SUPPORTING STATEMENT
The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision in January 2010 legalized the use corporate funds to pay for ads supporting or opposing candidates directly and to contribute to state or local elections.
In July 2010 Pentair donated $100,000 to MN Forward, a group created in the wake of the Supreme Court decision to collect donations by [...]
Trillium Asset Management Corporation, Walden Asset Management and Domini Social Investments issued a press release calling on Pentair and 3M Corporation to adopt emerging best practices of political contribution policies in light of recent controversies over political donations. The press release was issued in conjunction with shareholder proposals filed at Pentair and 3M asking the [...]
WHEREAS
Pentair does not explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation in its written employment policy;
We believe that corporations that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation have a competitive advantage in recruiting and retaining employees from the widest talent pool;
According to the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, studies since the mid-1990s [...]
2006-2007
Final Vote: 32%
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