Join us tomorrow (5/1) at 2PM ET for our upcoming webinar — May Day Workers, Advocates and Investors Roundtable: Racial Equity and Workplace Safety at Walmart. Hear how Walmart's leaders can foster a safer and more equitable business model.

Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

'We hope this guidance will serve as a resource for investors to push companies to draft into contractual language the commitments they make in their sustainability reports.' - Chavi Nana, ICCR Director of Equitable Global Supply Chains

Via ESG Investor: esginvestor.net/live/iccr-guid…

'This unprecedented suit risks alienating shareholders, harming Exxon’s reputation, and undermining the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by circumventing efficient, effective and time-honored procedures established by the agency' -Presbyterian Church
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The EU's controversial Due Diligence Directive passed European Parliament last week in much watered-down form, leaving its champions both relieved and frustrated. Read more here:
esginvestor.net/eu-corporate-s…

⁠In advance of #MayDay , app-based #workers call attention to the insidious practices companies like #Uber and #Lyft deploy nationwide to depress wages, co-opt racial justice messaging, and more. Learn more and join them on the picket line tomorrow: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/04/29/buy…

19.2% of Russell 1000 workers do not earn enough to meet their own basic needs – or a #livingwage for one full-time employee without dependents. Here is how this breaks down across industries: justcapital.com/news/revelio-l…

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Moving smoking to outdoor areas would greatly improve the health & productivity of the casino workforce, lower costs, & enhance the experience for customers. Bill Hornbuckle & MGM Resorts, when will MGM evaluate the benefits of transitioning to a smokefree indoor air policy?

Shell’s lead investor to back climate resolution
netzeroinvestor.net/news-and-views… #ESG #shareholderactivism #climate As You Sow Proxy Impact ICCR

“We felt that we needed to set the record straight on the importance of the shareholder proposal process,”

ICCR CEO Josh Zinner in ESG Investor's latest piece on Exxon's lawsuit against shareholders: esginvestor.net/investors-urge…

Tensions are rising between ExxonMobil and climate-focused shareholders, as investors push back against the company’s intimidation tactics. Comments from ICCR, ShareAction, Mercy Investment Services. Read Emmy Hawker's story here: esginvestor.net/investors-urge…

Tensions are rising between ExxonMobil and climate-focused shareholders, as investors push back against the company’s intimidation tactics. Comments from ICCR, ShareAction, Mercy Investment Services. Read Emmy Hawker's story: esginvestor.net/investors-urge…

Investors Urged to Stand up to ExxonMobil esginvestor.net/investors-urge… via ESG Investor

Investors applaud the FTC's ban on workplace #noncompete clauses for removing barriers to job growth. Companies that authentically invest in their workforce without using the artificial barrier of #noncompete s will be better positioned over the long term. bit.ly/3vXrjEo

Today on the 11th anniversary of the Rana Plaza garment-factory collapse, we remember the 1134 people killed and thousands injured. Since the tragedy, workers have won binding, enforceable workplace protections... Read more: inthesetimes.com/article/rana-p…

Just published, Investor Guidance on Responsible Contracting from ICCR and Responsible Contracting Project is intended to help investors introduce responsible contracting principles into their corporate engagements for improved #HRE performance.

Download it now: iccr.org/new-investor-g…

New guidance developed by ICCR and Responsible Contracting Project highlights commercial contracts as vital in supporting #HREDD processes in global supply chains and provides easy-to-use tools for investors to engage with their portfolio companies.

Press Release: iccr.org/new-investor-g…

As calls for a #CleanEnergy transition grow, #Exxon counters with intransigence and intimidation of its own investors via disparaging proxy statements. ICCR responds, calling out $XOM's obstruction and failure to manage climate-related financial risks. iccr.org/iccr-files-res…

The public health community has scrutinized the use of non-sugar sweeteners in diet drinks/foods often marketed as ‘healthy’. Shareholders are asking $KO and $PEP to proactively monitor research on the relationship b/w NSS consumption and chronic diseases: bit.ly/3W549GD

Many investment firms & ESG funds use misleading climate marketing to get more clients.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed new rules to deal with this, but they’re still not finalized.

AFR, Sierra Club, AFT & others are calling on SEC to get it done.

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