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 [...]

On January 27, 2012, Trillium Asset Management, LLC and seven other institutional investors wrote to 18 companies based, or with a strong presence, in Washington State, to encourage them to support legislation allowing lesbian and gay couples to marry. The letter states, “We believe it is not only the right thing to do, but that [...]

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The value of Panera Bread Company’s brand is based in part on customer trust. We believe that if the company’s cash register thermal receipt paper contain bisphenol A (BPA), a potentially hazardous chemical, that trust could be put at risk.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has stated “Some receipts made of thermal paper may [...]

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Political spending and corporate money in politics is a highly contentious issue, made more prominent in light of the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court case that affirmed companies’ rights to make unlimited political expenditures to independent groups. In the 2012 election year, we expect even more media and public attention to corporate spending to influence [...]

Recently, Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (LOW) pulled advertising from a television show, All-American Muslim, after the Florida Family Association (FFA) complained about the content of the show. The reality show follows the lives of a group of Muslim-American families in a Detroit suburb with a sizable Muslim population and addresses issues of religious intolerance and discrimination. According [...]

Boston, November 2011 — Trillium Asset Management, LLC was proud to be listed among 70 major employers  listed on an amicus brief in support of Gill v. Office of Personnel Management, a challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) filed by Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD). The brief addresses the burdens on business caused [...]

November 2011

Trillium Asset Management, LLC is the oldest independent US investment firm dedicated to sustainable investing.  
Sustainability is a concept used to describe social systems — whether a family, a corporation or a society as a whole.  A social system is sustainable when it is economically vital, environmentally responsible, and socially equitable.  Each of these qualities [...]

The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) announcement in August that it will try to block the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger in federal court is highly welcome news. One thing to keep in mind, however, is that even if the government is successful, AT&T’s will still be trying to squash net neutrality – the principle that it [...]

Note: This list includes “lead filings,” where Trillium Asset Management Corporation heads up a coalition of shareholder advocates, and “co-filings,” in which we participate in filings led by others. In the table below, our lead filings are indicated in bold.
The text for these resolutions can be found here.

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Milton Moskowitz
I was 18 when two atom bombs were dropped on Japan, and I remember feeling relieved because it meant that we probably would not need to sacrifice thousands of soldiers’ lives in a frontal invasion of the Japanese mainland. There were few dissenters to this action, which did accomplish its mission. Seeing the destruction [...]