [Historic Investor Support for Wespath’s Engagement With Oil and Gas Giants](https://www.iccr.org/historic-investor-support-wespaths-engagement-oil-and-gas-giants/): Glenview, IL—In a historic corporate proxy voting season, Wespath Benefits and Investments (Wespath), through its Wespath Investment Management division, successfully filed and actively supported shareholder resolutions asking the world’s largest oil and gas companies for greater transparency on how they are preparing for a low-carbon future.In an unprecedented level of support, 67% of shareholders approved
- [Some practical solutions to the problem of modern slavery](https://www.iccr.org/some-practical-solutions-problem-modern-slavery-0/)
- [House targets climate voices with hidden provision](https://www.iccr.org/house-targets-climate-voices-hidden-provision/)
- [​Vertex shareholders reject proposal on lobbying transparency](https://www.iccr.org/vertex-shareholders-reject-proposal-lobbying-transparency/)
- [Pfizer investors slam new price increases as 'out of step’ with its Big Pharma rivals](https://www.iccr.org/pfizer-investors-slam-new-price-increases-out-step-its-big-pharma-rivals/)
- [ExxonMobil shareholders push through climate resolution](https://www.iccr.org/exxonmobil-shareholders-push-through-climate-resolution/)
- [Dollar Tree says it's protecting consumers from toxic chemicals. Group wants proof.](https://www.iccr.org/dollar-tree-says-its-protecting-consumers-toxic-chemicals-group-wants-proof/)
- [Major gains on 2017 proposals signal growing concern over financial impacts of climate change](https://www.iccr.org/major-gains-2017-proposals-signal-growing-concern-over-financial-impacts-climate-change-0/): Shareholder advocates view high votes and corporate commitments on climate policies during 2017 proxy season as evidence that unchecked GHG emissions are seen as serious and material risks by both corporations and investors. NEW YORK, NY, MONDAY, JUNE 26TH, 2017 – On the heels of a series of significant votes, the 2017 proxy season represents a clear
- [Human Rights, Labor, and Responsible Investor Groups Call on the Supreme Court to Put People Before Profit](https://www.iccr.org/human-rights-labor-and-responsible-investor-groups-call-supreme-court-put-people-profit/): Today, the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR), the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) filed an amicus curiae brief in support of the petitioners in Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC, which is scheduled to be heard at the United States Supreme Court in the fall. The case will determine whether the Alien
- [Responsible Labor Initiative Launches to Promote Rights of Workers Vulnerable to Forced Labor](https://www.iccr.org/responsible-labor-initiative-launches-promote-rights-workers-vulnerable-forced-labor/)
- [Alphabet Shareholders Overwhelmingly Support Move to Equal Voting](https://www.iccr.org/alphabet-shareholders-overwhelmingly-support-move-equal-voting/): Mountain View, CA – At Alphabet, Inc.’s most recent annual meeting on June 7, 2017, class A shareholders overwhelmingly supported a shareholder proposal asking company management to recapitalize the share structure so that each share has one vote. According to the proponents of the proposal, assuming that all outstanding class B shares were similarly voted,
- [Sr. Patricia Daly and Fr. Michael Crosby, Winners of ICCR's 2017 Legacy Award](https://www.iccr.org/sr-patricia-daly-and-fr-michael-crosby-winners-iccrs-2017-legacy-award/): Pioneers in shareholder advocacy to be honored at ICCR’s annual event on September 28th. NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28TH, 2017 - The Governing Board of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) is pleased to announce that the winners of the ICCR 2017 Legacy Award are Sr. Patricia Daly, OP of the Dominican Sisters of
- [New Initiative Aims to Help Secure Workers’ Rights in Global Supply Chain](https://www.iccr.org/new-initiative-aims-help-secure-workers-rights-global-supply-chain/)
- [Investors Applaud Extension of Successful Accord for Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh Garment Sector](https://www.iccr.org/investors-applaud-extension-successful-accord-fire-and-building-safety-bangladesh-garment-sector/)
- [More Company Meetings Ask Investors to Tune In, Not Show Up](https://www.iccr.org/more-company-meetings-ask-investors-tune-not-show/)
- [Trending: New Tech and Cross-Industry Accord Seek to Eradicate Forced Labor from Global Supply Chains](https://www.iccr.org/trending-new-tech-and-cross-industry-accord-seek-eradicate-forced-labor-global-supply-chains/)
- [Citing Increased Financial Risks, Investors Urge Senators to Reject "Financial Choice" Act](https://www.iccr.org/citing-increased-financial-risks-investors-urge-senators-reject-financial-choice-act/): Shareholders say if passed, the bill would severely weaken corporate accountability structures and critical financial regulation meant to safeguard the public and the economy.NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, JULY 11, 2017 – The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), a coalition of institutional investors that engage corporations on the environmental and social impacts of their operations,
- [Investors Commend American Airlines for Efforts to Prevent Trafficking of Children](https://www.iccr.org/investors-commend-american-airlines-efforts-prevent-trafficking-children/): American becomes signatory to ECPAT's Code of Conduct
- [ICCR urges NO vote on Congressional Review Act resolution that repeals CFPB arbitration rule](https://www.iccr.org/iccr-urges-no-vote-congressional-review-act-resolution-repeals-cfpb-arbitration-rule/): In a letter sent on July 20, ICCR urged members of the House of Representatives to vote no against a resolution filed under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) that would repeal the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s arbitration rule. The CFPB’s arbitration rule restores individuals’ legal rights by limiting the use of one-sided pre-dispute mandatory (or
- [Faith-Based Investor Coalition Denounces U.S. Chamber of Commerce Proposal to Undermine Shareholder Rights](https://www.iccr.org/faith-based-investor-coalition-denounces-us-chamber-commerce-proposal-undermine-shareholder-rights/)
- [Investor letter on proposed methane regulations in Canada](https://www.iccr.org/investor-letter-proposed-methane-regulations-canada/)
- [Does divestment evangelize or enable the fossil-fuel industry?](https://www.iccr.org/does-divestment-evangelize-or-enable-fossil-fuel-industry/)
- [Fr. Michael Crosby dies at 77; led corporate responsibility campaign](https://www.iccr.org/fr-michael-crosby-dies-77-led-corporate-responsibility-campaign/)
- [Michael Crosby, reformer in boardrooms and basilicas, dies at 77](https://www.iccr.org/michael-crosby-reformer-boardrooms-and-basilicas-dies-77/)
- [Citing the Community Impacts of Methane Leaks from Fracking, Investors Call for Immediate Implementation of 2016 EPA Regulations](https://www.iccr.org/citing-community-impacts-methane-leaks-fracking-investors-call-immediate-implementation-2016-epa/): EPA’s proposed stay of critical rules curbing methane leakage would undermine climate, public health and the economy say investors. NEW YORK, NY - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2017 - Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility who are investors in the oil and gas sector strongly urge the EPA to follow through with immediate implementation
- [Investors to Trump EPA: Don't freeze Obama methane rule](https://www.iccr.org/investors-trump-epa-dont-freeze-obama-methane-rule/): https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/08/09/stories/1060058560
- [Shareholder Campaign to Eradicate Forced Labor Yields Multiple Corporate Commitments](https://www.iccr.org/shareholder-campaign-eradicate-forced-labor-yields-multiple-corporate-commitments/): Five corporations across high-risk sectors pledge to include “no fees” ethical recruitment provisions in supplier codes of conduct to safeguard migrant workers.NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9th, 2017 – Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), a coalition of faith and values investors, today announced breakthroughs with five companies they have been engaging
- [Ford, General Motors, Hormel, Marriott, Michael Kors Step Up to Stop Supply Chain Corruption](https://www.iccr.org/ford-general-motors-hormel-marriott-michael-kors-step-stop-supply-chain-corruption/)
- [This Is What JPMorgan's 25% Hike in Green Financing Means for Your Apple iPhone](https://www.iccr.org/what-jpmorgans-25-hike-green-financing-means-your-apple-iphone/)
- [Shareholder letter of support to Merck CEO Ken Frazier](https://www.iccr.org/shareholder-letter-support-merck-ceo-ken-frazier/): "We applaud your decency and leadership and support your resignation from the President’s American Manufacturing Council."
- [Five corporations pledge to change their supplier codes of conduct to fight forced labor in their supply chains](https://www.iccr.org/five-corporations-pledge-change-their-supplier-codes-conduct-fight-forced-labor-their-supply-chains/)

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- [Equitable Global Supply Chains](https://www.iccr.org/equitable-global-supply-chains/)
- [Health Equity](https://www.iccr.org/health-equity/)
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- [What is Shareholder Engagement?](https://www.iccr.org/shareholder-engagement-proxy-process/)
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- [Exxon Vs. Shareholders: A Timeline](https://www.iccr.org/exxon-vs-shareholders-a-timeline/)
- [Opioid Accountability](https://www.iccr.org/the-opioid-crisis/)
- [Total Disregard](https://www.iccr.org/total-disregard/): Attribution: The Total Disregard research and report was developed by Earthworks in partnership with FracTracker Alliance
- [Scenes from the March 2024 ICCR Conference](https://www.iccr.org/events/scenes-from-the-march-2024-iccr-conference/)
- [Equitable Access to Medicine](https://www.iccr.org/equitable-access-to-medicine/)
- [The 2024 Pharma Resolutions](https://www.iccr.org/the-2024-pharma-resolutions/): Shareholders in seven of the world's largest pharma companies submitted proxy proposals requesting information that would help them understand the impacts of company policies on patients’ access to their branded medicines. Patents and Access Company: AbbVie. Proponent: Friends Fiduciary Corporation. Human Rights Policy Company: Eli Lilly and Company. Proponent: CommonSpirit Health. Human Rights Impact Assessment Company: Pfizer, Inc. Proponent:
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- [Link Text Color Test Page](https://www.iccr.org/link-text-color-test-page/): June 5, 2023. Today the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) announced it had sent a letter to members of both houses of Congress urging them to oppose a well-orchestrated and well-funded campaign seeking to block investors’ use of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors as a framework to reduce long-term risk.June 5, 2023. Today the Interfaith Center on
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- [The 2023 Climate Finance Resolutions](https://www.iccr.org/the-2023-climate-finance-resolutions/): Time-Bound Phase-Out of New Fossil Fuel Exploration and Development Company: Bank of America. AGM: 04/25. Proponent: Trillium Asset Management. Vote: 7% FOR. Company: Citigroup. AGM: 04/25. Proponent: Harrington Investments. Vote: 9.94% FOR. Company: Goldman Sachs. AGM: 04/26. Proponent: Sierra Club Foundation. Read the Sierra Club's exempt solicitation. Vote: 7% FOR. Company: J.P. Morgan Chase. AGM: 5/16. Proponent: Sierra Club Foundation. Read the Sierra Club's exempt solicitation. Vote: 8% FOR. Company: Morgan Stanley.
- [The 2023 Amazon Proposals](https://www.iccr.org/the-2023-amazon-proposals/): Worker Rights Proposals Proposal: Hourly Associates on the Board. Lead Proponent: Oxfam America. Vote: 18.4% “Shareholders know that listening to workers is good business, but Amazon’s corporate board is not listening," said Hana Ivanhoe, Advocacy and Campaigns Manager at Oxfam America. "The predominantly white and male board doesn’t include any of the company’s hourly associates, who are largely women from diverse ethnic backgrounds,
- [The 2023 Patents and Access Pharma Proposals](https://www.iccr.org/the-2023-patents-and-access-pharma-proposals/): 1. Company: AbbVie. Proponent: Friends Fiduciary 2. Company: Amgen. Proponent: Mercy Investment Services 3. Company: Bristol-Myers Squibb. Proponent: CommonSpirit Health 4. Company: Eli Lilly. Proponent: Trinity Health 5. Company: Gilead. Proponent: Adrian Dominican Sisters 6. Company: Johnson & Johnson. Proponent: Mercy Investment Services 7. Company: Merck. Proponent: Province of St. Joseph of the Capuchin Order 8. Company: Pfizer. Proponent: Trinity Health 9. Company: Regeneron. Proponent: Boston Common Asset Management
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## Reports and Publications

- [An Investor Guide to ILO Convention 193: Company Engagement, Ratification and Implementation](https://www.iccr.org/reports/an-investor-guide-to-ilo-convention-193-company-engagement-ratification-and-implementation/): ILO Convention No. 193 on Decent Work in the Platform Economy (C193), adopted in June 2026, is the first binding international labour standard designed specifically for digital platform work. It covers fundamental rights at work, employment classification, pay, social security, occupational safety and health, algorithmic management, personal data, account deactivation, migrant protection, dispute resolution and
- [ICCR and ShareAction Statement on Lawsuits Filed by Major Food and Beverage Companies](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccr-and-shareaction-statement-on-lawsuits-filed-by-major-food-and-beverage-companies/): On 9/30/26, ICCR and ShareAction released this public statement urging food and beverage companies to reassess their use of litigation against public health policies.
- [Dismantling America's Chemical Safety Net: Why Investors Should be Alarmed by Efforts to Weaken TSCA](https://www.iccr.org/reports/dismantling-americas-chemical-safety-net-why-investors-should-be-alarmed-by-efforts-to-weaken-tsca/): Chemicals used throughout manufacturing supply chains, consumer products, foodpackaging, and drinking water systems are foundational to modern commerce, but they can also create significant risks—including litigation exposure, regulatory liability, reputational damage, supply chain disruption, and rising healthcare costs. For investors committed to long-term value creation, the federal framework governing chemical safety is a material financial
- [ICCR’s 2025 – 2026 Annual Report](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccrs-2025-2026-annual-report/): ICCR's 2025-2026 Annual Report provides a twelve-month recap of our members' successes and impacts, and includes our financials, current staff, and board.
- [Catalyzing Corporate Change 2026](https://www.iccr.org/reports/catalyzing-corporate-change-2026/): During the 2026 proxy season, ICCR’s members continued to press their portfolio companies for changes in policies and practices to mitigate harmful environmental and social impacts. What follows is a review of the outcomes of the 436 shareholder proposals that our members filed this season on a range of climate, corporate political responsibility, worker rights,
- [ICCR Statement on the SEC’s Decision to Discontinue Responding to No-Action Requests](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccr-statement-on-the-secs-decision-to-discontinue-responding-to-no-action-requests/): In response to the SEC's announcement on August 14 that it intends to discontinue responses to no-action requests, Tim Smith, Senior Policy Advisor for the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), issued the following statement.
- [Corporate Support for DEI Continues Among Investors and Companies](https://www.iccr.org/reports/corporate-support-for-dei-continues-among-investors-and-companies/): While some companies have retreated from their commitments and disclosures, others have stood firm, understanding the common-sense business logic behind their DEI work. This compilation of excerpts from companies’ statements reflect those who continue to champion DEI progress, particularly those companies that faced anti-DEI resolutions this past year. This document was drafted by Maxwell Homans,
- [Continuing Corporate Climate Commitments](https://www.iccr.org/reports/continuing-corporate-climate-commitments/): We are pleased to share with you a copy of a new publication by ICCR, a compilation of climate quotes and statements by companies. We are all aware of the heated debate in the U.S. about climate change and climate science as well as the decision by the SEC to rescind the climate disclosure rule. In the
- [Intense Shareholder Opposition to Excessive Executive Compensation at Warner Bros.](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccr-statement-in-response-to-excessive-executive-compensation-at-warner-bros/): In a June 12, 2026 SEC filing Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) revealed that a resounding 84.3% of shareholders voted against the advisory vote on compensation (“say-on-pay”) at the company’s June 9 annual meeting. This is the second strong rebuke shareholders have aimed at the company’s compensation committee in less than three months. On April 23,
- [Quotes from Corporations Championing Sustainability](https://www.iccr.org/reports/quotes-from-corporations-championing-sustainability/): Many corporations embrace the compelling business case for sustainability, and its long-term positive impact on shareholder value. They endorse this direction because they understand this is a sensible and prudent way to do business. This is a growing trend in the global business community and is not one that companies are likely to retreat from
- [2026 ICCR Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide](https://www.iccr.org/reports/2026-iccr-proxy-resolutions-and-voting-guide/): Published March, 2026. ICCR has been publishing the Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide annually since 1974 as a way to educate and build support for member proposals. In it, you will find all ICCR member-sponsored proposals for 2026 corporate proxies along with a preliminary overview of the proxy season. Please feel free to share this resource widely with your
- [Investor Statement on Excessive Executive Compensation](https://www.iccr.org/reports/investor-statement-on-excessive-executive-compensation/)
- [Excessive Executive Compensation: Investor Guidance](https://www.iccr.org/reports/excessive-executive-compensation-investor-guidance/): In recent decades, the average CEO of the largest U.S. company has made around 300 times as much as the median worker. This gap highlights a fundamental imbalance in how companies distribute resources, with outsized executive compensation awarded alongside wages that often fail to meet the basic needs of most employees. This wasn’t always the
- [2025 ICCR Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide](https://www.iccr.org/reports/2025-iccr-proxy-resolutions-and-voting-guide/): Published March, 2025. The upcoming 2026 edition will be released in late March, 2026. ICCR has been publishing the Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide annually since 1974 as a way to educate and build support for member proposals. In it, you will find all ICCR member-sponsored proposals for 2025 corporate proxies along with a preliminary overview
- [ICCR Asks the Court for Summary Judgment in its Case Against Texas SB 2337](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccr-asks-the-court-for-summary-judgment/): On January 7, 2026, ICCR filed a Motion for Summary Judgment in its challenge against Texas statute SB 2337. ICCR’s suit, filed in federal court in November 2025 and joined by United Church Funds and Ceres, focused on a newly-adopted law that imposes unprecedented and burdensome unconstitutional obligations on ICCR and similarly-situated organizations. ICCR’s argument
- [2025 Asset Manager Proxy Voting Analysis](https://www.iccr.org/reports/2025-asset-manager-proxy-voting-analysis/): Proxy voting is an essential part of investors’ fiduciary duty and stewardship. The proxy voting data of the largest asset managers offers useful insights into how they exercise their oversight of managements’ decision-making, reveals how they align their recognition of material risk with their asset owner clients and how they address significant environmental, social and
- [ICCR Responds to 12.11 Trump Executive Order on Proxy Advisors and Shareholder Proposals](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccr-responds-to-12-11-trump-executive-order-on-proxy-advisors-and-shareholder-proposals/): On December 11, 2025, the Trump Administration issued an Executive Order yesterday directing federal agencies to consider actions targeting proxy advisory firms, shareholder proposals, and ESG investing more broadly. In response, Josh Zinner, CEO of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), issued the following statement.
- [Letter to Chair Atkins](https://www.iccr.org/reports/letter-to-chair-atkins/): On November 5, 2025, A coalition of five leading investor organizations—including the AFL-CIO, Ceres, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), Shareholder Rights Group, and US SIF submitted the following letter to SEC Chair Paul Atkins expressing serious concerns about his keynote speech at an October forum in Delaware. The speech triggered serious investor concerns regarding
- [Lawsuit to Block Texas Law SB 2337](https://www.iccr.org/reports/lawsuit-to-block-texas-law-sb-2337/): On November 10, 2025, ICCR joined sustainable business advocates and faith-based investment organizations in a lawsuit to block wide enforcement of a new Texas law, known as SB 2337, that would prevent investors from having unrestricted access to expert advice about their investments. The filing argues that SB 2337 violates the free speech guarantees of
- [Engaging Asset Managers to Responsibly Steward Funds and Assets, and the Systems that Support Them](https://www.iccr.org/reports/engaging-asset-managers-to-responsibly-steward-funds-and-assets-and-the-systems-that-support-them/): The ability of asset owners to meet their long-term financial goals is severely challenged by risks such as climate change, persistent income inequality, and the inequitable delivery of healthcare that threaten our planet and its people. Because they impact all economic participants and demonstrate the interdependence of all players, these risks are considered systemic. They
- [Request for Reconsideration and Rescission of No-Action Letter re: Exxon Mobil Corporation’s Retail Voting Program](https://www.iccr.org/reports/request-for-reconsideration-and-rescission-of-no-action-letter-re-exxon-mobil-corporations-retail-voting-program/): On September 30, 2025 shareholder representatives As You Sow and Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) filed a request with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to rescind its effective approval of ExxonMobil’s “Retail Voting Program.” Exxon’s program, under the guise of ‘assisting’ retail voters, seeks to opt retail shareholders into a program that
- [Sea-Ze the Day: How Investors Can Reduce Exposure to Human Rights Abuses in Seafood](https://www.iccr.org/reports/sea-ze-the-day-how-investors-can-reduce-exposure-to-human-rights-abuses-in-seafood/): This new report outlines the widespread human rights abuses in seafood supply chains across major U.S. supermarkets. This is a critical issue for investors. The report details the significant risks that human rights violations pose to supermarkets in investors portfolios. The report provides: An analysis of the state of play among some of largest U.S.
- [Religious Organizations Underscore their Fundamental Right to Manage Their Investments in Alignment with Their Beliefs, Teachings and Values](https://www.iccr.org/reports/religious-organizations-underscore-their-fundamental-right-to-manage-their-investments-in-alignment-with-their-beliefs-teachings-and-values/): On August 26, 2025, the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), a coalition of over 300 institutional investors who, for more than 50 years, have been leaders in faith-consistent and sustainable investing, issued the following statement in defense of this practice as a question of religious freedom protected under the U.S. Constitution.
- [Catalyzing Corporate Change 2025](https://www.iccr.org/reports/catalyzing-corporate-change-2025/): During the 2025 proxy season, ICCR’s members continued to press their portfolio companies for changes in policies and practices to mitigate harmful environmental and social impacts. While engagement progress most often results from ongoing dialogues with companies, when dialogues stall or become unproductive, investors may file shareholder proposals as a means of escalation. What follows
- [ICCR’s 2024 – 2025 Annual Report](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccrs-2024-2025-annual-report/): ICCR's 2024-2025 Annual Report provides a twelve-month recap of our members' successes and impacts, and includes our financials, current staff, and board.
- [ICCR’s Racial Justice Commitment](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccrs-racial-justice-commitment/): ICCR has committed to an ongoing process to make racial justice manifest throughout our internal mission, structures, culture and work and through our collaborations and advocacy with members, partners, and stakeholders. Our goals will be reviewed and amended annually by the ICCR Board and Leadership.
- [ICCR Letter to Congress on the Risks of Anti-ESG Legislation](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccr-letter-to-congress-on-the-risks-of-anti-esg-legislation/): In this 2023 letter, ICCR's members ask members of Congress to speak out against, and oppose, any anti-ESG legislation or regulation at both the state and federal levels to ensurethat institutional investors retain the freedom to make prudent and thoughtful long-term investment choices for their beneficiaries.
- [Investor Statement on AI in Healthcare](https://www.iccr.org/reports/investor-statement-on-ai-in-healthcare/): While there are many concerning provisions in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA), one stands out for us: the provision imposing a 10-year moratorium on state and local regulations of artificial intelligence (AI). This measure, embedded within the broader budget reconciliation package, aims to centralize AI oversight at the federal level, effectively overriding existing
- [ICCR's Faith-Consistent Investing Statement: Why Faith Groups Have Historically Practiced Sustainable and Responsible Investing](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccrs-faith-consistent-investing-statement-why-faith-groups-have-historically-practiced-sustainable-and-responsible-investing/): Religious organizations steward their organizational finances and the investments managed on behalf of their constituents and beneficiaries in alignment with the beliefs, teachings, and values of their respective faiths. Such faith-consistent investing is a fundamental right protected under the First Amendment, which guarantees both free speech and religious freedom, and ensures that investors are able
- [Extracting the Facts: An Investor Guide to Disclosing Risks from Hydraulic Fracturing Operations](https://www.iccr.org/reports/extracting-the-facts/): This guide was inspired by energy companies’ requests, in dialogues with investors, for enhanced guidance on disclosure of risk management practices. Investors in particular require specific, detailed information about how companies manage natural gas operations’ risks and rewards. It is necessary for investors to have assurance that company managers are reducing business risks by addressing
- [Amicus Brief Supporting DEIA Principles for Business](https://www.iccr.org/reports/amicus-brief-supporting-deia-principles-for-business/)
- [The Future of Gas: Decarbonizing Gas Utilities Through Thermal Energy Alternatives](https://www.iccr.org/reports/the-future-of-gas-decarbonizing-gas-utilities-through-thermal-energy-alternatives/): ICCR Climate Crisis Issue Brief Two, August 2024 The decarbonization of the energy utility sector is a top priority for investors in the ICCR network. Investors are increasingly concerned about the expensive proposed "solution" put forward by major gas utilities to achieve "sustainability" of their networks, and should consider engaging companies on truly sustainable alternatives
- [Investor Statement on the Economic and Social Importance of a Robust Public Health System ](https://www.iccr.org/reports/investor-statement-on-the-economic-and-social-importance-of-a-robust-public-health-system/): April 17, 2025. The undersigned investors affirm affordable and equitable healthcare as a human right and recognize a robust public health system as essential to the well-being of our citizens, our workforce, and a thriving economy.
- [Amicus Curiae Brief Submitted by ICCR in Support of the SEC in SEC v NCPPR Case](https://www.iccr.org/reports/amicus-curiae-brief-submitted-by-iccr-in-support-of-the-sec-in-sec-v-ncppr-case/): ICCR submitted this amicus curiae brief on September 21, 2023.
- [ICCR Amicus Brief in Support of the FTC's Rule Banning Non-Compete Agreements](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccr-amicus-brief-in-support-of-the-ftcs-rule-banning-non-compete-agreements/): ICCR, along with the California Public Employees' Retirement System, the California State Teachers' Retirement System, NY Comptroller Brad Lander, Zevin Asset Management, and Trillium Asset Management, filed this amicus brief in the 5th circuit making the investor case in support of the FTC’s rule banning non-compete agreements.
- [ICCR Amicus Brief in Support of FTC Rule Banning Non-Compete Agreements](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccr-amicus-brief-in-support-of-ftc-rule-banning-non-compete-agreements/): Along with the NYC Comptroller and Zevin Asset Management, ICCR filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit supporting the FTC against a challenge to the FTC’s rule banning non-compete agreements. As the brief states, the FTC’s rule “was supported by institutional investors with collectively billions of dollars of
- [ICCR Amicus Brief in Support of Nasdaq Diversity Rule](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccr-amicus-brief-in-support-of-nasdaq-diversity-rule/): ICCR has filed an amicus brief in support of the Nasdaq Diversity Rule that will provide a standardized disclosure tool for investors to evaluate whether a company's board has sufficient "idea diversity" to satisfy norms of sound corporate governance.
- [Dehumanization, Discrimination and Deskilling: The Impact of Digital Techon Low-Wage Workers. The Case for Shareholder Engagement](https://www.iccr.org/reports/dehumanizationdiscrimination-and-deskillingthe-impact-of-digital-techon-low-wage-workers-the-case-for-shareholder-engagement/): This report focuses on the increasingly pervasive role that digital technologies play in the workplace and how those technologies may harm workers, especially low-wage workers. It builds on the current work of the Advancing Worker Justice program at the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, which seeks to bring shareholder advocates and allied worker-led and focused
- [Shareholder Proposals: An Essential Investor Right](https://www.iccr.org/reports/shareholder-proposals-an-essential-investor-right/): The investor right to file shareholder proposals has recently come under attack from legislation in Congress, lawsuits filed in the federal courts in Texas and new regulatory guidance from the SEC. “Shareholder Proposals: An Essential Investor Right,” published on February 24, 2025 by the Shareholder Rights Group, in conjunction with the Interfaith Center on Corporate
- [Investor Statement: Comprehensive and Just Immigration Reform](https://www.iccr.org/reports/investor-statement-comprehensive-and-just-immigration-reform/): We call on Congress to reject piecemeal immigration-related orders and directives that only prolong uncertainty and create confusion and instead come together to enact comprehensive immigration reform that protects all stakeholders and fosters long-term economic growth. We urge the business and investment communities to join this effort, as the uncertainty created by disruptive and discriminatory
- [59th HRC submission from ICCR / IAHR on The Use of AI and the UNGPs](https://www.iccr.org/reports/59th-hrc-submission-from-iccr-iahr-on-the-use-of-ai-and-the-ungps/): In January 2025, the Investor Alliance responded to the call for inputs by the OHCHR Working Group on Business and Human Rights seeking insights on good practices and lessons learned on the implementation of the Guiding Principles, and to assess and make recommendations related to the procurement and deployment of AI has become a crucial issue. The
- [TD Synnex Corp: Special Shareholder Meeting (2025)](https://www.iccr.org/reports/td-synnex-corp-speical-shareholder-meeting-2025/): Vote for the Special Meeting Proposal 8 and Against the Vague, Advisory Only, Special Meeting Proposal 7 Proposal 7 seems to be a bait and switch proposal that SNX put in its annual meeting proxy after Proposal 8 was submitted.Proposal 7 is vague on whether SNX can take shareholder approval of Proposal 7 as a
- [ICCR, Shareholder Rights Group, As You Sow Letter to SEC on Staff Legal Bulletin 14M](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccr-shareholder-rights-group-as-you-sow-letter-to-sec-on-staff-legal-bulletin-14m/): On Wednesday, February 18, ICCR, the Shareholder Rights Group, and As You Sow sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission requesting that the Staff refrain from applying the guidance provided in Staff Legal Bulletin 14M to any shareholder proposals filed with companies prior to the issuance of the bulletin on February 12, 2025.
- [Investor Statement on Coronavirus Response](https://www.iccr.org/reports/investor-statement-on-coronavirus-response/): The statement, organized by Domini Impact Investments, the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility and the New York City Comptroller’s Office was endorsed by 195 [now 322] investors representing over $4.7 [now 9.2] trillion USD in assets under management.
- [Investor Statement to Walmart](https://www.iccr.org/reports/investor-statement-to-walmart/): We, the undersigned Walmart shareholders representing $266 billion in assets under management or advisement, are writing to express our deep disappointment regarding Walmart’s recent announcement that it will cut back many of its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) initiatives and commitments.
- [Eli Lilly: Human Rights Impact Assessment (2025)](https://www.iccr.org/reports/eli-lilly-human-rights-impact-assessment-2025/): RESOLVED, that shareholders of Eli Lilly and Company (“Lilly”) urge the board of directors to oversee conduct of human rights due diligence (“HRDD”) to produce a human rights impact assessment (“HRIA”) covering Lilly’s operations, activities, business relationships, and products, including access to medicines. The HRIA should be prepared at reasonable cost and omitting confidential and
- [United Healthcare Group: Macro-Economic Risks (2025)](https://www.iccr.org/reports/united-healthcare-group-macro-economic-risks-2025/): RESOLVED: Shareholders request that the Board of Directors of UnitedHealth Group (“UHG”) prepare a report, at a reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information, on the public health-related costs and macroeconomic risks created by the company’s practices that limit or delay access to healthcare.At the board’s discretion, shareholders recommend the report evaluate how company practices impact
- [Comment Letter from Investors Supporting 14a-8 Rule Amendments](https://www.iccr.org/reports/comment-letter-from-investors-supporting-14a-8-rule-amendments/): The undersigned investors, fiduciaries, and organizations are writing in support of the pending rulemaking entitled Substantial Implementation, Duplication, and Resubmission of Shareholder Proposals Under Exchange Act Rule 14a-8. While the formal comment period has ended, we want to add to the public docket some important information that emerged after the comment period closed. Our experiences
- [Gilead Sciences: Human Rights Policy (2025)](https://www.iccr.org/reports/gilead-sciences-human-rights-policy-2025/): RESOLVED, that shareholders of Gilead Sciences Inc. (“Gilead” or the “Company”) urge the board of directors to adopt a comprehensive human rights policy covering Gilead’s operations, activities, business relationships, and products, that commits Gilead to respecting internationally recognized human rights, including the right to health, and to conducting human rights due diligence (“HRDD”) to identify,
- [AbbVie: Human Rights Impact Assessment (2025)](https://www.iccr.org/reports/abbvie-human-rights-impact-assessment-2025/): RESOLVED, that shareholders of AbbVie Inc.(“AbbVie”) urge the board of directors to oversee conduct of human rights due diligence (“HRDD”) to produce a human rights impact assessment (“HRIA”) covering AbbVie’s operations, activities, business relationships, and products, including access to medicines. The HRIA should be prepared at reasonable cost and omitting confidential and proprietary information and
- [ICCR Letter to BlackRock on Integrating ESG Risk Factors into Investment Decisions and Proxy Voting](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccr-letter-to-blackrock-on-integrating-esg-risk-factors-into-investment-decisions-and-proxy-voting/): In November of 2024, ICCR wrote Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock, expressing a number of concerns regarding BlackRock’s 2024 proxy voting record on shareholder proposals related to environmental and social and governance (ESG) risks.
- [Paul S. Atkins: Shareholder Rights, the 2008 Proxy Season, and the Impact of Shareholder Activism](https://www.iccr.org/reports/paul-s-atkins-shareholder-rights-the-2008-proxy-season-and-the-impact-of-shareholder-activism/): U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission U.S. Chamber of CommerceWashington, D.C.July 22, 2008 Thank you, Steve [Law of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce], for that wonderful introduction. As you mentioned, this will be my last formal speech to an outside group before I leave the Commission. So this will be one of the last times that
- [The Role of Major U.S. Banks in a Just Transition to a Net-Zero Carbon Economy](https://www.iccr.org/reports/the-role-of-major-u-s-banks-in-a-just-transition-to-a-net-zero-carbon-economy/): ICCR Climate Crisis Issue Brief Three, November 2024 Major U.S. banks must play a pivotal role in a just transition to a net-zero carbon economy through their lending and investment practices. Investors concerned with the financial risks of the climate crisis look to evaluate the pledges, financing activities, and progress toward alignment with the Paris
- [Championing Diversity in Corporations](https://www.iccr.org/reports/championing-diversity-in-corporations/): Many Corporate leaders continue to defend diversity programs as they come under attack from conservative critics. For diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, visible public support is more important than ever. Some companies like John Deere and Tractor Supply are cutting back or severely limiting their diversity programs. And many others are lowering their programs'
- [ICCR Letter to the Business Roundtable Board Members](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccr-letter-to-the-business-roundtable-board-members/): On August 22, 2024, ICCR sent this letter to board members of the Business Roundtable calling out conflicts arising from an amicus brief it filed opposing the SEC's Climate Disclosure Rule.
- [Catalyzing Corporate Change 2024](https://www.iccr.org/reports/catalyzing-corporate-change-2024/): We are pleased to share this year's edition of Catalyzing Corporate Change, our impact report on the outcomes of the 2024 proxy season. In 2024, our members continued to press their portfolio companies for changes in policies and practices that would mitigate harmful environmental and social impacts. With nearly 400 shareholder proposals filed on a range
- [The Importance and Risks of Transition Minerals in Building a Just Transition](https://www.iccr.org/reports/the-importance-and-risks-of-transition-minerals-in-building-a-just-transition/): ICCR Climate Crisis Issue Brief One, June 2024 The transition to carbon-neutral economies will require a vast quantity of minerals. In essence, we must shift from a fossil fuel-intensive economy to one based on minerals, which are needed to harness and store the energy in natural systems. Due to their importance in new technologies, economic
- [ICCR’s 2022 – 2023 Annual Report](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccrs-2022-2023-annual-report/): ICCR's 2022-2023 Annual Report provides a twelve-month recap of our members' successes and impacts, and includes our financials, current staff, and board.
- [Investor Guidance on Responsible Contracting](https://www.iccr.org/reports/investor-guidance-on-responsible-contracting/): This guidance is a resource for investors to use when discussing responsible purchasing and contracting issues with companies.
- [ICCR's 2021 - 2022 Annual Report](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccrs-2021-2022-annual-report/): ICCR's 2021-2022 Annual Report provides a twelve-month recap of our members' successes and impacts, and includes our financials, current staff, and board.
- [ICCR Letter to Albert Bourla of Pfizer on Paxlovid Patent](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccr-letter-to-albert-bourla-of-pfizer-on-paxlovid-patent/): Pfizer’s claim of a human rights violation and its overt pressure on the government of the Dominican Republic as a strategy to protect its patent on Paxlovid has caused concern among shareholders that the board is putting Pfizer’s social license to operate at risk. In this letter, ICCR notes the incongruence between Pfizer’s stated principles
- [ICCR's Global Health Principles](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccrs-global-health-principles/): These Principles are an articulation of our positions on corporate responsibility regarding global health, along with our recommended best practices. We welcome affirmation of these principles and practices by all stakeholders.
- [Investors urge Senate action on drug pricing ](https://www.iccr.org/reports/investors-urge-senate-action-on-drug-pricing/): Statement for the Record by ICCR before United States Committee on Finance hearing on “Drug Pricing in America: A Prescription for Change, Part II”
- [Letter to President Bident Urging U.S. Support to Waive Intellectual Property Protections for COVID-19 Vaccines and Treatments ](https://www.iccr.org/reports/letter-to-president-bident-urging-u-s-support-to-waive-intellectual-property-protections-for-covid-19-vaccines-and-treatments/): ICCR members asked President Biden to support an emergency COVID-19 waiver of World Trade Organization (WTO) intellectual property rules, so that greater supplies of vaccines, treatments, and diagnostic tests can be produced in as many places as possible as quickly as possible.
- [Letter to Pharma Companies Urging Collaborative Approach in Covid-19 Response](https://www.iccr.org/reports/letter-to-pharma-companies-urging-collaborative-approach-in-covid-19-response/): The below letter was sent to the following pharmaceutical companies by ICCR members on April 1, 2020 AbbVie; Amgen; Biogen; Bristol-Myers Squibb; Gilead; GSK; Eli Lilly; Johnson & Johnson; Merck; Pfizer; Novartis; Roche; Sanofi; Vertex
- [ICCR Statement on US Withdrawal from the WHO](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccr-statement-on-us-withdrawal-from-the-who/): On July 7, 2020, the White House communicated to the UN Secretary General that the United States would officially withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO). Additionally, in September, the United States announced that it will not join a global effort led by the WHO to develop, manufacture and distribute a vaccine against the coronavirus[1].
- [The Burden of Patent Thickets](https://www.iccr.org/reports/the-burden-of-patent-thickets/): A new I-MAK study exposing the profound impact of extended patent protection that limits biosimilar competition and maintains high drug prices for patients and payers. The study highlights the staggering $158 billion in revenue amassed by drug makers after the expiration of primary patent protection from just four biologic drugs: Humira, Avastin, Rituxan, and Lantus.
- [Investor Letter to Danaher Commending Test Price Reduction](https://www.iccr.org/reports/investor-letter-to-danaher-commending-test-price-reduction/): A key product in the effort to end TB is diagnostic testing. More than 1 in 3 people with TB go undiagnosed, and part of the reason why is lack of access to and affordability of testing. Last September, Cepheid, a molecular diagnostic company and subsidiary of Danaher Corporation, announced a 20% price reduction of its Xpert test
- [Conflicted Consequences](https://www.iccr.org/reports/conflicted-consequences/): A report from the Center for Political Accountability. The political spending of American corporations. Our democracy is being distorted by huge flows ofmoney, most of it directed by an ultra-wealthy few. As the Center’s analysis makes clear, these flows are not equally transparent, and the least transparent are likely to be the most reflective of
- [Practical Stake: Corporations, Political Spending and Democracy](https://www.iccr.org/reports/practical-stake-corporations-political-spending-and-democracy/): A report from the Center for Political Accountability. The political spending of companies too often does not fall in line with their public commitments. There are companies giving millions of dollars to a partisan political group closely tied to robocalls one day before Jan. 6, 2021
- [Hollow Policies](https://www.iccr.org/reports/hollow-policies/): Report from the Center for Political Accountability showing that 75 leading public companies undercut their climate change commitments through conflicted Political spending
- [The Erb Principles for Corporate Political Responsibility](https://www.iccr.org/reports/the-erb-principles-for-corporate-political-responsibility/): The Principles were created by the Corporate Political Responsibility Taskforce at the Erb institute at the University of Michigan, in a multi-stakeholder process involving corporate executives, business networks and stakeholders from across the political spectrum. They offer an actionable, non-partisan template to help companies determine whether and how to engage in civic and political affairs
- [Letter to CEO Members of the Business Roundtable (BRT) Regarding their Political Spending Activities](https://www.iccr.org/reports/to-ceo-members-of-the-business-roundtable-brt-regarding-their-political-spending-activities/): On August 10, 2023, members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) announced they had sent letters to members of the Business Roundtable urging them to align political spending with their stated core values, to mitigate both reputational risks to the company, and broader risks to democracy.
- [Guide to Corporate Political Spending](https://www.iccr.org/reports/guide-to-corporate-political-spending/): To help public companies navigate the challenges and risks of spending to influence elections in a turbulent political era, CPA issued this practical checklist
- [ICCR Letter Encouraging FERC to Promote Utility Sector Lobbying Transparency](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccr-letter-encouraging-ferc-to-promote-utility-sector-lobbying-transparency/): ICCR letter encouraging FERC to promote utility sector lobbying transparency. ICCR's comments were submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on the Commission's "Notice of Inquiry on Rate Recovery For Industry Associations And Utilities Engaged in Anti-Climate Advocacy Activities" (DOCKET RM22-5). Submitted in February of 2022 in response to FERC Questions 6, 7, and 9.
- [Climate Lobbying Alignment: Leading Practices](https://www.iccr.org/reports/climate-lobbying-alignment-leading-practices/): This presentation explains the foundational elements of climate lobbying, from investor expectations and enterprise risk, to examples of leading corporate practices.
- [Responsible Policy Engagement Analysis 2022](https://www.iccr.org/reports/responsible-policy-engagement-analysis-2022/): This CERES report examines the climate-related risk management, governance and lobbying practices of S&P 100 companies. It finds that the nation’s largest publicly traded companies are increasingly lobbying for policies that will help the U.S. achieve its commitments under the Paris Agreement. However, very few are publicly reckoning with the role of their own trade associations
- [Leading Lobbying Practices to Drive 1.5C Policy Action](https://www.iccr.org/reports/leading-lobbying-practices-to-drive-1-5c-policy-action/): The need to reduce GHG emissions to limit warming and reach net zero by 2050 or sooner has never been more urgent yet climate progress has been hindered for decades by aggressive lobbying on the part of corporations (mainly in the oil & gas sector) and their trade associations. Because investors understand that corporate climate
- [The Responsible Lobbying Framework](https://www.iccr.org/reports/the-responsible-lobbying-framework/): The Responsible Lobbying Framework was developed initially to allow a group of Civil Society Organizations to hold accountable their corporate partners during a dialogue process. The specific terms of that dialogue remain confidential, but all parties agreed that the Framework should have a wider use and provided a valuable tool to increase transparency and accountability.
- [Investor Letter to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to Advocate for Public Policy to Reduce GHG Emissions](https://www.iccr.org/reports/investor-letter-to-the-u-s-chamber-of-commerce-to-advocate-for-public-policy-to-reduce-ghg-emissions/): On July 28, 2022, a group of investors representing U.S. $131B in assets under management announced they sent a letter to the Directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (U.S. Chamber) calling on them to advocate for the public policies needed to bring greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) emissions in line with Paris goals.
- [Prevalence of food and beverage brands in “made-for-kids” child-influencer YouTube videos: 2019–2020](https://www.iccr.org/reports/prevalence-of-food-and-beverage-brands-in-made-for-kids-child-influencer-youtube-videos-2019-2020/): Child health experts raise numerous concerns about the negative effects of children's exposure to unhealthy digital food marketing, including advertising and branded product placements on child-oriented videos.
- [ICCR letter to Congress on the reauthorization of the Farm Bill](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccr-letter-to-congress-on-the-reauthorization-of-the-farm-bill/): On June 1, 2023 ICCR submitted the following letter to members of Congress urging them to support legislation that builds healthy, equitable, and sustainable food systems.
- [Food equity: The intersection of health and racial justice](https://www.iccr.org/reports/food-equity-the-intersection-of-health-and-racial-justice/): In a letter sent to 21 companies including Coca-Cola ($KO), Kraft ($KHC), Unilever ($UL), McDonald’s ($MCD), and Amazon ($AMZN) among other iconic brands, the investors pointed to the COVID-19 crisis and how it has exposed inequitable systems that contribute to the economic and health struggles of Black, Latinx and Indigenous communities in the U.S. The investors argue that the way food is developed and marketed to communities
- [What Food Equity Looks Like in Your Neighborhood](https://www.iccr.org/reports/what-food-equity-looks-like-in-your-neighborhood/): Partnership for a Healthier America has launched its Food Equity Opportunity Map in partnership with the University of Maryland Baltimore County, highlighting where improving access to good food would make the greatest impact and allowing everyone to see what Food Equity looks like in their community for the first time.
- [Comment Letter from Investors on Pandemic Accord](https://www.iccr.org/reports/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
- [The Investor Toolkit on Human Rights](https://www.iccr.org/reports/the-investor-toolkit-on-human-rights/): The Investor Alliance for Human Rights has published an Investor Toolkit on Human Rights for asset owners and managers to address risks to people posed by their investments. This comes in the midst of the current international COVID-19 crisis, where systemic economic and social inequalities across societies have been laid bare and exacerbated, and the
- [Privacy and Data Protection](https://www.iccr.org/reports/privacy-and-data-protection/): Guidance published by the Investor Alliance for Human Rights. The Alliance's guidance for engaging the ICT sector on human rights informs institutional investors on the human rights expectations of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) companies and provides tailored guidance on addressing some of the salient human rights issues present in the sector. ICT is a broad, continuously evolving
- [IOPA Two Year Summary Report](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iopa-two-year-summary-report/): This report summarizes the work of the Investors for Opioid Accountability (IOA) from July 1, 2017 to July 31, 2019. The IOA is a diverse global coalition of 57 members representing public, faith-based, labor, and sustainability funds, as well as investment managers, with $4 trillion in collective assets under management and advisement. The report covers
- [IOPA Investor Brief on Executive Compensation](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iopa-investor-brief-on-executive-compensation/): When pharmaceutical companies set targets for executive performance, and base the amount of their compensation on meeting those targets, they often use profit metrics that are not based on Generally-Accepted Accounting Principles (like “Adjusted Earnings Per Share”) which routinely filter out legal settlement costs and fines from the end result. By excluding the $5 billion
- [Summary of IOPA Activities](https://www.iccr.org/reports/summary-of-iopa-activities/): IOPA was established in 2017 to engage with opioid manufacturers, distributors, and retail pharmacies on opioid-related business risks that have implications for long-term shareholders, communities, and the economy. In 2023, the IOPA wound down its collaborative efforts. In its five years of operations, the coalition actively engaged numerous corporate boards and executives in dialogue, filed
- [Investor Call for Ambitious Methane Regulation for the Oil and Gas Industry](https://www.iccr.org/reports/investor-call-for-ambitious-methane-regulation-for-the-oil-and-gas-industry/): In May of 2021, a group of 147 global investors representing $US 5.35 trillion in assets under management/advisement released this statement calling for stronger methane regulations and enforcement. Since then, those numbers have increased to 168 investors representing $6.23 trillion in assets under management.The EPA comment period for the proposed methane rule closes on January 14, 2022. This statement builds upon
- [ICCR Just Transition 2023 Roundtable Report](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccr-just-transition-2023-roundtable-report/): On January 18 and 19, 2023, ICCR hosted a Just Transition Roundtable to provide a forum for utility companies and a broad range of stakeholders to share their perspectives on a just and equitable energy transition. This report aims to document lessons learned through hosting the Roundtable as well as needs and recommendations shared by participants.
- [Labor Unions and the U.S. Economy](https://www.iccr.org/reports/labor-unions-and-the-u-s-economy/): Analysis from the U.S. Department of Treasury
- [The Business Case for Addressing Environmental Justice](https://www.iccr.org/reports/the-business-case-for-addressing-environmental-justice/): The Investor Environmental Health Network and Clean Action Production have released a report on the importance of corporations in addressing environmental justice. Environmental justice is an increasingly material issue for companies, and therefore an important issue for investors to track.
- [ICCR's 2024 Proxy Resolutions & Voting Guide](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccrs-2024-proxy-resolutions-voting-guide/): ICCR’s guiding principle is that sustainable corporations must look beyond the next earnings report to account for the full impact of their businesses on society and the environment, and must view the well-being of all of their stakeholders ― including their workers and the communities where they operate ― as integral to their long-term success.
- [Joint Investor Letter to Nike on Outstanding Wage Payments](https://www.iccr.org/reports/joint-investor-letter-to-nike-on-outstanding-wage-payments/): In September of 2023, ICCR coordinated a group of investors in sending a letter to Nike to express significant concern over non-payment issues at two Nike suppliers.
- [ICCR letter to Exxon Board re Shareholder Lawsuit](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccr-letter-to-exxonmobil-board-in-response-to-lawsuit-on-shareholders/): We write representing concerned investors to share our deep misgivings regarding the lawsuit filed by Exxon on January 21 against its shareholders Arjuna Capital and Follow This, sponsors of a proposal focused on climate risk and seeking an accelerated reduction in GHG emissions to meet net zero by 2050 goals. We believe this costly and
- [ICCR Statement in Response to ExxonMobil Lawsuit to Block Shareholder Climate-Related Proposal](https://www.iccr.org/reports/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. ICCR released the following statement.
- [ICCR Letter to More than 200 Corporations Regarding Free and Fair Elections in 2020](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccr-letter-to-more-than-200-corporations-regarding-free-and-fair-elections-in-2020/): On October 22, 2020, ICCR sent a letter to more than 200 corporations -- including many members of the Business Round Table -- calling on them to help ensure free and fair elections, by endorsing the following 6 principles: 1. Active support for free and fair elections2. A call for a thorough and complete counting of all ballots3. A call for
- [Human Rights Risks in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region: Practical Guidance for Investors](https://www.iccr.org/reports/human-rights-risks-in-xinjiang-uyghur-autonomous-region-practical-guidance-for-investors/): The Investor Alliance for Human Rights has released guidance on the human rights crisis in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China (Uyghur Region). Since 2017, the Chinese government has placed an estimated 1.8 million predominantly Turkic and Muslim-majority peoples, including Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and Hui, in detention camps, prisons, and factories. "Human Rights Risks in
- [Catalyzing Corporate Change 2023](https://www.iccr.org/reports/catalyzing-corporate-change-2023/): The filing of shareholder proposals is an important tool investors can use to catalyze environmental and social change at corporations. During the 2023 proxy season, ICCR members filed 454 resolutions at nearly 200 publicly traded companies on a range of issues. What follows is a brief recap of the outcomes of these proposals, as reported to ICCR. For the
- [Investor Statement of Support for a Living Wage for U.S. Workers](https://www.iccr.org/reports/investor-statement-of-support-for-a-living-wage-for-u-s-workers/): On November 15, 2023, the undersigned investors, representing $4.5 trillion in assets under management and advisement, call on U.S. companies to take steps towards the payment of a living wage to direct and contract workers, in line with international human rights standards. Long-term investments in the workforce are good for business, helping companies attract and
- [ICCR's Statement of Investor Expectations for Job Standards & Community Impacts in the Just Transition ](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccrs-statement-of-investor-expectations-for-job-standards-community-impacts-in-the-just-transition/): As long-term institutional investors we recognize that the global shift to net-zero requires an unprecedented economic transformation that will impact industries, jobs, and communities. We call on companies, investors, and policymakers to ensure this is a just transition that supports a racially and economically equitable, decarbonized economy by prioritizing “high-road” jobs, respect for human rights,
- [ICCR's 2023 Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccrs-2023-proxy-resolutions-and-voting-guide/): This guide presents ICCR member-sponsored resolutions — both as lead- and co-filer — for 2023 corporate proxies, as of February 16, 2023.You can listen to the webinar recording at this link.
- [Catalyzing Corporate Change 2019](https://www.iccr.org/reports/catalyzing-corporate-change-2019/): The filing of shareholder proposals is an important tool investors can use to catalyze environmental and social change at corporations. During the 2019 proxy season, ICCR members filed 277 resolutions at 184 publicly traded companies on a range of issues. What follows is a brief recap of the outcomes of these proposals, as reported to ICCR. For the full
- [Catalyzing Corporate Change 2022](https://www.iccr.org/reports/catalyzing-corporate-change-2022/): The filing of shareholder proposals is an important tool investors can use to catalyze environmental and social change at corporations. During the 2022 proxy season, ICCR members filed 504 resolutions at nearly 200 publicly traded companies on a range of issues. What follows is a brief recap of the outcomes of these proposals, as reported to ICCR. For the
- [Investor Statement Regarding Pharma Medicare Lawsuit](https://www.iccr.org/reports/investor-statement-regarding-pharma-medicare-lawsuit/): On August 31, 2023 investors released a statement voicing deep concern about lawsuits brought by pharma companies and trade groups to block the U.S. government’s ability to negotiate fair drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries. The statement, which was endorsed by more than 30 institutional investors, is being sent to Astellas Pharma, Inc. ($ALPMY), AstraZeneca ($AZN), Bristol-Myers Squibb Company ($BMS),
- [ICCR Comment Letter on Mandatory SEC Climate Change Disclosures](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccr-comment-letter-on-mandatory-sec-climate-change-disclosures/): In response to a request for public comment, ICCR submitted the following letter to the SEC making the case for the need for mandatory climate disclosure to help investors meet their fiduciary obligations. Submitted June 14, 2021
- [2023 STATEHOUSE REPORT: Anti-ESG State Legislation Tracker & Analysis](https://www.iccr.org/reports/2023-statehouse-report-anti-esg-state-legislation-tracker-analysis/): A 2023 legislative report from Pleiades Strategy
- [Debunking Myths and Disinformation Regarding Shareholder Proposals](https://www.iccr.org/reports/debunking-myths-and-disinformation-regarding-shareholder-proposals/)
- [ICCR Comment Letter to ISSB on Systemic Risk and Impact Materiality](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccr-comment-letter-to-issb-on-systemic-risk-and-impact-materiality/)
- [ICCR's 2022 Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccrs-2022-proxy-resolutions-and-voting-guide/): This guide presents ICCR member-sponsored resolutions — both as lead- and co-filer — for 2022 corporate proxies, as of February 16, 2022. Download the PDF here. Listen to the webinar recording here.
- [Banking on Climate Chaos](https://www.iccr.org/reports/banking-on-climate-chaos/): A report from the Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, the Indigenous Environmental Network, and others. Released in 2023
- [Opportunities for Sustainable Animal Agriculture: Addressing Antibiotic Risk and Protecting Human Health](https://www.iccr.org/reports/opportunities-for-sustainable-animal-agriculture-addressing-antibiotic-risk-and-protecting-human-health/): The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) in collaboration with the Farm Animal Investment Risk and Return (FAIRR) Initiative brought together restaurant and retail companies, meat producers, investors, trade associations, NGOs, and public health advocates on October 17, 2017 in New York City. This Multi-Stakeholder Roundtable on Opportunities for Sustainable Animal Agriculture addressed antibiotic risk
- [The No Fees Initiative](https://www.iccr.org/reports/the-no-fees-initiative/): ICCR's guidance for corporations on specific steps they can take to promote ethical labor recruitment within their supply chains.
- [Recruited into Slavery](https://www.iccr.org/reports/recruited-into-slavery/): An ICCR report exploring how unethical labor recruiting puts migrant workers at risk for human trafficking. (2015)
- [Invested in Change: Faith-Consistent Investing in a Climate-Challenged World](https://www.iccr.org/reports/invested-in-change-faith-consistent-investing-in-a-climate-challenged-world/): How investors are helping transition us to a low-carbon future. ICCR paper, published April, 2015.
- [ICCR's 2017 Annual Report](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccrs-2017-annual-report/): As we look back on the past 12 months, we at ICCR have much to be proud of. Through productive engagements with corporations this year we secured nearly 100 commitments on vital social and environmental issues, including policies that will address labor recruitment abuses in global supply chains, reduce methane emissions, and reduce the use of non-therapeutic antibiotics in meat production. We
- [ICCR's 2017 Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccrs-2017-proxy-resolutions-and-voting-guide/): The Guide outlines the proxy season and contextualizes the 283 resolutions that were filed by ICCR members for the 2017 proxy season, with a deeper dive on several key campaigns they are leading. Read the Executive Summary.
- [Investor Toolkit on Human Rights](https://www.iccr.org/reports/investor-toolkit-on-human-rights/): ICCR's project the Investor Alliance for Human Rights has published this Investor Toolkit on Human Rights for asset owners and managers to address risks to people posed by their investments. This comes in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, where systemic economic and social inequalities across societies have been laid bare and exacerbated, and the
- [Proposed Securities and Exchange Commission Rules Would Block Shareholder Proposals Addressing Systemic Racism](https://www.iccr.org/reports/proposed-securities-and-exchange-commission-rules-would-block-shareholder-proposals-addressing-systemic-racism/): An ICCR case study. As the murder of George Floyd and other documented incidents of police brutality against Black communities catalyzed the unprecedented Black Lives Matter protests, public, company and investor focus on issues of racial justice has increased. These concerns elevated the importance of an array of ongoing shareholder initiatives seeking to address discrimination
- [Investor Engagement Guidance On Methane](https://www.iccr.org/reports/investor-engagement-guidance-on-methane/): Due to their climate and health impacts, methane emissions have drawn increasing scrutiny from the public, environmental and health groups, and global policymakers. Unfortunately, a dearth of accurate emissions disclosure, conflicting policy stances and variable operational quality of methane management by the industry interfere with investors’ efforts to gain clarity on climate risks within their portfolios.
- [On the Road To a Just Transition](https://www.iccr.org/reports/on-the-road-to-a-just-transition/): On December 10, 2019, the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility [ICCR] and the Initiative for Responsible Investment at Harvard Kennedy School [IRI] hosted a convening that brought together faith- and values-based investors, investor-owned utilities, labor unions, issue area experts and civil society advocates to discuss engagement with the energy utility sector on the Just Transition, understood as the incorporation
- [Methods matter: What steps are companies taking to help curb AMR by manufacturing responsibly? ](https://www.iccr.org/reports/methods-matter-what-steps-are-companies-taking-to-help-curb-amr-by-manufacturing-responsibly/): A new report published by the Access to Medicine Foundation. It is becoming increasingly clear that releasing antibiotic waste into the environment can drive antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In helping to curb this rapidly rising global health threat, pharmaceutical companies can ensure the production of their lifesaving antibiotics does not inadvertently contribute to drug resistance. A new
- [Catalyzing Corporate Change 2020](https://www.iccr.org/reports/catalyzing-corporate-change-2020/): The filing of shareholder proposals for inclusion on annual corporate proxy statements is an important tool investors can employ to catalyze change on environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns. Shareholder proposals help raise awareness among the board, management, other shareholders, and key stakeholders of publicly-held companies of the need for further information or adjustments to corporate
- [ICCR's 2021 Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccrs-2021-proxy-resolutions-and-voting-guide/): This guide presents ICCR member-sponsored resolutions — both as lead- and co-filer — for 2021 corporate proxies, as of February 21, 2021. See a snapshot of early trends here.
- [Catalyzing Corporate Change 2021](https://www.iccr.org/reports/catalyzing-corporate-change-2021/): The filing of shareholder proposals is an important tool investors can use to catalyze environmental and social change at corporations. During the 2021 proxy season, ICCR members filed 297 resolutions at nearly 200 publicly traded companies on a range of issues. What follows is a brief recap of the outcomes of these proposals, as reported to ICCR. For the
- [ICCR's 2021-2020 Annual Report](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccrs-2021-2020-annual-report/): The 2021-2020 edition of our Annual Report
- [The Change We Want to See: ICCR's 2020-2025 Strategic Plan](https://www.iccr.org/reports/the-change-we-want-to-see-iccrs-2020-2025-strategic-plan/): Over the next five years, we must begin to set the stage for ICCR’s next 50 years of advocacy with the knowledge that the world’s greatest challenges ― the climate crisis, income inequality, access to health care, among many others ― cannot wait another 50 years to be resolved. The global COVID-19 pandemic ravaging already-struggling
- [2020-2019 ICCR Annual Report](https://www.iccr.org/reports/2020-2019-iccr-annual-report/): We have faced many obstacles and headwinds over the last several years: the systematic dismantling of environmental, labor and financial regulations that have left workers and communities more vulnerable to the climate crisis and COVID; capricious executive orders and misguided regulatory policies that have denied science and weakened our ability to uphold human and civil rights; andrepeated discriminatory and
- [ICCR's 2020 Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccrs-2020-proxy-resolutions-and-voting-guide/): This guide presents ICCR member-sponsored resolutions — both as lead- and co-filer — for 2020 corporate proxies, as of February 21, 2020. Download the February 27 slide deck here. You can listen to the launch webinar here.
- [Catalyzing Corporate Change - Summer 2018 Proxy Season Wrap Up](https://www.iccr.org/reports/catalyzing-corporate-change-summer-2018-proxy-season-wrap-up/): 2018 has been a year of great accomplishment for ICCR members who used the proxy process to move companies on a host of ESG themes. In spite of uncertainty generated by new proxy protocols at the SEC, strong support for members resolutions helped secure corporate commitments on issues such as ethical recruitment, methane emissions reductions,
- [ICCR's 2018 Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccrs-2018-proxy-resolutions-and-voting-guide/): ICCR has published the Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide annually since 1974. The 2018 guide presents the 266 ICCR member-sponsored resolutions filed for the 2018 proxy season, as of the end of January, 2018. You’ll find full texts of resolutions, and their lead- and co-filers. For those of you who wish to learn more about
- [Methane Disclosure in the Oil & Gas Industry: Tracking the Impact of Shareholder Engagement](https://www.iccr.org/reports/methane-disclosure-in-the-oil-gas-industry-tracking-the-impact-of-shareholder-engagement/): In the face of a warming climate, investors are increasingly concerned with managing methane-related risk in the oil and gas industry. Natural gas is often touted as a “transitional” fuel, yet methane is a powerful climate forcer up to 86 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in the short-term.This report is designed to educate investors on the state of methane disclosure in
- [2019-2018 ICCR Annual Report](https://www.iccr.org/reports/2019-2018-iccr-annual-report/): Looking back over the past year, ICCR members have much to be proud of. Through productive corporate engagements, we secured numerous commitments from companies on critical environmental, social, and governance issues. The resolutions that we have brought to company proxies have received ever-increasing votes from shareholders, demonstrating the impact of our advocacy and the increasing acceptance by mainstream investors of the vital
- [ICCR's 2019 Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide](https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccrs-2019-proxy-resolutions-and-voting-guide/): This guide presents ICCR member-sponsored resolutions — both as lead- and co-filer — for 2019 corporate proxies, as of the end of January. If you are an investor, we invite you to read these proposals and support those resolutions you can.
- [Just Transition Finance Tool for banking and investing activities](https://www.iccr.org/reports/just-transition-finance-tool-for-banking-and-investing-activities/): A policy publication from the Grantham Research Institute
- [Making transition plans just: how to embed the just transition into financial sector net zero plans](https://www.iccr.org/reports/making-transition-plans-just-how-to-embed-the-just-transition-into-financial-sector-net-zero-plans/): A policy publication from the Grantham Research Institute
- [Corporate Climate Transition Plans: A guide to investor expectations](https://www.iccr.org/reports/corporate-climatetransition-plansa-guide-to-investor-expectations/): A report from the Investor Group on Climate Change
- [Just Energy Transition: A Framework for Company Action  ](https://www.iccr.org/reports/just-energy-transition-a-framework-for-company-action/): The Council for Inclusive Capitalism's Just Transition Framework for Company Action, a comprehensive guide for governments, companies of all industries, and civic organizations to manage the transition to net-zero emissions energy in ways that are just.
- [Expectations for energy utilities’ Just Transition strategies ](https://www.iccr.org/reports/expectations-for-energy-utilities-just-transition-strategies/): Expectations released by Royal London Asset Management.
- [Financing a Just Transition](https://www.iccr.org/reports/financing-a-just-transition/): The Grantham Research Institute's Financing a Just Transition programme is designed to identify the role that finance can play in connecting action on climate change with inclusive development pathways.
- [From the grand to the granular: translating just transition ambitions into investor action](https://www.iccr.org/reports/from-the-grand-to-the-granular-translating-just-transition-ambitions-into-investor-action/): Case studies issued by Grantham Research Institute. These case studies from companies in a single sector based in five high-income European countries can provide only a partial view of business’s adoption of just transition practices.
- [World Benchmarking Alliance: 2021 Just Transition Assessment ](https://www.iccr.org/reports/world-benchmarking-alliance-2021-just-transition-assessment/): The World Benchmarking Alliance’s pilot Just Transition Assessment covers 180 companies across three sectors: 100 oil and gas companies, 50 electric utilities and 30 automotive manufacturers. These assessments look at the social elements of the companies’ transition to a low-carbon future. They are based on the companies’ publicly available disclosures, which are assessed against our
- [Investor Expectations on the Just Transition: Publicly Traded Energy ](https://www.iccr.org/reports/investor-expectations-on-the-just-transition-publicly-traded-energy/): A report from the Initiative for Responsible Investment. This document provides a framework for tailored climate engagement strategies with utilities that addresses the range of issues necessary for a Just Transition.

## Resolutions

- [Adopt Responsible AI Use Policy](https://www.iccr.org/resolutions/adopt-responsible-ai-use-policy/): Resolution Details Company: Shopify, Inc. Year: 2026 Issue Area: Human Rights & Worker Rights Focus Area: AI / Artificial Intelligence, Misinformation/Disinformation Status: On

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## Company

- [Activision Blizzard, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/activision-blizzard-inc/)
- [Abbott Laboratories](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/abbott-laboratories/)
- [McDonald's Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/mcdonalds-corp/)
- [United Therapeutics Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/united-therapeutics-corporation/)
- [UnitedHealth Group Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/unitedhealth-group-inc/)
- [Johnson & Johnson](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/johnson-johnson/)
- [Upwork Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/upwork-inc/)
- [Kadant Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/kadant-inc/)
- [Valero Energy Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/valero-energy-corporation/)
- [Kellogg Company](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/kellogg-company/)
- [Veeva Systems, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/veeva-systems-inc/)
- [KeyCorp](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/keycorp/)
- [Ventas, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/ventas-inc/)
- [Verizon Communications Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/verizon-communications-inc/)
- [Victoria's Secret & Co.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/victorias-secret-co/)
- [Keysight Technologies](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/keysight-technologies/)
- [Kinder Morgan, Inc](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/kinder-morgan-inc/)
- [Visa Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/visa-inc/)
- [Wabtec](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/wabtec/)
- [Kraft Heinz Company](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/kraft-heinz-company/)
- [Kroger Co.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/kroger-co/)
- [Walgreens Boots Alliance](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/walgreens-boots-alliance/)
- [Walmart Stores, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/walmart-stores-inc/)
- [Lantheus Holdings Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/lantheus-holdings-inc/)
- [Linde Plc](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/linde-plc/)
- [Lockheed Martin Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/lockheed-martin-corporation/)
- [Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink, Inc.)](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/lumen-technologies-formerly-centurylink-inc/)
- [Macy's, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/macys-inc/)
- [Maple Leaf Foods Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/maple-leaf-foods-inc/)
- [Wells Fargo & Company](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/wells-fargo-company/)
- [Marathon Oil Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/marathon-oil-corp/)
- [Marathon Petroleum](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/marathon-petroleum/)
- [Wendy's International, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/wendys-international-inc/)
- [Marriott International, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/marriott-international-inc/)
- [MasterCard Incorporated](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/mastercard-incorporated/)
- [MAXIMUS, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/maximus-inc/)
- [West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/west-pharmaceutical-services-inc/)
- [Westlake Chemical](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/westlake-chemical/)
- [Williams Companies, Inc., The](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/williams-companies-inc-the/)
- [Workday Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/workday-inc/)
- [XPO Logistics](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/xpo-logistics/)
- [Xylem Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/xylem-inc/)
- [Yelp Inc](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/yelp-inc/)
- [Medpace Holdings](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/medpace-holdings/)
- [Merck & Co., Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/merck-co-inc/)
- [Yum! Brands, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/yum-brands-inc/)
- [Meta (Facebook Inc.)](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/meta-facebook-inc/)
- [Metro, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/metro-inc/)
- [Microsoft Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/microsoft-corporation/)
- [Moderna](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/moderna/)
- [Mohawk Industries, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/mohawk-industries-inc/)
- [Mondelez International, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/mondelez-international-inc/)
- [Morgan Stanley](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/morgan-stanley/)
- [Mosaic Co.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/mosaic-co/)
- [Mueller Industries, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/mueller-industries-inc/)
- [National Bank of Canada](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/national-bank-of-canada/)
- [Netflix, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/netflix-inc/)
- [NextEra Energy](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/nextera-energy/)
- [NIKE, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/nike-inc/)
- [NiSource Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/nisource-inc/)
- [Nordstrom, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/nordstrom-inc/)
- [Norfolk Southern Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/norfolk-southern-corporation/)
- [Northrop Grumman Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/northrop-grumman-corporation/)
- [Nutrien Ltd](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/nutrien-ltd/)
- [NVIDIA](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/nvidia/)
- [Olympic Steel Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/olympic-steel-inc/)
- [OraSure Technologies, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/orasure-technologies-inc/)
- [Papa John's Int'l, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/papa-johns-intl-inc/)
- [Paycom Software Inc](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/paycom-software-inc/)
- [PayPal](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/paypal/)
- [PetMed Express](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/petmed-express/)
- [Pfizer, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/pfizer-inc/)
- [Philip Morris International](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/philip-morris-international/)
- [Phillips 66](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/phillips-66/)
- [Pilgrim's Pride Corp](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/pilgrims-pride-corp/)
- [PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/pnc-financial-services-group-inc/)
- [Post Holdings Inc](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/post-holdings-inc/)
- [Power Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/power-corporation/)
- [PPG Industries, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/ppg-industries-inc/)
- [Proto Labs Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/proto-labs-inc/)
- [Public Storage](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/public-storage/)
- [Raytheon Technologies Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/raytheon-technologies-corporation/)
- [Redfin Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/redfin-corporation/)
- [Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/regeneron-pharmaceuticals-inc/)
- [Repligen Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/repligen-corporation/)
- [Restaurant Brands International](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/restaurant-brands-international/)
- [Rivian Automotive Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/rivian-automotive-inc/)
- [Royal Bank of Canada](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/royal-bank-of-canada/)
- [Ryerson Holding Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/ryerson-holding-corp/)
- [Salesforce.com, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/salesforce-com-inc/)
- [ServiceNow, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/servicenow-inc/)
- [Simon Property Group, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/simon-property-group-inc/)
- [Skechers U.S.A.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/skechers-u-s-a/)
- [Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/smith-wesson-brands-inc/)
- [Smith (A.O.) Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/smith-a-o-corporation/)
- [Southern Company](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/southern-company/)
- [Southwest Airlines Co.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/southwest-airlines-co/)
- [Starbucks Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/starbucks-corp/)
- [State Street Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/state-street-corporation/)
- [STERIS plc](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/steris-plc/)
- [Stryker Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/stryker-corporation/)
- [Sturm Ruger and Company, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/sturm-ruger-and-company-inc/)
- [Suncor](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/suncor/)
- [SVB Financial Group](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/svb-financial-group/)
- [Syneos Health](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/syneos-health/)
- [T-Mobile USA (subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom)](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/t-mobile-usa-subsidiary-of-deutsche-telekom/)
- [Targa Resources Corp](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/targa-resources-corp/)
- [Target Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/target-corp/)
- [Teladoc Health Inc](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/teladoc-health-inc/)
- [Tesla Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/tesla-inc/)
- [Teva Pharmaceuticals](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/teva-pharmaceuticals/)
- [Texas Instruments Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/texas-instruments-inc/)
- [Texas Roadhouse, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/texas-roadhouse-inc/)
- [The Coca-Cola Company](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/the-coca-cola-company/)
- [The Hartford Financial Services Group](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/the-hartford-financial-services-group/)
- [The Travelers Companies, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/the-travelers-companies-inc/)
- [Goldman Sachs Group Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/goldman-sachs-group-inc/)
- [Halliburton Company](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/halliburton-company/)
- [Hershey Company](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/hershey-company/)
- [Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/hilton-worldwide-holdings-inc/)
- [Honeywell International Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/honeywell-international-inc/)
- [Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/thermo-fisher-scientific-inc/)
- [Huntington Bancshares, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/huntington-bancshares-inc/)
- [TJX Companies, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/tjx-companies-inc/)
- [IDEX](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/idex/)
- [Illinois Tool Works Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/illinois-tool-works-inc/)
- [Illumina](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/illumina/)
- [Toronto-Dominion Bank](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/toronto-dominion-bank/)
- [Impinj, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/impinj-inc/)
- [International Business Machines Corp. (IBM)](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/international-business-machines-corp-ibm/)
- [Intuitive Surgical, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/intuitive-surgical-inc/)
- [IPG Photonics Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/ipg-photonics-corporation/)
- [IQVIA Holdings, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/iqvia-holdings-inc/)
- [Tractor Supply Company](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/tractor-supply-company/)
- [TransUnion](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/transunion/)
- [J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/j-p-morgan-chase-co/)
- [Uber Technologies](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/uber-technologies/)
- [Union Pacific Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/union-pacific-corporation/)
- [United Natural Foods, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/united-natural-foods-inc/)
- [United Parcel Service, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/united-parcel-service-inc/)
- [Badger Meter Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/badger-meter-inc/)
- [Bank of America Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/bank-of-america-corp/)
- [Bank of Montreal](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/bank-of-montreal/)
- [Bank of New York Mellon Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/bank-of-new-york-mellon-corporation/)
- [Bank of Nova Scotia](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/bank-of-nova-scotia/)
- [Baxter International, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/baxter-international-inc/)
- [Berkshire Hathaway Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/berkshire-hathaway-inc/)
- [Biogen, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/biogen-inc/)
- [BlackRock, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/blackrock-inc/)
- [Block Inc. (fka Square Inc.)](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/block-inc-fka-square-inc/)
- [Boeing Company](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/boeing-company/)
- [BorgWarner Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/borgwarner-inc/)
- [Bristol-Myers Squibb Company](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/bristol-myers-squibb-company/)
- [California Water Service Group](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/california-water-service-group/)
- [Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/canadian-imperial-bank-of-commerce-cibc/)
- [CarMax](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/carmax/)
- [Caterpillar Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/caterpillar-inc/)
- [Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/celldex-therapeutics-inc/)
- [Cenovus](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/cenovus/)
- [Centerpoint Energy](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/centerpoint-energy/)
- [Charles River Laboratories International](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/charles-river-laboratories-international/)
- [Charles Schwab Corporation (The)](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/charles-schwab-corporation-the/)
- [Charter Communications, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/charter-communications-inc/)
- [Cheesecake Factory](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/cheesecake-factory/)
- [Chevron Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/chevron-corp/)
- [Chewy, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/chewy-inc/)
- [Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/chipotle-mexican-grill-inc/)
- [Choice Hotels International, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/choice-hotels-international-inc/)
- [Chubb Limited](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/chubb-limited/)
- [CIGNA Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/cigna-corporation/)
- [Cintas Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/cintas-corporation/)
- [Citigroup](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/citigroup/)
- [Cleveland-Cliffs Inc](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/cleveland-cliffs-inc/)
- [CNX Resources Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/cnx-resources-corp/)
- [Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/cognizant-technology-solutions-corp/)
- [Colgate-Palmolive Company](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/colgate-palmolive-company/)
- [Comcast Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/comcast-corp/)
- [ConocoPhillips](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/conocophillips/)
- [Constellation Brands, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/constellation-brands-inc/)
- [Costco Wholesale Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/costco-wholesale-corp/)
- [Coterra Energy](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/coterra-energy/)
- [Cummins Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/cummins-inc/)
- [CVS Health Corp](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/cvs-health-corp/)
- [Danaher Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/danaher-corp/)
- [Deere & Company](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/deere-company/)
- [Delta Air Lines, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/delta-air-lines-inc/)
- [Denny's Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/dennys-corporation/)
- [DexCom Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/dexcom-inc/)
- [Digital Realty Trust Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/digital-realty-trust-inc/)
- [Discover Financial Services Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/discover-financial-services-inc/)
- [Disney (Walt) Company / ABC](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/disney-walt-company-abc/)
- [Dollar General Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/dollar-general-corporation/)
- [Dollar Tree Stores](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/dollar-tree-stores/)
- [Dollarama, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/dollarama-inc/)
- [Douglas Emmett, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/douglas-emmett-inc/)
- [Dow Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/dow-inc/)
- [DTE Energy](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/dte-energy/)
- [Eagle Materials Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/eagle-materials-inc/)
- [eBay Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/ebay-inc/)
- [Electronic Arts Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/electronic-arts-inc/)
- [Elevance Health](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/elevance-health/)
- [Eli Lilly and Company](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/eli-lilly-and-company/)
- [AbbVie](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/abbvie/)
- [Enbridge Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/enbridge-inc/)
- [EOG Resources, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/eog-resources-inc/)
- [Essential Utilities (formerly Aqua America)](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/essential-utilities-formerly-aqua-america/)
- [Adobe Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/adobe-inc/)
- [Estee Lauder Companies Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/estee-lauder-companies-inc/)
- [Etsy, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/etsy-inc/)
- [Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/alarm-com-holdings-inc/)
- [Expeditors International](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/expeditors-international/)
- [Albertson's, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/albertsons-inc/)
- [Exxon Mobil Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/exxon-mobil-corporation/)
- [Alphabet, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/alphabet-inc/)
- [FedEx Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/fedex-corporation/)
- [Ford Motor Company](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/ford-motor-company/)
- [Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/freeport-mcmoran-copper-gold-inc/)
- [General Dynamics Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/general-dynamics-corporation/)
- [General Electric Company](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/general-electric-company/)
- [GEO Group Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/geo-group-inc/)
- [Gilead Sciences, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/gilead-sciences-inc/)
- [Glencore plc](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/glencore-plc/)
- [Global Payments Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/global-payments-inc/)
- [Altria Group, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/altria-group-inc/)
- [Amalgamated Financial Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/amalgamated-financial-corp/)
- [Amazon.com, Inc](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/amazon-com-inc/)
- [AMEREN (Union Electric)](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/ameren-union-electric/)
- [American Tower Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/american-tower-corporation/)
- [American Water Works Company, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/american-water-works-company-inc/)
- [Amgen Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/amgen-inc/)
- [Apple Computer, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/apple-computer-inc/)
- [Assured Guaranty Ltd.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/assured-guaranty-ltd/)
- [AT&T Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/att-inc/)
- [Autodesk Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/autodesk-inc/)
- [Axon Enterprise Inc](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/axon-enterprise-inc/)
- [Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/broadridge-financial-solutions-inc/)
- [Ovintiv Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/ovintiv-inc/)
- [Canadian National Railway](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/canadian-national-railway/)
- [RTX Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/rtx-corporation/)
- [Marvell Technology, Inc](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/marvell-technology-inc/)
- [Crown Holdings Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/crown-holdings-inc/)
- [Carrier Global Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/carrier-global-corp/)
- [Capital One Financial Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/capital-one-financial-corp/)
- [Applied Materials, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/applied-materials-inc/)
- [CDW Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/cdw-corp/)
- [Annaly Capital Management](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/annaly-capital-management/)
- [Church & Dwight Co., Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/church-dwight-co-inc/)
- [Truist Financial](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/truist-financial/)
- [Alcoa Inc. (Aluminum Company of America)](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/alcoa-inc-aluminum-company-of-america/)
- [Spirit Aerosystems](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/spirit-aerosystems/)
- [NVR, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/nvr-inc/)
- [Occidental Petroleum Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/occidental-petroleum-corporation/)
- [Huntington Ingalls Industries](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/huntington-ingalls-industries/)
- [AutoNation, Inc](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/autonation-inc/)
- [L3Harris Technologies](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/l3harris-technologies/)
- [ITT Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/itt-corporation/)
- [Flowserve Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/flowserve-corporation/)
- [Edison International](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/edison-international/)
- [HP, inc. (Hewlett-Packard)](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/hp-inc-hewlett-packard/)
- [Lennar Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/lennar-corporation/)
- [Huntsman Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/huntsman-corporation/)
- [Mattel, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/mattel-inc/)
- [PACCAR, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/paccar-inc/)
- [Sonoco Products Company](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/sonoco-products-company/)
- [Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/jones-lang-lasalle-incorporated/)
- [Align Technology Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/align-technology-inc/)
- [Royal Dutch Shell plc](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/royal-dutch-shell-plc/)
- [J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/j-b-hunt-transport-services-inc/)
- [Darling Ingredients](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/darling-ingredients/)
- [International Flavors & Fragrances Inc](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/international-flavors-fragrances-inc/)
- [DocuSign Inc](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/docusign-inc/)
- [Sprouts Farmers Market Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/sprouts-farmers-market-inc/)
- [Amkor Technology](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/amkor-technology/)
- [Granite Construction Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/granite-construction-inc/)
- [Keurig Dr. Pepper](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/keurig-dr-pepper/)
- [Flowers Foods, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/flowers-foods-inc/)
- [Warner Bros.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/warner-bros/)
- [General Motors Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/general-motors-corp/)
- [Lululemon Athletica Inc](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/lululemon-athletica-inc/)
- [MSCI Inc](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/msci-inc/)
- [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/advanced-micro-devices-inc/)
- [T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/t-rowe-price-associates-inc/)
- [Northern Trust Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/northern-trust-corporation/)
- [3M Company](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/3m-company/)
- [Ecolab Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/ecolab-inc/)
- [Kosmos Energy](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/kosmos-energy/)
- [Edwards Lifesciences](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/edwards-lifesciences/)
- [Veracyte, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/veracyte-inc/)
- [nCino Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/ncino-inc/)
- [American Express Co.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/american-express-co/)
- [Snowflake Inc](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/snowflake-inc/)
- [Home Depot, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/home-depot-inc/)
- [Ingredion, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/ingredion-inc/)
- [Broadcom Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/broadcom-inc/)
- [W.W. Grainger, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/w-w-grainger-inc/)
- [C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/c-h-robinson-worldwide-inc/)
- [Old Dominion Freight Line](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/old-dominion-freight-line/)
- [Monster Beverage Corp](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/monster-beverage-corp/)
- [United Airlines Holdings, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/united-airlines-holdings-inc/)
- [WestRock Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/westrock-inc/)
- [Valmont Industries, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/valmont-industries-inc/)
- [Expeditors International of Washington](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/expeditors-international-of-washington/)
- [Comfort Systems USA](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/comfort-systems-usa/)
- [Encompass Health Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/encompass-health-corporation/)
- [International Paper Co.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/international-paper-co/)
- [Herbalife Ltd.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/herbalife-ltd/)
- [Skywest, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/skywest-inc/)
- [Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.,](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/live-nation-entertainment-inc/)
- [Ross Stores, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/ross-stores-inc/)
- [Manhattan Associates, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/manhattan-associates-inc/)
- [Ameriprise Financial, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/ameriprise-financial-inc/)
- [Molina Healthcare Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/molina-healthcare-inc/)
- [Rollins Environmental Services, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/rollins-environmental-services-inc/)
- [NCR Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/ncr-corporation/)
- [Constellation Energy Group, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/constellation-energy-group-inc/)
- [Paramount Global](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/paramount-global/)
- [Hormel Foods Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/hormel-foods-corp/)
- [TripAdvisor, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/tripadvisor-inc/)
- [Berry Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/berry-corporation/)
- [Kellanova](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/kellanova/)
- [Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/vertex-pharmaceuticals-incorporated/)
- [CSX Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/csx-corp/)
- [Moody's Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/moodys-corporation/)
- [Chemed Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/chemed-corporation/)
- [PepsiCo, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/pepsico-inc/)
- [Dine Brands Global, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/dine-brands-global-inc/)
- [American International Group, Inc. (AIG)](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/american-international-group-inc-aig/)
- [Becton Dickinson and Company](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/becton-dickinson-and-company/)
- [Caesars Entertainment Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/caesars-entertainment-corporation/)
- [Bally's Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/ballys-corporation/)
- [Boyd Gaming Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/boyd-gaming-corporation/)
- [Archer-Daniels-Midland Company](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/archer-daniels-midland-company/)
- [Kohl's Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/kohls-corporation/)
- [Intuit Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/intuit-inc/)
- [Tyson Foods, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/tyson-foods-inc/)
- [Agilent Technologies](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/agilent-technologies/)
- [Analog Devices, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/analog-devices-inc/)
- [Sherwin-Williams Company](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/sherwin-williams-company/)
- [The Chemours Company](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/the-chemours-company/)
- [Fox Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/fox-corporation/)
- [Hasbro, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/hasbro-inc/)
- [Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/fairfax-financial-holdings-limited/)
- [US Foods Holding Corp](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/us-foods-holding-corp/)
- [Duke Energy Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/duke-energy-corp/)
- [PulteGroup Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/pultegroup-inc/)
- [Ryder System, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/ryder-system-inc/)
- [Saia LTL Freight](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/saia-ltl-freight/)
- [Harley-Davidson Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/harley-davidson-inc/)
- [Las Vegas Sands Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/las-vegas-sands-corp/)
- [Sempra Energy](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/sempra-energy/)
- [First Solar, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/first-solar-inc/)
- [Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/goodyear-tire-rubber-co/)
- [Allstate](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/allstate/)
- [Arrow Electronics](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/arrow-electronics/)
- [Centene Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/centene-corporation/)
- [Pinterest Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/pinterest-inc/)
- [BioMarin](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/biomarin/)
- [Wyndham Worldwide Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/wyndham-worldwide-corp/)
- [Hyatt Hotels Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/hyatt-hotels-corporation/)
- [Advance Auto Parts, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/advance-auto-parts-inc/)
- [Genuine Parts Company](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/genuine-parts-company/)
- [Expedia, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/expedia-inc/)
- [Qualcomm Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/qualcomm-inc/)
- [Ally Financial](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/ally-financial/)
- [FirstEnergy Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/firstenergy-corporation/)
- [Air Products & Chemicals](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/air-products-chemicals/)
- [Wynn Resorts](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/wynn-resorts/)
- [Aramark](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/aramark/)
- [Antero Resources](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/antero-resources/)
- [PENN Entertainment](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/penn-entertainment/)
- [ICU Medical](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/icu-medical/)
- [CBOE Holdings, Inc](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/cboe-holdings-inc/)
- [Hubbell Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/hubbell-inc/)
- [Universal Health Services, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/universal-health-services-inc/)
- [Hewlett Packard Enterprise](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/hewlett-packard-enterprise/)
- [Bentley Systems Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/bentley-systems-inc/)
- [Warrior Met Coal Inc](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/warrior-met-coal-inc/)
- [Best Buy Co., Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/best-buy-co-inc/)
- [Nexstar Media Group](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/nexstar-media-group/)
- [Lyft, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/lyft-inc/)
- [Lowes](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/lowes/)
- [Foot Locker, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/foot-locker-inc/)
- [S&P Global](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/sp-global/)
- [SpartanNash](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/spartannash/)
- [NRG Energy, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/nrg-energy-inc/)
- [Timken Company](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/timken-company/)
- [Olin Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/olin-corporation/)
- [Exelon Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/exelon-corporation/)
- [MKS Instruments](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/mks-instruments/)
- [Markel Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/markel-corporation/)
- [JetBlue Airways Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/jetblue-airways-corporation/)
- [Cincinnati Financial Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/cincinnati-financial-corp/)
- [Domino's Pizza](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/dominos-pizza/)
- [AES Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/aes-corporation/)
- [Labcorp Holdings](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/labcorp-holdings/)
- [Intellia Therapeutics Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/intellia-therapeutics-inc/)
- [Exact Sciences Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/exact-sciences-corporation/)
- [Berkley (W. R.) Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/berkley-w-r-corporation/)
- [Insulet Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/insulet-corporation/)
- [Arch Capital Group, Ltd.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/arch-capital-group-ltd/)
- [Amazon.com, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/amazon-com-inc-2/)
- [Meritage Homes Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/meritage-homes-corp/)
- [Oshkosh Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/oshkosh-corp/)
- [Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/knight-swift-transportation-holdings-inc/)
- [Tyler Technologies Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/tyler-technologies-inc/)
- [Otis Worldwide Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/otis-worldwide-corp/)
- [Reliance Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/reliance-inc/)
- [Acadia Healthcare Company Inc](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/acadia-healthcare-company-inc/)
- [Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/asbury-automotive-group-inc/)
- [Emcor](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/emcor/)
- [DXC Technology (DXC)](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/dxc-technology-dxc/)
- [Booz Allen Hamilton](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/booz-allen-hamilton/)
- [AutoNation, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/autonation-inc-2/)
- [F5 Networks, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/f5-networks-inc/)
- [CoStar Group Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/costar-group-inc/)
- [Teradyne, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/teradyne-inc/)
- [AFLAC Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/aflac-inc/)
- [American Airlines Group](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/american-airlines-group/)
- [Celanese Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/celanese-corporation/)
- [Equifax Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/equifax-inc/)
- [Dominion Energy](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/dominion-energy/)
- [Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/marsh-mclennan-companies-inc/)
- [Fastenal Co.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/fastenal-co/)
- [Newell Brands, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/newell-brands-inc/)
- [Humana Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/humana-inc/)
- [Sage Therapeutics Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/sage-therapeutics-inc/)
- [Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/public-service-enterprise-group-inc/)
- [Roper Technologies, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/roper-technologies-inc/)
- [MasterBrand Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/masterbrand-inc/)
- [Masco Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/masco-corporation/)
- [Tenet Healthcare Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/tenet-healthcare-corporation/)
- [Science Applications International Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/science-applications-international-corp/)
- [Cooper Companies, Inc. (The)](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/cooper-companies-inc-the/)
- [OGE Energy Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/oge-energy-corporation/)
- [Fiserv Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/fiserv-inc/)
- [General Mills, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/general-mills-inc/)
- [Calix](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/calix/)
- [BJ's Wholesale](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/bjs-wholesale/)
- [Procter & Gamble Company](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/procter-gamble-company/)
- [Cheniere Energy](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/cheniere-energy/)
- [Toll Brothers, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/toll-brothers-inc/)
- [Incyte Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/incyte-corporation/)
- [Brink's Company, The](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/brinks-company-the/)
- [IntercontinentalExchange](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/intercontinentalexchange/)
- [Bloomin' Brands Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/bloomin-brands-inc/)
- [Conduent Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/conduent-inc/)
- [Pilgrim's Pride Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/pilgrims-pride-corp-2/)
- [Newmont Mining Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/newmont-mining-corporation/)
- [Wolverine World Wide, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/wolverine-world-wide-inc/)
- [Skyworks Solutions](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/skyworks-solutions/)
- [ArcBest](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/arcbest/)
- [Royal Gold Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/royal-gold-inc/)
- [Gap, Inc. (The)](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/gap-inc-the/)
- [Eaton Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/eaton-corporation/)
- [Palantir Technologies](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/palantir-technologies/)
- [GE Aerospace](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/ge-aerospace/)
- [Zscaler, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/zscaler-inc/)
- [Arlo Technologies, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/arlo-technologies-inc/)
- [Palo Alto Networks, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/palo-alto-networks-inc/)
- [Invesco Ltd.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/invesco-ltd/)
- [Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/ionis-pharmaceuticals-inc/)
- [Columbia Sportswear](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/columbia-sportswear/)
- [Floor & Decor](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/floor-decor/)
- [Akamai Technologies, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/akamai-technologies-inc/)
- [O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/oreilly-automotive-inc/)
- [WESCO International](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/wesco-international/)
- [Booking Holdings](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/booking-holdings/)
- [Fidelity National Financial, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/fidelity-national-financial-inc/)
- [BP p.l.c.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/bp-p-l-c/)
- [Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/bio-rad-laboratories-inc/)
- [RS Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/rs-reliance-steel-aluminum-co/)
- [Teledyne Technologies Incorporated](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/teledyne-technologies-incorporated/)
- [United Rentals, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/united-rentals-inc/)
- [Steel Dynamics, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/steel-dynamics-inc/)
- [Cadence Design Systems, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/cadence-design-systems-inc/)
- [Fortinet, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/fortinet-inc/)
- [Verisign, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/verisign-inc/)
- [Teleflex Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/teleflex-inc/)
- [Lithia Motors Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/lithia-motors-inc/)
- [Power Integrations, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/power-integrations-inc/)
- [Quest Diagnostics](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/quest-diagnostics/)
- [ProLogis](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/prologis/)
- [Dana Holding Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/dana-holding-corporation/)
- [AMN Healthcare Services](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/amn-healthcare-services/)
- [Dover Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/dover-corporation/)
- [Corpay, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/corpay-inc/)
- [Alexandria Real Estate Equities](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/alexandria-real-estate-equities/)
- [Prudential Financial Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/prudential-financial-inc/)
- [Zimmer Biomet Holdings](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/zimmer-biomet-holdings/)
- [Stanley Works](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/stanley-works/)
- [Revvity, Inc](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/revvity-inc/)
- [PG & E](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/pg-e/)
- [Citizens Financial Group](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/citizens-financial-group/)
- [Amentum Holdings, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/amentum-holdings-inc/)
- [Datadog, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/datadog-inc/)
- [Emergent BioSolutions Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/emergent-biosolutions-inc/)
- [Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/apellis-pharmaceuticals-inc/)
- [Insight Enterprises, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/insight-enterprises-inc/)
- [Hologic, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/hologic-inc/)
- [onsemi (On Semiconductor)](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/onsemi-on-semiconductor/)
- [Masimo Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/masimo-corporation/)
- [Henry Schein, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/henry-schein-inc/)
- [CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/crowdstrike-holdings-inc/)
- [Carvana](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/carvana/)
- [Eversource Energy](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/eversource-energy/)
- [Intel Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/intel-corporation/)
- [Alaska Air Group, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/alaska-air-group-inc/)
- [Avery Dennison Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/avery-dennison-corporation/)
- [First American Financial](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/first-american-financial/)
- [WEC Energy Group Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/wec-energy-group-inc/)
- [Fortune Brands](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/fortune-brands/)
- [Emerson](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/emerson/)
- [Fair Isaac Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/fair-isaac-corporation/)
- [CF Industries Holdings, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/cf-industries-holdings-inc/)
- [AVIS Budget Group, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/avis-budget-group-inc/)
- [Concentrix Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/concentrix-corporation/)
- [FMC Technologies](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/fmc-technologies/)
- [Assurant, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/assurant-inc/)
- [Diamondback Energy](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/diamondback-energy/)
- [CMS Energy Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/cms-energy-corp/)
- [Zoetis, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/zoetis-inc/)
- [Residio Technologies, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/residio-technologies-inc/)
- [Western Union Company (The)](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/western-union-company-the/)
- [Monolithic Power Systems](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/monolithic-power-systems/)
- [Lincoln National Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/lincoln-national-corp/)
- [MarketAxess Holdings Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/marketaxess-holdings-inc/)
- [Devon Energy](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/devon-energy/)
- [HCA-The Heathcare Company](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/hca-the-heathcare-company/)
- [DT Midstream, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/dt-midstream-inc/)
- [Fortive Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/fortive-corporation/)
- [IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/idexx-laboratories-inc/)
- [Jabil Circuit, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/jabil-circuit-inc/)
- [Synopsys, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/synopsys-inc/)
- [AGCO Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/agco-corporation/)
- [Albemarle Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/albemarle-corporation/)
- [Boston Scientific Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/boston-scientific-corporation/)
- [Eastman Chemical Company](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/eastman-chemical-company/)
- [CBRE Group, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/cbre-group-inc/)
- [Group 1 Automotive, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/group-1-automotive-inc/)
- [EPAM Systems, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/epam-systems-inc/)
- [Equinix, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/equinix-inc/)
- [Entegris Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/entegris-inc/)
- [HubSpot, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/hubspot-inc/)
- [Graphic Packaging Holdings](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/graphic-packaging-holdings/)
- [Select Medical Holdings Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/select-medical-holdings-corp/)
- [LKQ Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/lkq-corporation/)
- [Regions Financial Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/regions-financial-corporation/)
- [Micron Technology, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/micron-technology-inc/)
- [Murphy Oil Company](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/murphy-oil-company/)
- [Verisk Analytics, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/verisk-analytics-inc/)
- [Royal Caribbean Cruises](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/royal-caribbean-cruises/)
- [US Foods Holding Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/us-foods-holding-corp-2/)
- [Ulta Beauty Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/ulta-beauty-inc/)
- [Whirlpool Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/whirlpool-corporation/)
- [Ferguson Enterprises Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/ferguson-enterprises-inc/)
- [Loblaw Companies Ltd.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/loblaw-companies-ltd/)
- [Lundin Mining Corporation](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/lundin-mining-corporation/)
- [Thomson Reuters Corp.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/thomson-reuters-corp/)
- [Dell Technologies](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/dell-technologies/)
- [Shopify, Inc.](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_company/shopify-inc/)

## Issue Area

- [Corporate Governance](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_issue/corporate-governance/)
- [Human Rights & Worker Rights](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_issue/human-rights-worker-rights/)
- [Health](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_issue/health/)
- [Climate Change](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_issue/climate-change/)
- [Inclusiveness](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_issue/inclusiveness/)
- [Lobbying & Political Contributions](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_issue/lobbying-political-contributions/)
- [Environment](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_issue/environment/)
- [Finance](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_issue/finance/)
- [Militarism / Violence](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_issue/militarism-violence/)
- [Water](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_issue/water/)
- [Sustainability](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_issue/sustainability/)
- [Food Justice](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_issue/food-justice/)

## Status

- [Vote](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_status/vote/)
- [Withdrawn for Agreement](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_status/withdrawn-for-agreement/)
- [Filed](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_status/filed/)
- [Omitted](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_status/omitted/)
- [Withdrawn - Tactical/Dialogue](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_status/withdrawn-tactical-dialogue/)
- [Withdrawn - Technical](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_status/withdrawn-technical/)
- [On Proxy](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_status/on-proxy/)
- [Withdrawn](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_status/withdrawn/)
- [Challenged](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_status/challenged/)
- [Withdrawn - Dialogue/Tactical](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_status/withdrawn-dialogue-tactical/)

## Issue Sub-topic

- [Climate Lobbying](https://www.iccr.org/report_issue_topic/climate-lobbying/)
- [Prohibiting Import of Goods Made With Forced Labor](https://www.iccr.org/report_issue_topic/prohibiting-import-of-goods-made-with-forced-labor/)
- [Methane Emissions](https://www.iccr.org/report_issue_topic/methane-emissions/)
- [Just Transition](https://www.iccr.org/report_issue_topic/just-transition/)
- [Supply Chain Governance & Accountability](https://www.iccr.org/report_issue_topic/supply-chain-governance-accountability/)
- [Climate Finance](https://www.iccr.org/report_issue_topic/climate-finance/)
- [Equitable Access to Medicine](https://www.iccr.org/report_issue_topic/equitable-access-to-medicine/)
- [Freedom of Association](https://www.iccr.org/report_issue_topic/freedom-of-association/)
- [Paid Sick Leave](https://www.iccr.org/report_issue_topic/paid-sick-leave/)
- [Worker Health & Safety](https://www.iccr.org/report_issue_topic/worker-health-safety/)
- [The Opioid Crisis](https://www.iccr.org/report_issue_topic/the-opioid-crisis/)
- [Digital Rights and AI Accountability](https://www.iccr.org/report_issue_topic/digital-rights-and-ai-accountability/)
- [Responsible Contracting](https://www.iccr.org/report_issue_topic/responsible-contracting/)
- [Health Equity and Technology](https://www.iccr.org/report_issue_topic/health-equity-and-technology/)
- [Nutrition Insecurity](https://www.iccr.org/report_issue_topic/nutrition-insecurity/)
- [Corporate Lobbying](https://www.iccr.org/report_issue_topic/corporate-lobbying/)
- [Corporate Political Spending](https://www.iccr.org/report_issue_topic/corporate-political-spending/)
- [Environmental Justice](https://www.iccr.org/report_issue_topic/environmental-justice/)
- [Impacts of Digital Technology on Workers’ Rights](https://www.iccr.org/report_issue_topic/impacts-of-digital-technology-on-workers-rights/)

## Years

- [2022](https://www.iccr.org/report_year/2022/)
- [2023](https://www.iccr.org/report_year/2023/)
- [2021](https://www.iccr.org/report_year/2021/)
- [2020](https://www.iccr.org/report_year/2020/)
- [2019](https://www.iccr.org/report_year/2019/)
- [2018](https://www.iccr.org/report_year/2018/)
- [2017](https://www.iccr.org/report_year/2017/)
- [2015](https://www.iccr.org/report_year/2015/)
- [2014](https://www.iccr.org/report_year/2014/)
- [2024](https://www.iccr.org/report_year/2024/)
- [2025](https://www.iccr.org/report_year/2025/)
- [2011](https://www.iccr.org/report_year/2011/)
- [2026](https://www.iccr.org/report_year/2026/)

## Year

- [2023](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_year/2023/)
- [2024](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_year/2024/)
- [2025](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_year/2025/)
- [2026](https://www.iccr.org/resolution_year/2026/)