Today's News
NEWS STORY:
SHAREOWNER ACTION | CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
The oil and gas giant responds to years of shareowner action by appointing atmospheric scientist Susan Avery to its board of directors.
NEWS STORY:
SHAREOWNER ACTION | ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | MUTUAL FUNDS
Sustainable investment firms respond to update by Ceres by pressuring mutual funds on their proxy voting records relating to climate change. Second in a two-part series.
NEWS STORY:
SHAREOWNER ACTION | ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | MUTUAL FUNDS
Ceres updates its annual report on voting climate-related resolutions by mutual funds, noting that several PRI signatories failed to support a single resolution in 2016. First in a two-part series.
NEWS STORY:
SHAREOWNER ACTION | CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | POLITICAL SPENDING
Public Citizen reports that only the National Rifle Association spent more than the Chamber of Commerce’s $30 million during the 2016 federal election.
NEWS STORY:
SHAREOWNER ACTION | ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | CARBON MANAGEMENT
Over 100 publicly traded companies have reported to CDP that they will adopt science-based emissions reduction plans, and letters from members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility intend to hold them to their promises.
NEWS STORY:
SHAREOWNER ACTION | SOCIAL ISSUES | HUMAN RIGHTS
A shareowner resolution co-filed by Azzad Asset Management requests that Chevron cease doing business with the government of Burma until state-sanctioned violence against the Rohingya minority is ended.
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