Press Releases

Shareholder proposal on freedom of association receives historic 47% independent vote at Amazon AGM

Shareholders urge Mondelez International to conduct a civil rights-informed racial equity audit 

Press Release: Racial equity proposal passed with majority vote at Constellation Software Inc. AGM

Press Release: Shareholders urge Meta platforms’ board to implement governance reforms and reinforce shareholders’ rights

Press Release: Google-Alphabet Shareholders file 11 Proposals for the 2022 Proxy Season Citing a Range of Human Rights and Governance Risks

University Pension Plan teams up with SHARE to advance ESG agenda through engagement

July 7, 2021 – The University Pension Plan (UPP) has selected SHARE as an engagement provider. Through SHARE, the Plan will engage public companies in its investment portfolios on an ambitious agenda to advance climate action, reconciliation and human rights. The Plan will join...

Shareholders, including a group of nuns, are demanding changes from Chartwell Retirement Residences — including the ouster of Mike Harris

Toronto Star – One of Canada’s largest private retirement and long-term-care home operators is facing calls from activist investors — including a group of nuns following their religious conscience — to monitor and improve working conditions for its staff, pay a living wage and...

Chartwell gets mixed grades from proxy advisory services over bonus payouts during COVID-19 pandemic

Globe and Mail – Two major shareholder-advisory companies are advising unitholders of Chartwell Retirement Residences to re-elect former Ontario premier Mike Harris as the company’s chairman, but one has criticized some of the company’s compensation decisions. Read more in the Globe and Mail

Universities leveraging shareholder power to promote climate action

University Affairs – The University Network for Investor Engagement, or UNIE, is a joint effort by 11 universities across the country to leverage their collective shareholder power to compel businesses in which they invest to operate more sustainably. Read the full article in University...

Press Release: TMX Group Limited shareholders vote in favour of company-supported shareholder proposal on Indigenous inclusion

Historic support for shareholder proposal on Indigenous inclusion cultivates meaningful, transparent action on reconciliation in the financial sector   May 12, 2021 – Shareholders of TMX Group Ltd. voted overwhelmingly to support a resolution on Indigenous inclusion and reconciliation at the company’s annual and...

Group opposes Mike Harris’s re-election as Chartwell chairman over safety concerns

Globe & Mail - Canada’s Shareholder Association for Research and Education says unitholders of Chartwell Retirement Residences should vote against chairman Mike Harris over concerns about safety for the company’s customers and employees.

SHARE CEO Kevin Thomas takes top honour at Clean50 Awards

For his work mobilizing investors to advocate for a sustainable economy as CEO of SHARE, Kevin Thomas is being recognized as an industry leader by the 2021 Clean50 Awards.