A shareholder of Restaurant Brands International (RBI) is recommending that shareholders withhold their vote for Alexandre Behring, the company’s co-chair. Behring is also the managing partner of 3G Capital, the Brazilian hedge fund that owns a controlling stake in RBI.
SHARE will help Dragonfly vote its shares at company meetings and engage company management on climate change, environmental protection & Indigenous reconciliation
In 2019, the majority of independent shareholders voted for a resolution asking the board of directors to report on the actions the company has taken to uphold decent work practices across its owned and franchised operations but the company has refused to implement the proposal.
Morningstar – Last week, the Canadian energy sector was dealt another blow when the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund decided to divest from four Canadian oil companies, citing ‘unacceptable greenhouse gas emissions’.
Canadian Investment Review – At a time of uncertainty caused by the coronavirus crisis, active ownership is more important than ever, says Kevin Thomas, chief executive officer of the Shareholder Association for Research and Education.
Because this crisis is having devastating and unequal impacts on workers in global supply chains, inaction is not an option. What happens now in global supply chains is part and parcel of business continuity issues for retailers and brands, not a separate and isolated issue.
The resolution at Brookfield Asset Management recommends the company assign accountability to a board committee and amend the committee’s charter to monitor human capital management policies and disclosure and evaluate the disclosure of workforce metrics to shareholders.
In the past few weeks, we have seen how COVID-19 poses greater risks to Indigenous Peoples relative to the settler population as a whole. Reconciliation and Indigenous rights continue to be a priority at SHARE as we monitor corporate responses to the crisis.
SHARE issued an open letter to the CEOs of two of Canada’s largest residential property owners: Starlight Investments and Northview REIT. Starlight, one of Canada’s largest landlords will grow further if a proposed deal goes through to acquire Northview. We outline two fundamental areas of concern for responsible investors regarding real estate investment, and ask the company’s to outline their plans.
Morningstar – Pandemic will make it harder for parent company to ignore worker rights proposal this time around.
SHARE 2019 Annual Report highlights collective investor impact
A double-double message from RBI shareholders: Act now on decent work
Proxy Alert: Withholding votes for the election of Alexandre Behring, RBI Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Chair
We can’t leave global workers in the lurch
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