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

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]