MRTI committee approves ‘Shareholder Resolutions Directory with Proxy Voting Recommendations’
The guide is designed to aid investors who want to align with denominational guidelines.
The guide is designed to aid investors who want to align with denominational guidelines.
FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 2024 – The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility laments the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of the decades-old doctrine of Chevron deference, which gives deference to federal agencies to write sensible rules to carry out the laws of Congress. In scuttling this important doctrine, the Supreme Court will make it harder for federal […]
Shareholder Rights and SEC PolicyIt’s your chance to vote your views and your conscience.
Shareholder Rights and SEC PolicyICCR 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 […]
Climate Change and Environmental Justice Just Transition to Clean EnergyHOUSTON, June 17 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) had filed against activist group Arjuna Capital after the group had agreed not to pursue future proxy filings at the company’s annual meetings.
Climate Change and Environmental JusticeThe 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 […]
Climate Change and Environmental JusticeOn January 21, ExxonMobil filed a case in the Fifth Circuit Court in Dallas, Texas suing two shareholders, Arjuna Capital and Netherlands-based FollowThis, who had dared to file a proposal requesting that the company do more to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to help counter the growing climate crisis. The lawsuit set in motion […]
Climate Change and Environmental JusticeDays after environmental advocacy group Liveable Arlington released a report on pollution emitted from Arlington’s natural gas drilling sites, Jennifer Quick stood before City Council May 28 to ask some questions. Have officials done any research beyond what natural gas companies have told them about pollution? Have they proposed ways to make residents safer?
Climate Change and Environmental Justice Methane ManagementTim Smith, senior policy advisor for the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, talks about shareholder engagement on the ‘A Matter of Faith’ podcast
Shareholder Rights and SEC PolicyTackling methane is the easiest, cheapest way to reduce climate pollution and stimulate local economies
Climate Change and Environmental Justice Methane ManagementCONTACT: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 […]
Climate Change and Environmental JusticeSingle-use plastics also on the ballot at oil companies, in the latest from proxy-voting season.
Climate Change and Environmental Justice Digital Rights and AI AccountabilityExxonMobil’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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