The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has floated for public comment two proposals with dire ramifications for socially concerned investors.
2007
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has floated for public comment two proposals with dire ramifications for socially concerned investors.
Our very right to file non-binding shareholder resolutions may be handed off to the discretion of individual […]

Please send this letter to top management at BP, Chevron and ExxonMobil.
Addresses
Sir John Browne
Group Chief Executive
BP
Britannic House
1 Finsbury Circus
London EC2M 7BA
GREAT BRITAIN

Mr. Dave O’ Reilly
Chief Executive Officer
Chevron Corporation
575 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

Mr. Lee R. Raymond
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
ExxonMobil Corporation
5959 Las Colinas Boulevard
Irving, TX 75039

Dear Mr. ________:I am writing to urge […]

Please send this letter to McDonald’s Chairman and CEO Jack Greenberg.
Mr. Jack Greenberg
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
McDonald’s Corporation
McDonald’s Plaza
Oak Brook, IL 60523
Dear Mr. Greenberg:
I am writing to urge that McDonald’s adopt and implement globally the farm animal welfare standards that it requires of its suppliers.
<Please include a personal paragraph describing yourself and why you are […]

Tell the SEC to Allow Shareholder Resolutions on Sweatshops
Earlier this year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) allowed Wal-Mart Stores to omit an anti-sweatshop resolution from its annual shareholder meeting.
The reason? Shareholder proponents had the audacity to make a reference in their resolution to paying a living wage, a key issue in the […]

If you have stock in GE, be sure to vote in support of our proposal. Look for your proxy ballot in the mail starting in March. (If you don’t usually receive corporate ballots, the company may be sending them to your broker or investment manager, and you will have to instruct them to […]

Do you own shares or bonds of Chase Manhattan Bank, Citigroup, or Morgan Stanley Dean Witter? Do you use their banking, credit card, or investment management services? If you do, write and urge them to finance projects responsibly.
Addresses

Mr. William Harrison Jr.
Chief Executive Officer
Chase Manhattan Bank
270 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017-2070
 
Mr. Sanford Weill
Chief Executive Officer
Citigroup
153 East […]

Lee R. Raymond
Chairman
ExxonMobil Corporation
5959 Las Colinas Blvd.
Irving, TX 75039
Dear Mr. Raymond:
I am writing to urge you to reconsider ExxonMobil’s 1999 decision to eliminate Mobil’s progressive policies for its gay, lesbian and bisexual workers. ExxonMobil and its emploees would be better served by a nondiscrimination policy that includes “sexual orientation,” and by the provision of […]

On Monday, November 19, Representatives Constance Morella  (R-MD) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) introduced a bill into Congress that outlines the concrete and specific steps the United States should take to ensure that women in Afghanistan have a voice in the future of the country and that Afghan women get the relief aid that they desperately need.
The Access for […]

We urge you to contact US policymakers as they consider options for responding to the September 11 terrorist attack. For years, millions of Afghans have lived in desperate poverty under the oppressive and misogynist rule of the Taliban. 
The US government has pledged $125 million to support UN Secretary General Kofi Annan’s September 27 appeal for humanitarian assistance […]

Background
Last November, the International Labor Organization (ILO) called on all of its members - which include governments, labor unions, and employers - to review their relationship with Burma to ensure that they are not contributing to forced labor in Burma.
This is the first time in its history that the ILO has taken such an extraordinary […]