by John Harrington | Jan 23, 2017
One of the first shareholder meetings I attended in the early 1970s was Bank of America (BAC), then led by A.W. Clausen, who in responding to my question about the bank’s loan to the South African government, said that BAC would make loans to “any credit worthy...
by John Harrington | Jan 23, 2017
HII, which holds stock in the Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank)(BNS), was shocked to find a report on the Internet by Food and Water Watch identifying the bank as one of 38 large banks and financial institutions participating in a $2.5 billion dollar consortium loan to...
by John Harrington | Jan 23, 2017
Ever since the beginning of the financial crisis and Great Recession, we have consistently raised ethical and corporate governance issues with Citigroup (C). Citigroup, since 2010, has paid over $15 billion in penalties for everything from toxic security abuses to...
by John Harrington | Jan 23, 2017
UPDATE – Harrington Investments In the News! Wells Fargo (WFC) has been perceived by many as mostly avoiding large fines, penalties, SEC violations, and lawsuits similar to their colleague banks during the Great Recession and Financial Crisis of 2008 (WFC,...
by John Harrington | Jan 19, 2017
For at least a decade, HII has also engaged Coke (KO) in an ongoing dialogue on a variety of issues, including human rights principles, use of GMOs, health, water, death squads in Columbia, recycling, and climate change. This year, we introduced a resolution calling...
by John Harrington | Dec 29, 2016
HII has been filing resolutions at Monsanto (MON) for at least two decades on issues of dangerous pesticides sold overseas, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), environmental sustainability, climate change, and on many corporate governance issues, including Proxy...
