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Shareholder Proposal on Network Neutrality Gains Momentum in Vote at Verizon
May 10th, 2012
Results Surpass Those at AT&T; Third vote upcoming at Sprint on May 15
A shareholder proposal calling upon Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, NASDAQ – VZ) to publicly commit to network neutrality principles on its wireless networks gained significant... Dialing Up Sustainability Dials Up Returns: Trillium’s “Sustainable Opportunities” Turns Three
October 4th, 2011
In early 2008, nearly a dozen Trillium clients asked us to develop a new investment approach – one that seeks companies providing solutions to growing global sustainability challenges. Evolving from “do no harm,” their mantra became “invest... 2011 Proxy Season Wrap-up
October 4th, 2011
In August, we bade farewell to the 2010–2011 “proxy season,” the inside lingo for the annual cycle of filing resolutions, negotiating their withdrawal, and getting out the vote for the remainder that will appear on the spring proxy ballots.
“A... United Nations Releases Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
September 15th, 2011
Susan Baker
Good news came out of the United Nations this summer that has positive implications for shareholder advocates and activists working to promote and protect human rights. The UN Human Rights Council (formerly the UN Commission on Human Rights)... Of Climate Change and Cost Curves
June 24th, 2011
Natasha Lamb
As communities around the globe strive to meet ever-increasing energy demand and produce sustainable jobs and investments, we are at a crossroads where we must either aggressively adopt non-fossil fuel energy sources or risk exceeding the... Economic Impact of Japanese Earthquake Will Be Felt For Some Time
June 24th, 2011
Cheryl Smith, Ph.D., CFA
As we watched the awesome power and devastation of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, our attention bounced between concern for the more than 18,000 people either dead or missing, horrified fascination with the evolving control... New Year’s Resolutions
February 15th, 2011
If there’s a theme tying together our shareholder engagements this year, it’s aptly summarized in a New Yorker cartoon showing a corporate executive reminding his colleagues at the conference room table, “Let’s never forget that the public’s... The Evolution of SRI: Introducing Version 3.0
February 14th, 2011
Society adopts innovative technologies by a process that business schools describe with an “S-curve,” as on the graph below. The vertical axis represents the rising percentage of society using the technology while the horizontal axis represents time.
In... Congress: Companies Must Account for Conflict Minerals
November 4th, 2010
Susan Baker
Its wealth is unearthed by the poor, controlled by the strong, then sold to a world largely oblivious to its origin. So reads the “African natural resource curse” – a paradox of plenty.
In few African nations has this curse brought greater... It’s the End of the World as We Know It (With Apologies to R.E.M.)
November 3rd, 2010
F. Farnum Brown, Ph.D.
Much of what’s confounding about our wayward financial markets today can be explained, I think, by reference to the chart below. It plots the price level of the S&P 500 from the early 1960s through today.
If you look at the... |
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