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Apple: Board Committee on Sustainability
RESOLVED: Amend Article IV of the bylaws to add a new section as follows: Board Committee on Sustainability: A) There is established a Board Committee on Sustainability. The committee is authorized to address corporate policies, above and beyond matters of legal...
Anthem/Wellpoint: Political Spending
Resolved, that the shareowners of WellPoint, Inc. (“Company”) hereby request that the Company provide a report, updated semi-annually, disclosing the Company’s: 1. Policies and procedures for political contributions and expenditures (both direct and indirect) made...
“Push to label genetically modified food gains traction”
With polls consistently showing that upwards of 90% of consumers in favor or GMO labeling, it seems like a very short term approach for Monsanto and their biotech peers to be trying to oppose, rather than adapt, to the will of their consumers. Whatever happened to...
Monsanto: GMO Risk
Whereas: The labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is an increasing matter of concern among state legislators across the United States; Whereas: Vermont, Alaska, Maine and Nebraska have passed laws requiring labeling of GMOs and at least fifteen states...
Shareholder Advocacy 2008-2009
We don't just pursue shareholder advocacy with companies held in our screened portfolios, but we also target companies with particularly egregious policies that do not pass our social criteria. We do this by buying a minimal number of shares in target companies and...