Investor Guidance on Responsible Contracting

The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and the Responsible Contracting Project (RCP) have released Investor Guidance on Responsible Contracting, outlining the critical role of commercial contracts in supporting robust human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD) processes.

Proponents as of mid-Feburary 2024 had filed at least 527 shareholder resolutions on environmental, social and related sustainable governance issues for the 2024 proxy season. This is down by only a few from 536 last year at the same time. It still seems possible the total will reach the 630-year-end total of last year.

CONTACT:Susana McDermottDirector of CommunicationsInterfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)201-417-9060 (mobile)smcdermott@iccr.org NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2024 – The Investor Guidance on Responsible Contracting released today by the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and the Responsible Contracting Project (RCP) explains the critical role played by commercial contracts in supporting more robust human rights and […]

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We are pleased to announce the release of ICCR’s 2024 Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide. Our Guide presents the ICCR member-sponsored resolutions filed for 2024 corporate proxies as of February 15. The proposals included here illustrate ICCR’s guiding principle that sustainable corporations must look beyond the next earnings report to account for the full impact […]

Save the Date: Thursday, February 15th at 11:30 am ET to Hear about ICCR Member Proposals for the 2024 Proxy Season Join us on Thursday, 2/15 from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm ET, when we will share a preview of ICCR members’ 2024 shareholder proposals and our 2024 Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide. Our webinar will help contextualize the more than 300 resolutions […]

On September 7, 2023, signatories ABN AMRO and CCLA Investment Management, supported by ICCR and its members, PGGM, and Triodos Investment Management, sent a joint investor letter to Nike to ask the company to pay outstanding wage payments for garment workers in factories in Cambodia and Thailand employed by the Ramatex Group. Workers were dismissed […]

Statement endorsed by 192 investors calls on companies to join the International Accord in Bangladesh and the new Pakistan Accord, to accelerate implementation of human rights due diligence in the garment sector.  NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2023 – A coalition of 192 global institutional investors representing $1.3 trillion USD in assets under management […]

The majority of apparel and footwear brands still cannot demonstrate how they are mitigating the risks of forced labor that may result from unethical recruitment practices.  NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26TH, 2021 – In early 2019, a group of global investors, led by the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and supported by the […]

Shareholder proposal emphasized vulnerability of farmworkers in Wendy’s ($WEN) supply chain to COVID-19 and its failure to join the Fair Food Program. NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, MAY 18TH, 2021 – Today shareholders approved a proposal at Wendy’s asking the company to disclose evidence of whether its existing policies effectively protect workers in its food supply […]

Shareholders withdraw their proxy proposal as company begins a formal human rights due diligence process in line with UN Guiding Principles.  NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5TH, 2021 – Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) have withdrawn a proposal asking Kraft Heinz Co (KHC) to publish a Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) […]