Boston, MA – November 7, 2017 – While news of the 14 year-old genocide in Darfur, Sudan, is rarely in the news anymore, current headlines focus on Syria and Burma, where brutal regimes, like the Sudanese regime, are also committing crimes against humanity. On November 15, as part of a […]
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Shareholder Proposals Target Genocide
Published by Agenda Week, a Financial Times service. Article published on November 3, 2017 By Tony Chapelle A small investor group has been pressing mutual funds, and their public parent companies, in some cases, to ban investments in companies that are tied to ongoing human rights violations. This week, shareholders in […]
Investors in US being asked to give fund managers green light to invest in companies that ‘contribute to genocide’
Published by The Daily Mail. By Leah Milner For The Daily Mail PUBLISHED: 17:14 EST, 26 October 2017 | UPDATED: 17:14 EST, 26 October 2017 Investors in the US have been asked to give fund managers the green light to invest in companies that ‘contribute to genocide’. Vanguard, which manages £3.6 trillion for savers, sells […]
Vanguard, genocide, and the $18 million campaign to get you to vote
Published by Yahoo Finance. Ethan Wolff-Mann Writer Yahoo Finance October 18, 2017 On Nov. 15, Vanguard will hold an enormous shareholder meeting and proxy vote for the first time in almost a decade. If you’re a customer of the world’s largest mutual fund company, you’re also a shareholder, which is why you’ve […]
Franklin Templeton proxy voting
Proxy voting in 2019 at Franklin Resources 9.1% of shareholders’ votes at Franklin Resources (9.9% of the yes and no votes) were in favor of the genocide-free investing proposal at the annual meeting on February 12, 2019. Franklin Resources (NYSE:BEN) is the parent company of Franklin Templeton mutual funds. Read […]
Voya proxy voting
Proxy voting in 2016 A proposal to report on investments in companies tied to genocide with regard to Voya’s corporate values received 6.09% in favor (7.70% of the yes/no votes) at Voya’s annual meeting on May 26, 2016 Read William Rosenfeld’s presentation of the proposal at the May 26, 2016, annual […]
Fidelity Thwarts Multi-Year Anti-Genocide Vote Campaign
Published by Ignites. By Peter Ortiz August 24, 2015 In an ongoing battle to rid anti-genocide shareholder proposals from its proxy ballots, Fidelity has successfully knocked the question off of votes for three funds that collectively represent $23 billion in assets. Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Fidelity could exclude […]
BlackRock likely to face shareholder proposal urging it to divest firms linked to genocide
Published by Responsible Investor. The proposal comes from Investors Against Genocide campaign group by Jan Wagner | January 28th, 2015 US asset management giant BlackRock is likely to face a shareholder resolution from an NGO at its upcoming annual general meeting (AGM) urging it to divest two Chinese firms over […]
J.P. Morgan Suffers Another Anti-Genocide Loss
Published by Ignites. By Peter Ortiz April 21, 2014 J.P. Morgan suffered another defeat against anti-genocide advocates who successfully targeted a money market fund. This followed the protest group’s first victory against the asset manager in 2011. J.P. Morgan had requested that it avoid SEC enforcement action if it excluded a […]
