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Sustainability & Shareholder Engagement
Shareholder Engagement Issue Areas
Through company dialogue and the shareholder resolution process, we bring client concerns to management and actively promote change, often in collaboration with other stakeholders.
Our avenues for promoting social change:
- Constructive Dialogue with Management
- Targeted Data Gathering
- Shareholder Rights / Shareholder Resolutions
- Work with U.S. and International Organizations
- Public Policy Testimony
- Proxy Voting
In recent years, we continued our long-term engagement of a Texas-based oil company regarding its exploration activity in the Amazon and respect for indigenous land rights. We successfully persuaded a Fortune 500 company to let shareholders vote on executive pay packages. And we worked toward drafting a set of business guidelines on Internet privacy and censorship with a number of major technology companies.
Shareholder Engagement Issue Areas
Child Labor
Climate Change
Corporate Governance
Environment & Health
Executive Pay
Human Rights
Human Trafficking
Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
Labor & Employment
Peace & Social Justice
Political Contributions
Sustainable Agriculture
Workplace Practices
Workplace Safety