Trillium Asset Management Solicits Shareholder Support for “No Political Spending” Proposals at Bank of America, 3M
As the annual stockholder meetings of 3M and Bank of America approach next week, Trillium Asset Management has reached out to shareholders seeking their support for our shareholder proposals at the two companies. The proposals call upon the companies to … Read more…
Trillium Withdraws Three Shareholder Resolutions Related to Corporate Political Spending
Boston, MA — March 21, 2012. Trillium Asset Management, LLC (“Trillium”) is pleased to announce the withdrawal of three 2012 shareholder resolutions related to corporate political spending. Trillium has recently withdrawn resolutions filed with Chubb Corp. (NYSE – CB), State … Read more…
Trillium Asks Regulators to Stop Banks from Making Payday Loans
Trillium Asset Management, along with 250 national, state and local organizations and individuals, has recently sent a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, The Federal Reserve Board, the FDIC and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency asking … Read more…
Matt Patsky Testifies on “Citizens United” at MA State House
On February 28, 2012, Trillium’s CEO, Matt Patsky, testified before the Massachusetts Joint Committee on the Judiciary in support of Senate Bill No. 772. The bill calls upon the United States Congress to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution … Read more…
New Investor Advisory Raises Questions About Proposed Open Pit Mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska
Earthworks, an environmental nonprofit, has recently published a report that details the growing list of regulatory, legal, engineering, and political challenges facing the Pebble Mine project. The proposed open pit mine would be located at the headwaters of the Bristol … Read more…
Trillium Wins Significant Victory in Net Neutrality Fight
Trillium Asset Management and other socially responsible investors have won a significant victory in the fight for net neutrality. After years of denial, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ruled that investors will have the opportunity to press Internet Service … Read more…
First Peoples Worldwide Announces Partnership with Trillium Asset Management
Research and Advocacy Collaboration To Promote Indigenous Voices in the Boardroom Contacts: Lisa MacKinnon, Trillium Asset Management (617) 423-6655 Katie Cheney, First Peoples Worldwide (540) 899-6545 February 1, 2012 — First Peoples Worldwide (FPW), a global indigenous nonprofit dedicated to … Read more…
On 2nd Anniversary of Citizens United, Trillium, Green Century Capital Management & Advocacy Groups Launch Drive to Stem Corporate Political Spending
On the second anniversary of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, Trillium Asset Management, LLC and Green Century Capital Management announce that they have filed shareholder resolutions at three companies, Bank of America, 3M & Target Corporation, urging them to … Read more…
Prohibit Political Spending From Corporate Treasury Funds – Bank of America (2012)
WHEREAS: Political spending and corporate money in politics is a highly contentious issue, made more prominent in light of the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court case that affirmed companies’ rights to make unlimited political expenditures to independent groups. In the … Read more…