Public Policy Involvement

As a financial management firm, Trillium Asset Management Corporation (”Trillium”) often has a unique perspective to offer on the long-term benefits of public policies that protect the environment, communities, and the people who live in them. We’ve found that many policymakers at all levels of government from the local to international are increasingly interested in hearing the voice of socially responsible investors and we’ll continue to seek opportunities to promote public policies that advance the social and environmental goals of our clients.Trillium has worked to support and advance public policies to promote more sustainable and socially responsible corporate behavior. As a few selected examples:

  • Through the mid 1980’s we testified many times in support of the anti-apartheid movement before state and national governing bodies, including the U.S. Congress.
  • We helped lead a lobbying effort for a Massachusetts law that barred state purchases from companies doing business with the military dictatorship in Burma and helped coordinate the response to a Supreme Court challenge of the law.
  • We lobbied the World Bank to promote more sustainable development and boost its financing of renewable energy technologies.
  • We’ve pushed for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to adopt a range of investor protections, from requiring companies to disclose their social and environmental risks to requiring mutual funds and investment advisors to make their proxy voting public.


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