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.
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, […]
Advancing Worker Justice Excessive Executive Compensation
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 […]
Climate Change and Environmental Justice Shareholder Rights and SEC Policy
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 […]
Advancing Worker Justice
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.
Corporate Political Accountability
Despite a lack of regulation, we still have the ability to steer artificial intelligence in ways that can benefit our common humanity.
Digital Rights and AI Accountability
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 […]
Advancing Worker Justice Impacts of Digital Technology on Workers’ Rights
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 […]
Climate Change and Environmental Justice Digital Rights and AI Accountability Impacts of Digital Technology on Workers’ Rights
In a rare interview, John Chevedden speaks to RI about his fears for the future of the proposal process
Corporate Lobbying Shareholder Rights and SEC Policy
In the nonbinding vote, owners holding 82% of shares opposed Zaslav’s golden parachute.
Advancing Worker Justice Excessive Executive Compensation
Shut out of the government’s filing system, activist investors launched a rival platform—and it’s already outpacing the original.
Climate Change and Environmental Justice Shareholder Rights and SEC Policy
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 […]
Advancing Worker Justice Living Wage
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.
Advancing Worker Justice Immigration
