Investor Pressure Moves Toyota Affiliate to Divest from Joint Venture with Burmese Regime
Trillium Asset Management, along with Domini Social Investments and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, issued a press release today commending Toyota Motors for influencing their affiliate Toyota Tsusho (TTC) on the divestment of their ownership stake in Myanmar Suzuki … Read more…
Relief Donations for Burma
Our friend and former Trillium Asset Management Corporation co-worker Simon Billenness sent us this appeal in early May regarding the need for immediate relief for Burmese victims of Cyclone Nargis. Please give what you can. Dear Friends: I can barely … Read more…
Toyota Backpedals on Burma
If the Prius left you with a warm and fuzzy feeling for Toyota, you’re not alone. Noting that Toyota “has been a leader in both developing and promoting hybrid power-trains, the new industry standard, and is well advanced in overall … Read more…
Support the Burma Freedom Act in Congress
Background Last November, the International Labor Organization (ILO) called on all of its members – which include governments, labor unions, and employers – to review their relationship with Burma to ensure that they are not contributing to forced labor in … Read more…
Support the Massachusetts Free Burma Bill
For Massachusetts Residents Background and Update Sponsored by state rep. Byron Rushing, the new Massachusetts Free Burma Bill (H.2252) would effectively bar the Massachusetts state pension funds from investing in companies that do business in Burma. The bill is modeled … Read more…