Shareholder Proposal on Network Neutrality Gains Momentum in Vote at Verizon
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 momentum at … Read more…
As Citizens Protest 3M meeting, Investors Challenge Company Leaders on Political Spending
May 8, 2012 Contact: Mary Boyle – Common Cause (202) 736-5770 MINNEAPOLIS – Institutional shareholders and citizen activists challenged Minneapolis-based 3M Corp’s, political spending on Tuesday, urging the company to end its political giving and disclose its expenditures on lobbying. … Read more…
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…
AT&T Shareholder Vote on Network Neutrality Surpasses Critical Threshold
For Immediate Release: Shares worth more than $11.4 billion voted in favor; Similar votes upcoming at Verizon and Sprint April 27, 2012: A shareholder proposal calling upon AT&T Inc. (NYSE – T) to publicly commit to network neutrality principles on … Read more…
Tessa Tennant, Sustainable Investing Pioneer on Several Continents, Wins Annual Joan Bavaria Award
Tessa Tennant, President and co-founder of The Ice Organisation, has been awarded the fourth-annual Joan Bavaria Award for Building Sustainability into the Capital Markets. The announcement was made at Tuesday’s opening reception of the Ceres annual conference, which runs April … Read more…
Trillium Submits Comments to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Regarding Payday Lending
In January 2012, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) convened a first-ever field hearing to gather information and input on the payday lending market. With the establishment of the CFPB, a federal agency for the first time can supervise not … Read more…
Trillium Successfully Engages Intel on Web-Filtering Software
Trillium Asset Management, LLC is pleased to report that Intel’s subsidiary, McAfee, announced that it would not participate in the Pakistani request for proposals to develop a nationwide censorship firewall. The use of McAfee’s SmartFilter product by repressive countries to … Read more…
Trillium Urges Fellow Shareholders to Vote Yes on Net Neutrality Resolutions
For Immediate Release April 9, 2012 Contact: Randy Rice, Trillium Asset Management, LLC – 617-423-6655 Shareholder Group: Vote Yes on Network Neutrality, for the Good of Investors, Telecom Companies and the Economy Trillium Makes Case to Shareholders Before Landmark Votes … Read more…
Trillium’s Jonas Kron Interviewed by Bloomberg TV Regarding Impact of a Potential Water Shortage
To mark the United Nation’s 2012 World Water Day, Jonas Kron, Vice President of Trillium Asset Management, was interviewed on Bloomberg Television’s “InBusiness With Margaret Brennan”. Producing enough food to feed the world’s rapidly growing population will require the international … 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…