Archive for the ‘Indigenous Rights’ Category
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Research and Advocacy Collaboration To Promote Indigenous Voices in the Boardroom
Contacts:
Lisa MacKinnon, Trillium Asset Management (617) 423-6655
Katie Cheney, First Peoples Worldwide (540) 899-6545
February 1, 2012 — First Peoples Worldwide (FPW), a global indigenous nonprofit dedicated to strengthening Indigenous Peoples, today announced a new partnership with Trillium Asset Management. Under the terms of the partnership, Trillium [...]
Tags: First Peoples Worldwide, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Rights, Indigenous Voices, Rebecca Adamson
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Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
Trillium Asset Management, LLC, a Boston-based pioneer in the field of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, reported out today on the results of its 2011 proxy season engagements with nearly two dozen major U.S. corporations. (For a full listing of our 2011 Shareholder Proposals, scroll to the end of the page.)
“A good portion of [...]
Tags: shareholder proposals, Shareholder Resolutions
Posted in Environment, Environmental Health, Freedom of Speech, Hot News, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Political Contributions, Privacy, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Orientation in the Workplace | read more...
Thursday, May 26th, 2011
“The entire case is looming like a hammer over shareholders’ heads. Chevron should start fresh with a new approach that embraces environmental responsibility and risk management as part of its corporate culture. More legal proceedings will only delay the inevitable.” ~ New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli
Tags: chevron ecuador
Posted in Environment, Environmental Health, Hot News, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Uncategorized | read more...
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
Contact:
Shelley Alpern, Trillium (617) 292-8026, x 248
Jonas Kron, Esq., Trillium (503) 592-0864
Sanford Lewis, Esq. (413) 549-7333
Boston, MA, May 23, 2011 – Trillium Asset Management (“Trillium”) has requested that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) undertake a staff review to examine whether Chevron Corp. has appropriately disclosed to its shareholders the scope and magnitude of financial [...]
Tags: chevron ecuador
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Trillium and Calvert-Led Investor Coalition Asks EPA for Clean Water Act (CWA) Review for Pebble Copper and Gold Mine, Sited for the Headwaters of the Bristol Bay Fishery Reserve.
BOSTON///April 12, 2011///Nearly 30 investor organizations representing over $170 billion in assets are urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to initiate a review process under the [...]
Posted in Advocacy/Opinion, Environment, Hot News, Indigenous Rights, Letter to the Editor | read more...
Monday, May 18th, 2009
Court Judgment Expected This Year
by Shelley Alpern
Five years ago, I had the privilege of getting a firsthand look at the evidence in one of the most important lawsuits being heard anywhere in the world. The exhibits are a number of oily pits and ponds scattered throughout the state of Sucumbios, Ecuador, right in the middle [...]
Tags: Chevron, Ecuador, Shareholder Activism, shareholder advocacy, Texaco
Posted in Cover Story, Environment, Environmental Health, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, News Article | read more...
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
WHEREAS
The company’s proposed $4.5 billion Northern Gateway Project (Gateway) in Western Canada takes place in areas where comprehensive aboriginal territory claims have not been settled – i.e. where aboriginal groups have not signed Treaties or otherwise ceded their title.
In 1997, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that exercising power in a manner that negatively impacts [...]
Tags: Aboriginal claims, Aboriginal Consent, BC mining project, Carrier Sekani Tribal Council, Northern Gateway Project, Pipeline and marine transportation route, The Haida Nation
Posted in Environment, Environmental Health, Indigenous Rights, Resolutions | read more...
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
WHEREAS
ConocoPhillips has considerable interests in oil sands operations in the Canadian boreal forest that mine and upgrade bitumen. ConocoPhillips holds a 9% interest in Syncrude, a joint venture expected to produce 350,000 barrels/day by 2010, and is the operating partner of the Surmont oil sands joint venture project, with a 50% equity stake (potential production: [...]
Tags: Alberta, Canada, ConocoPhillips, Environment, Oil Sands
Posted in Environment, Environmental Health, Indigenous Rights, Resolutions | read more...
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Company: Enron
Final Vote: 7.9%
Year: 2000-2001
Tags: Indigenous Rights, Resolutions
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Company: Costco
Final Vote: 4.2%
Year: 2004-2005
Tags: Indigenous Rights, Resolutions
Posted in Indigenous Rights, Resolutions | read more...
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