Sr. Barbara Aires, Fr. Seamus Finn, ICCR members, walk into a crowd of journalists with Cathy Rowan, CRI member, Kate Walsh, CRI Associate Director, Fr. Joe La Mar, CRI member, and  ICCR Staff Susana McDermott upon arriving at the Goldman Sach's Annual Meeting to discuss disclosure of derivatives trading and it's role in the financial crisis.

Over 50 news outlets covered this event, including the Wall Street Journal,New York Times, and the National Catholic Reporter.

 

Coalition's work with Campaign ExxonMobil featured in the New York Times Sunday Magazine

Read The Full Story Here

 

First withdrawal on the Emissions Reduction Resolution occurs at Chevron, as the company agrees to track and report on the carbon content of it's products.

Withdrawal letter

Press Release

 

 

As the 2010 proxy season culminates, TRI-State CRI members report voting results for their shareholder resolutions at various annual meetings around the country:

• Altria Group  (Tobacco Farm Workers: Human Rights Policy) 20.5% support
• Bank of America (Collateral in Derivatives Trading) 39% support
• Citigroup (Collateral in Derivatives Trading) 30% support
• DuPont (Amend Human Rights Policy to include seed sharing rights of traditional farming communities) 6.09% support
• ExxonMobil (GHG Emissions Reductions) 27.20%
• Goldman Sachs (Collateral in Derivatives Trading) 33.5% support
• JP Morgan Chase (Collateral in Derivatives Trading) 33.75% support
• Southern Company (GHG Emissions Reductions) 8% support
• Time Warner (Say on Pay) 44% support
• Tyson Foods, Inc (Reduce Water Pollution Impacts CAFOS) 9.94% support

 

In addition, Tri-State CRI members are involved in ongoing dialogues with many companies:

• Abbott (Right to Access Medicine/HIV)
• Alcoa Inc. (Global Standards)
• Archer Daniels Midland Co. (Food & Water Sustainability)
• Best Buy Co., Inc.  (Violent Video Games Standards)
• Bristol Myers Squibb (Right to Access Medicine/HIV)
• Capital One Financial Corp. ( Predatory lending)
• Carnival (Code Protecting Children)
• Chevron (GHG Emissions and Human Rights)
• Circuit City (Violent Video Games Standards)
• Coca Cola Company (Water Use)
• Delphi (Maquilladores)
• Electronic Arts (Violent Video Games Standards)
• Ford (Health Care Reform Principles and Emissions Reductions)
• Freeport McMoRan (Human Right Policy)
• Gamestop (Violent Video Games Standards)
• General Electric (PCBs & the Hudson)
• General Mills (GMO Food Report)
• Hershey's (Child and Forced Labor)
• Hilton (Code Protecting Children)
• Hormel (Water Pollution Impacts of CAFOs)
• Host Hotels & Resorts (Code Protecting Children)
• Johnson & Johnson (Health Care Reform Principles)
• JP Morgan Chase (Katrina & Rita Response)
• Kohl’s (Health Care Reform Principles)
• Macy’s (Health Care Reform Principles)
• Marriott, Intl. (Code Protecting Children)
• Merck (Right to Access Medicine)
• Merrill Lynch (Disclosure Balance Sheet Liabilities)
• Newmont Mining (Human Rights)
• Pepsico (Genetically Modified Organisms)
• Pfizer (Right to Access Medicine)
• Starwood (Code Protecting Children)
• Target (Health Care Reform Principles and Violent Video Games Standards)
• Wal-Mart (Violent Video Games Standards, Child Labor, Health Care Reform Principles)
• Wyndham (Code Protecting Children)

 

To view the resolutions in their entirety, log onto the ICCR website, and click on shareholder resolutions.

 

The TRI-State Coalition for Responsible Investment (CRI) is an alliance of Roman Catholic institutional investors primarily located throughout the New York metropolitan area. Our members utilize their power as shareholders to hold corporations accountable to social and environmental concerns.

Learn more about Tri-State CRI.