by Jerilyn Klein Bier
A new, free online proxy-voting platform is helping investors understand and have a bigger say on shareholder resolutions.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Although it was defeated, a shareholder resolution that would have
required ExxonMobil to provide a report on controversial
natural gas drilling got five times the usual amount of support as many...
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Exxon Mobil will be the next company to be in the spotlight for what it
is-or is not doing-when it uses a controversial means of extracting
natural gas that environmentalists say could threaten...
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Activist shareholders are working to get
some public gas drilling companies to report on the environmental impact
of a controversial means of extracting natural gas.
by Jan P. Schalkwijk
The take away for green investors from the BP disaster is clear and fundamental: Adding environmental criteria to the investment process helps investors pursue growth opportunities--as well as...
by Jerilyn Klein Bier
Should SRI funds be investing in companies that fail their traditional ESG screens? More investment pros are saying yes-and are helping with advocacy efforts.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Coca-Cola may be on top when it comes to soft-drink sales, but it's a
laggard when it comes to revealing how it's responding to public concerns about a chemical-bisphenol A
(BPA)-that's been...
Some directors manage to stay on corporate boards with barely any shareholder support. This proxy season, investors are pushing companies to enact "majority-vote" standards.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
A record 95 global warming shareholder resolutions with 82 U.S. and Canadian companies have been filed by U.S. investors this proxy season.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Green Century Capital Management and others want more information from
natural gas companies on a controversial means that they are using to
drill new wells.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
No matter what your position on climate change, it's worth watching a video called Leveling Appalachia: The Legacy of Mountaintop Removal Mining.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Thirty investors have filed shareholder resolutions involving 21 health companies asking them to publicly disclose the total compensation packages of their top executives.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
The Food and Drug Administration missed its own November 30 deadline to
reassess the safety of the controversial chemical bisphenol A (BPA),
but it needs to regulate BPA's use quickly, says an...
by Eleanor O’Sullivan
Investors expect SRI managers to not only pick responsible,strong performers, but also to fight for change.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
A financial advisor who has been a leader in socially responsible
investing will address delegates from around the world at a summit to
address poverty.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
A major signal that public companies will need to take
environmental issues more seriously has come this year, with the first-ever
majority vote on a climate-change shareholder resolution.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Four more companies have agreed to adopt disclosure and board oversight
of political spending with corporate funds.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
More than 50 major investment firms and professionals, as well as the
Social Investment Forum, have asked the SEC to require public companies to annually report on ESG matters.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Green America is offering an easy way for some shareholders to learn more about key issues-climate change, CEO pay, human rights and abusive credit card practices-and then vote their proxies.
