BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request the Board of Directors evaluate and issue a report (at reasonable cost, omitting proprietary information) describing if, and how, Sempra’s lobbying activities (direct and through trade associations) align with the Paris Agreement’s goal to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees and how Sempra plans to mitigate risks presented by any misalignment.
Read MoreBE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request the Board of Directors issue a report, at reasonable expense and excluding confidential information, evaluating and disclosing if and how the company has met the criteria of the Net Zero Indicator, or whether it intends to revise its policies to be fully responsive to such Indicator.
Read MoreBE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that Wells Fargo issue a report, at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information, outlining if and how it intends to reduce the GHG emissions associated with its financing activities in alignment with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 degree goal, requiring net zero emissions.
Read MoreBE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s (“Berkshire Hathaway”) holding companies annually publish reports assessing their diversity and inclusion efforts, at reasonable expense and excluding proprietary information. At a minimum the report should include:
the process that the Board follows for assessing the effectiveness of its diversity, equity and inclusion programs,
the Board’s assessment of program effectiveness, as reflected in any goals, metrics, and trends related to its promotion, recruitment, and retention of protected classes of employees.
BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that Charter Communications, Inc. (“Spectrum”) publish annually a report assessing the Company's diversity and inclusion efforts, at reasonable expense and excluding proprietary information. At a minimum the report should include:
the process that the Board follows for assessing the effectiveness of its diversity, equity and inclusion programs,
the Board’s assessment of program effectiveness, as reflected in any goals, metrics, and trends related to its promotion, recruitment, and retention of protected classes of employees.
BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that Abbott Labs publish a report, at reasonable expense and excluding proprietary information, disclosing the Company's plan, if any, to promote racial justice.
Read MoreBE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request Public Storage issue a report, at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information, describing if, and how, it plans to reduce its total contribution to climate change and align its operations with the Paris Agreement’s goal of maintaining global temperature rise within 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Read MoreBE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that Pfizer Inc. (“Pfizer”) publish annually a report assessing the Company's diversity and inclusion efforts, at reasonable expense and excluding proprietary information. At a minimum the report should include:
the process that the Board follows for assessing the effectiveness of its diversity, equity and inclusion programs,
the Board’s assessment of program effectiveness, as reflected in any goals, metrics, and trends related to its promotion, recruitment, and retention of protected classes of employees.
BE IT RESOLVED: AT&T publish a report, at reasonable expense, analyzing the congruency of political and electioneering expenditures during the preceding year against publicly stated company values and policies.
Read MoreBE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that Citigroup issue a report, at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information, outlining if and how it intends to reduce the GHG emissions associated with its financing activities in alignment with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 degree goal, requiring net zero emissions.
Read MoreBE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that Johnson & Johnson publish annually a report assessing the Company's diversity and inclusion efforts, at reasonable expense and excluding proprietary information. At a minimum the report should include:
the process that the Board follows for assessing the effectiveness of its diversity, equity and inclusion programs,
the Board’s assessment of program effectiveness, as reflected in any goals, metrics, and trends related to its promotion, recruitment, and retention of protected classes of employees.
BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that Texas Instruments Incorporated (“TI”) publish annually a report assessing the Company's diversity and inclusion efforts, at reasonable expense and excluding proprietary information. At a minimum the report should include:
the process that the Board follows for assessing the effectiveness of its diversity, equity and inclusion programs,
the Board’s assessment of program effectiveness, as reflected in any goals, metrics, and trends related to its promotion, recruitment, and retention of protected classes of employees.
BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that BofA issue a report, at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information, outlining if and how it intends to reduce the GHG emissions associated with its financing activities in alignment with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 degree goal, requiring net zero emissions.
Read MoreBE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request the Board of Directors prepare a report (at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information) exploring options as to whether and how the Company could reduce its total contribution to climate change by encouraging electrification of the built environment within the company’s service areas as part of a Company transition toward enterprise-wide alignment with the Paris Climate Agreement.
Read MoreBE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that Dow Inc., with board oversight, publish a report, omitting proprietary information and prepared at reasonable cost, assessing the public health risks of expanding petrochemical operations and investments in areas increasingly prone to climate change-induced storms, flooding, and sea level rise.
Read MoreBE IT RESOLVED: The stockholders of FedEx request the preparation of a report updated annually, disclosing:
1) Company policy and procedures governing lobbying, both direct and indirect, and grass roots lobbying communications.
2) Payments by FedEx used for (a) direct or indirect lobbying or (b) grassroots lobbying communications, in each case including the amount of the payment and the recipient.
3) FedEx’s membership in and payments to any tax-exempt organization that writes and endorses model legislation.
4) Description of management’s and the Board’s decision-making process and oversight for making payments described in section 2 and 3 above.
Read MoreBE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that the Board of Directors issue a report to shareholders describing the company’s policies, performance, and improvement targets related to material human capital risks and opportunities, at reasonable expense and excluding confidential information, prepared in consideration of the metrics and guidelines set forth in the SASB Multiline and Specialty Retailers & Distributors standard’s provisions on workforce diversity and inclusion and labor practices requirements.
Read MoreBE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that Oracle Corporation publish annually a report assessing the Company's diversity and inclusion efforts, at reasonable expense and excluding proprietary information. At a minimum the report should include:
the process the Board follows for assessing the effectiveness of its diversity and inclusion programs,
a report on the program’s effectiveness as reflected in any goals, metrics, and trends related to company promotion, recruitment and retention of protected classes of employees.
BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that Procter and Gamble Co. (“P&G”) publish annually a report assessing the Company's diversity and inclusion efforts, at reasonable expense and excluding proprietary information. At a minimum the report should include: the process that the Board follows for assessing the effectiveness of its diversity and inclusion programs, and the Board’s assessment of program effectiveness, as reflected in any goals, metrics, and trends related to its promotion, recruitment and retention of protected classes of employees.
Read MoreWHEREAS: American families have long trusted Campbell Soup Company’s iconic brands for providing nourishing food products. Consumers are increasingly demanding healthy, natural, and safe food products, including those grown without pesticides that can harm the health of consumers, farmers, communities, and the environment.
Pesticide-based agricultural practices are creating growing risk to food companies. Scientists have connected pesticide exposure to cancer, developmental defects, and obesity, among other health harms. Consumers are increasingly demanding healthy, clean, and safe foods, and food companies are seeing increased litigation around pesticide use. Pesticide-based farming methods degrade soil health, increase erosion, and contribute to the loss of pollinator species essential to food production. Weeds and insects develop resistance to pesticides with associated crop losses of $1.4 billion per year.
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