Posts Tagged ‘Disclosure’

Ford Motor Company – Political Contributions

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

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 [...]

Trillium Lobbies Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders in Support of Sustainability Reporting Proposal

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Click here to read the press release. 
Boston, MA (April 27, 2009) ­ Trillium Asset Management Corporation (“Trillium”) is joining two nonprofit advocacy organizations, the International Labor Rights Forum and the International Rivers Network, in calling on fellow Berkshire Hathaway investors to back a proposal on the agenda for the company’s upcoming May 2, 2009 annual [...]

Fundamental Rethinking of Financial Disclosure

Monday, October 27th, 2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked investors and investment advisers to help them engage in “a fundamental rethinking of financial disclosure, beginning with the basic purposes of disclosure from the perspective of investors and markets.” This sounds too good to be true, because in a sense it is. The 21st Century Disclosure Initiative, as [...]


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