Roughly 15 years ago it became very clear that sweatshop labor was a widespread problem in U.S. corporations’ supply chains. In 1992, DatelineNews found nine-year- old children making private label clothing for Wal-mart. The National Labor Committee exposed unsafe working conditions and child labor at Gap suppliers in American plants. A succession […]
It’s 2002 and the head of government relations at Behemoth Corporation wakes up in a cold sweat. In a terrifying nightmare, Behemoth’s CEO, perversely shape-shifted into the form of a cartoon ferret, is screaming for a strategic plan to circumvent the newly passed Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, which prohibits corporations from making unlimited contributions to […]
Efforts to protect human rights on the internet.
“It’s the Michael Jordan Principle. If he can get $30 million, I have to get it.”
— Joseph Bachelder, CEO compensation negotiator
We, the body politic, have utterly failed to rein in outrageous executive pay packages. Since CEO pay began to skyrocket in the late 1970s, shareholders and the SEC’s efforts to restrain it through limitations […]
Advocates push to protect internet freedom of speech
Trillium Adopts Sudan Divestment Policy
A roundup of one shareholder advocate’s August….
“Carbon dioxide. They call it pollution. We call it life.”
Pressed by investors, AIG joins the fight to address the risks of climate change
“Mr. Chairman, it’s Shelley Alpern from Trillium Asset Management again but this time I’m representing the Presbyterian Church, not Catholic Healthcare West.” Greenberg asked, “And what religion are you?” which drew a big laugh. “I’m Jewish, actually,” I replied a little sheepishly.
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