Reports and Publications
Virtually every corporation participates in some sort of lobbying activity and donates to candidates, political parties and Political Action Committees (PACs) — some spending millions per year — to further their business interests. As we move into the 2016 Presidential election cycle, these...
An estimated 20.9 million people are victims of human trafficking. Learning to spot human rights violations, including human trafficking and slavery, requires attention, time and training and without this, it is easy to miss the crimes that may lurk right under our noses. The same is true of...
Americans pay more for their medicine than anyone else in the world – prices for the world’s top-selling 20 drugs are three times higher in the U.S. than in England, and two times higher than in Canada. Traditionally, drug companies have placed the blame for these high prices on the expensive and...
Beyond the lost opportunity to feed the hungry, most food waste goes directly into landfills where, through decomposition, it produces dangerous greenhouses gas emissions responsible for driving climate change. In fact, food waste in landfills is responsible for 23% of all methane emissions and 4.5...
With the swing of his tiny green gavel and more than a touch of emotion, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius announced a final, historic climate agreement and the close of the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, COP21, on December 12th. From "2016 New Years Resolutions" - Corporate Examiner Volume 38...
Health experts agree that childhood obesity, particularly among children in low-income and minority households, is partially due to the limited access and affordability of healthier food and beverage choices. But a major factor in this choice hinges on the way these products are marketed to kids....
This issue of the Examiner features the following stories: ICCR Welcomes its New CEO Josh ZinnerHealthier Communities through Improved Corporate Water StewardshipTackling Food Waste to Fight Hunger and Climate ChangeKeeping Kids’ Nutrition Top of Mind at America’s RetailersRatcheting up Corporate...
The Introduction to ICCR's 2016 Proxy Resolution and Voting Guide. The number of resolutions filed by ICCR members for the 2016 AGM season rose just over 12% this season to 257, which include 5 filings slated for the spring. Corporate practices related to climate change risks, and lobbying and...
Download our 2016 Proxy Resolutions and Voting GuideThe number of resolutions filed by ICCR members for the 2016 AGM season rose just over 12% to 257, which includes 5 filings slated for the spring. Climate change risks and lobbying & political spending continue to dominate as resolution themes...
