Thirteen of the 17 banks financing the Dakota Access Pipeline were signatories to the Equator Principles, despite concerns being raised. This finding makes it clear that the framework has been ineffective in identifying the significant risks to Indigenous rights and is in need of reform.
SHARE is hiring a Vancouver-based Events Coordinator to support the organization of SHARE’s annual Investor Summit taking place in February 2020 as well as smaller events related to SHARE’s programs including the Reconciliation and Responsible Investment Initiative. Applications due Sept. 5, 2019
Emboldened in part by the Trump administration and its appointees to the SEC, a number of industry associations are driving attacks on corporate accountability with a full-court press, arguing that shareholder proposals and proxy advisory services are creating an undue burden for companies.
At the SHARE Investor Summit 2020 join pension funds, Indigenous trusts, foundations, endowments and others to forge responsible investor alliances for a sustainable, inclusive and productive economy.
Working with institutional investor clients, last quarter SHARE filed proposals at five top Canadian oil and gas companies, asking for meaningful reduction targets for methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas.
SHARE is concerned with decent work because a company’s workforce is key to its long-term success. Decent work and workforce disclosure were front-and-centre issues for SHARE during the 2019 Canadian proxy voting season. Learn about what we accomplished with our clients and affiliates this year.
Shareholders have made a strong statement to the world’s fifth-largest fast food company: good workforce management is a good investment. After engagement by the Atkinson Foundation and SHARE, 66.5% of Restaurant Brand International independent shareholders supported a proposal asking for disclosure on workforce management.
Today is National Indigenous Peoples Day, to recognize and celebrate the ongoing history, diverse cultures and outstanding contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples to our nation and to the world. To provide some examples of how reconciliation is relevant for individuals and organizations in the investment and financial ecosystem, we offer some of the work SHARE is doing – in our programs as well as internally.
Shareholders request that the Brookfield Asset Management Board of Directors expand its annual disclosure to include Comprehensive health and safety KPIs across the company’s global assets and operations and full reporting on the number and types of complaints received from employees, including contractors and temporary workers, the remedies offered under its grievance mechanism and the percentage of complaints resolved.
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- Annual Responsible Investment Workshop for Religious InvestorsSeptember 20, 2019
Responsible Banking: Reforming the Equator Principles for Indigenous Rights in Project Loan Finance September 12, 2019
SHARE is hiring an Events CoordinatorAugust 19, 2019
It ain’t broke… yetJuly 23, 2019
