Published by Gant Daily. Linda Young – Fourth Estate Cooperative Writer Washington, D.C., United States (4E) – JP Morgan saw its shares fall in trading over a risky investment strategy that has so far cost the bank $2 billion, but its continued association with PetroChina could cause more trouble. Stockholders […]
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Support grows for Investors Against Genocide proposal at J.P. Morgan
Published by Responsible Investor. Ongoing campaign gets backing from major institutions by Katie Gilbert | May 8th, 2012 A shareholder proposal asking J.P. Morgan Chase to enact a policy limiting or barring investments linked to genocide is attracting mounting support among US institutional investors. Two of the country’s largest public […]
Genocide-free Investing: Why is it Controversial at JPMorgan Chase?
Published by Enough Project. Posted by Enough Team on Apr 24, 2012 Editor’s Note: JPMorgan Chase invests in PetroChina, a company with links to the Khartoum government, and thus connects its shareholders to state-sponsored atrocities across Sudan. In this guest blog post, William Rosenfeld of Investors Against Genocide explains how […]
JPMorgan Chase Faces Investing in Genocide Resolution
Published by Social Funds. by Robert Kropp For the second year, Investors Against Genocide submits shareowner proposal addressing JPMorgan Chase’s extensive holdings in PetroChina, a corporate contributor to genocide in Sudan. SocialFunds.com — The Republic of South Sudan declared its independence last year, but the action did not signal the […]
JPMorgan Issues Proxy Statement Opposing Genocide-Free Investing Proposal
Says it “considers human rights” yet invests in companies tied to genocide BOSTON, MA – APRIL 5, 2012 – Despite the fact that JPMorgan Chase owns over a billion dollars worth of PetroChina, a company widely recognized as contributing to the genocide in Sudan, the company stated in its proxy […]
Why Does Jamie Dimon Suffer for Just $23 Million?
Published by The Street. By Dan Freed 04/05/12 – 10:08 AM EDT NEW YORK (TheStreet) — JPMorgan Chase(JPM_) boss Jamie Dimon’s $23 million 2011 pay package may look like a lot to you and me, but don’t be surprised if he feels poor. Take a look at his 38-page shareholder […]
Anti-Genocide Activists Target JPMorgan Holders
Published by Ignites. By Joe Morris March 30, 2012 The advocacy group Investors Against Genocide is focusing on fund managers and other institutional investors in a proxy campaign at JPMorgan Chase. The group, which protests investment linked to ethnic fighting in Sudan, is funding advertisements and mailings to JPMorgan’s institutional investors […]
Shareholder Proponents Appeal to Institutional Investors in Advance of Proxy Vote at JPMorgan Chase
BOSTON, MA – MARCH 29, 2012 – Should institutional investors support investments tied to genocide? That is the question that Investors Against Genocide has posed to institutional shareholders of JPMorgan Chase via an advertisement in the April 2 issue of Pensions & Investments and a direct mailing to hundreds of […]
iShares Files for New Human Rights ETF
Published by Ignites. By Peter Ortiz March 12, 2012 ETF behemoth iShares has registered a new exchange-traded fund focused on screening out investments tied to human rights abuses. The iShares Human Rights Index Fund aims to exclude companies with economic ties to a wide swath of human rights crimes, including acts […]
World’s third largest pension fund divests from PetroChina
Published by Global Compact Critics. The Netherlands’ largest pension fund ABP has divested its interests in PetroChina and blacklisted the company for non-compliance with the United Nations Global Compact Principles. PetroChina is a participant in the Global Compact. CNPC, its parent company, has been criticized for its presence in war-torn […]
