Google, Inc. founder agrees generally with proposals calling for Google to do more to stop censorship, and human rights violations in China
May 8, 2008
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, Inc. surprised those attending the tech giant's Annual Meeting here Thursday afternoon by disclosing that he agreed in principle with stockholder proposals calling for Google to do more to stop censorship and human rights violations in China.
Brin abstained on the vote to create a "board of directors level Committee on Human Rights," as presented by John Harrington of Napa-based Harrington Investments, Inc.
Global Exchange and Harrington Investments Present Shareholder Resolution to Create Board-Level Human Rights Committee at Hershey
April 22, 2008
HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA - With Abusive Child Labor Still a Threat to Shareholder Value, San Francisco-based human rights organization Global Exchange and Harrington Investments, today presented a resolution to create a board-level human rights committee at the Hershey's Corporation.
In response to media exposes and the resulting public outcry starting eight years ago, in 2000, the House of Representatives passed legislation that would require slave-free labels on all chocolate products. In lieu of this legislation, Hershey's and other major chocolate manufacturers signed the voluntary Harkin-Engel Protocol, in which they committed to certifying cocoa as free of the worst forms of child labor by July 2005.
Sunoco Excludes Shareholder Proposal on Sustainability
March 12, 2008
NAPA, CALIFORNIA - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has struck a blow against the environment by allowing Sunoco (SUN) to exclude a bylaw resolution authorizing the creation of a Board Committee on Sustainability. The shareowner resolution was filed by Harrington Investments, Inc., (HII) a socially responsible investment advisory firm.
As Corporate Scandals Mount, Harrington Investments Advocates for Director Accountability in 2008
March 11, 2008
NAPA, CALIFORNIA - Harrington Investments, Inc., (HII) a socially responsible investment advisory firm, announced an ambitious shareholder advocacy agenda for 2008. Of the ten Harrington proposals that will appear on corporate proxy ballots this year, nearly all of them are binding bylaw resolutions.
"This novel approach to shareholder advocacy is based on a factually self-evident but generally ignored reality - namely, that in a society which respects the rights of private property, ownership should not be separated from control...
Bank of America Fails to Keep Human Rights Off Shareholder Ballot
March 10, 2008
NAPA, CALIFORNIA - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has advised Bank of America (BAC) should not exclude a bylaw resolution to authorize creation of a Board Committee on Human Rights.
The resolution, which will be voted on at BAC's April 23 annual meeting of shareholders, was filed by Harrington Investments, Inc., (HII) a socially responsible investment advisory firm.
Al Gore May Not Be That 'Green' After All, Firm Charges
January 23, 2008
NAPA, CALIFORNIA - A Bay Area investment firm said today Apple Inc.'s board of directors which includes environmental champion Al Gore is apparently opposing shareholder proposals to become a more sustainable company.
Harrington Investments, Inc. (HII) has introduced a binding amendment to Apple's corporate bylaws to require sustainability as part of the Apple's corporate DNA. HII said the plan has been unanimously opposed by the firm's management and board of which Gore is a member.