RESOLVED
Shareholders of Ford Motor (“Company”) hereby request that the Company provide a report, updated semi-annually, disclosing the Company’s:

Policies and procedures for political contributions and expenditures (both direct and indirect) made with corporate funds.
Monetary and non-monetary political contributions and expenditures not deductible under section 162 (e)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, including but not limited to [...]

October 14, 2009 — Trillium Asset Management Corporation has joined the union conglomerate Change to Win and Hermes, the British investment company, in filing a binding bylaw proposal at Whole Foods Markets (NASDAQ: WFMI). The bylaw change would mandate that the Chair of the Board of directors be “independent” of the company, which would exclude [...]

The latest disaster in the financial markets has once again shown that some of the biggest risks investors face derive from the excesses of free markets themselves.  This time it was unregulated lending, leverage and speculation.  In 2000 it was over-optimistic and at times corrupt Wall Street analysts, gobbling up creative corporate accounting that massaged [...]

Everyone, from the progressive Left to “Obamican” crossovers, has high hopes for the new administration. Social investors are no exception. We share the expectation that the Obama administration will take a hands-on approach to many of the problems we’ve addressed for years, including climate change and other environmental priorities, predatory lending, inadequate regulation of the [...]

RESOLVED
The shareholders of Ford Motor Corporation (”the 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 with corporate funds.
2. Monetary and non-monetary political contributions and expenditures not deductible under section 162 (e)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, [...]

Late last month, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) closed an opening that had given investors a little more power to nominate directors at publicly traded companies. At issue is whether investors can nominate directors to appear on the company’s proxy ballots mailed out to all shareholders. Shareholders have the [...]

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Final Vote:

WHEREAS: Investors increasingly seek disclosure of companies’ environmental and social practices in the belief that they impact shareholder value. Many investors believe companies that are good employers, environmental stewards, and corporate citizens are more likely to generate incremental financial returns, be more stable during turbulent economic and political conditions, and enjoy long-term business success.
Sustainability refers [...]

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Increasing Access to Pfizer Products

RESOLVED: Shareholders request the Board of Directors report by September 2006 on measures Pfizer is taking to contain the price increases of its most-prescribed drugs to levels equal to or below the annual rate of inflation.
SUPPORTING STATEMENT:
Enacting this proposal will align our company with its previously stated practice on prescription [...]