SEC Rule Changes Force Investors to Hold Fire

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 […]

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 […]

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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.

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 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.

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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.