Jonas Kron, JD
In the Winter 2011 issue of Investing For A Better World, our colleague Farnum Brown described shareholder advocacy as version 2.0 on SRI’s (socially responsible investment’s) travels towards 3.0, and discussed the importance of directly pressing companies to improve their environmental and social impacts. Similarly, Amy Domini of Domini Social Investments recently wrote [...]
Just as doctors at dinner parties hear about fellow guests’ medical dilemmas, people tend to confess to me that they throw out their shareholder proxy ballots. They’re too jargon-filled and arcane, and who’s got the time to evaluate whether the auditor is a good choice or whether a shareholder resolution is as preposterous and costly [...]
Court Judgment Expected This Year
by Shelley Alpern
Five years ago, I had the privilege of getting a firsthand look at the evidence in one of the most important lawsuits being heard anywhere in the world. The exhibits are a number of oily pits and ponds scattered throughout the state of Sucumbios, Ecuador, right in the middle [...]
Risk Metrics Group (RMG), the nation’s largest and most influential proxy advisory firm, provides research to some of the world’s largest and most important financial institutions about the environmental and social issues shareholders raise in proxy statements. It’s guidance to large pension funds often determines the fate of shareholder proposals filed by Trillium Asset Management [...]
Are we the only ones wondering why the daily sight of Wall Street and Detroit execs begging for bailouts while making off with millions hasn’t incited rioting in the streets? Consider just one case. Former Merrill Lynch CEO Stanley O’Neal walked away with $161 million dollar exit package shortly before the company’s high stake bets [...]
Today Trillium Asset Management Corporation is pleased to announce that it has joined ProxyDemocracy’s list of “Respected Shareholder Activists” and has made its intended proxy votes available in advance of company annual meetings.
ProxyDemocracy aggregates proxy voting data and provides tools to help investors put their voting power to use. Joining in this effort is consistent [...]
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