Worker and human rights top issues for ICCR members for 2024 AGMs

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 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.

Despite a lack of regulation, we still have the ability to steer artificial intelligence in ways that can benefit our common humanity.

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 […]

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 […]

In a rare interview, John Chevedden speaks to RI about his fears for the future of the proposal process

In the nonbinding vote, owners holding 82% of shares opposed Zaslav’s golden parachute.

Shut out of the government’s filing system, activist investors launched a rival platform—and it’s already outpacing the original.

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 […]