Current Initiatives

June 18, 2024 by Craig Wanda The Importance and Risks of Transition Minerals in Building a Just Transition

ICCR Climate Crisis Issue Brief One, June 2024 The transition to carbon-neutral economies will require a vast quantity of minerals. In essence, we must shift from a fossil fuel-intensive economy to one based on minerals, which are needed to harness and store the energy in natural systems. Due to their importance in new technologies, economic […]
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  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice
  • Just Transition to Clean Energy
 June 18, 2024
June 14, 2024 by Julie Wokaty Vote Your Proxies – See 2024’s Proxy Memos and Exempt Solicitations

The 2024 corporate annual general meeting season has begun, and that means it’s time to vote your proxy ballots. 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 […]
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  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice
 June 14, 2024
May 29, 2024 by Craig Wanda ExxonMobil Investors Send Strong Message of Disapproval Over the Company’s Lawsuit Seeking to Silence Shareholders

CONTACT:Susana McDermottDirector of CommunicationsInterfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)201-417-9060 (mobile)smcdermott@iccr.org NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2024 – As votes from today’s annual meeting of ExxonMobil shareholders were tallied and preliminary results announced, it became clear that the company’s hostile campaign directed towards its own shareholders had taken its toll. While shareholder support for this […]
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  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice
 May 29, 2024
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May 28, 2024 by Craig Wanda Investors Vote No on Exxon Board

ExxonMobil’s court suit against two investors who filed a shareholder resolution on climate change has resulted in a chorus of opposition by investors who vigorously opposed the case with many publicly declaring that they are voting against members of the Board to signal their deep concern. This outpouring of investor opposition is virtually unprecedented and […]
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  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice
 May 28, 2024
May 23, 2024 by Craig Wanda Study Finds Concerning Levels of Pollution Coming from TotalEnergies’ Urban Fracking Sites in Arlington, TX

CONTACT:Susana McDermottDirector of CommunicationsInterfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)201-417-9060 (mobile)smcdermott@iccr.org NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2024 – Members of ICCR and investors in TotalEnergies are responding to the release of a new report by EarthWorks and the FracTracker Alliance showing significant levels of emissions of methane and hazardous air pollutants like benzene from the […]
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  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice
  • Methane Management
 May 23, 2024
May 20, 2024 by Julie Wokaty The 2024 Amazon Proposals

Amazon is one of the largest companies in the world by market cap and the second-largest employer in the U.S. Over the past several years, shareholders, including ICCR members, have been pressing the company to implement policies that will mitigate the risks of any adverse environmental and social impacts from both its direct operations and […]
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  • Advancing Worker Justice
  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice
  • Corporate Political Accountability
  • Digital Rights and AI Accountability
 May 20, 2024
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April 25, 2024 by Julie Wokaty Investors Applaud the FTC’s Ban of Non-Compete Agreements, Safeguarding the Rights of Low- and Middle-Income Workers

NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2024 – The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and Zevin Asset Management today welcomed the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) passage of a ban on non-compete agreements (noncompetes). Noncompetes, ostensibly used by employers in contracts to protect proprietary information and intellectual property, prevent tens of millions of employees from […]
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  • Press Releases
  • Advancing Worker Justice
 April 25, 2024
April 22, 2024 by Julie Wokaty ICCR Files Response to ExxonMobil’s Proxy Statement Attacking Its Shareholders

Filing highlights concerns regarding the company’s escalating attacks on proponents of shareholder resolutions challenging the company’s response to climate-related financial risks. NEW YORK, NY, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2024 – The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)  announced today that it filed a proxy exempt solicitation via the SEC’s EDGAR platform in response to disparaging statements […]
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  • Press Releases
  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice
 April 22, 2024
April 11, 2024 by Craig Wanda Investor Guidance on Responsible Contracting

This guidance is a resource for investors to use when discussing responsible purchasing and contracting issues with companies.
  • Current Initiatives
  • Equitable Global Supply Chains
  • Responsible Contracting
 April 11, 2024
April 10, 2024 by Julie Wokaty The Non-Sugar Sweetener Debate is NOT Sweet

By Christina Dorett, Seventh Generation Interfaith Coalition for Responsible Investment Sucrose is a natural sugar, a vital source of energy for our bodies, and Sucralose is a Non-Sugar Sweetener (NSS) or sugar substitute. Would you know the difference? It is not a coincidence that the names are deceptively similar. Aspartame is another widely used NSS […]
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 April 10, 2024

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