Investors including Harvard University’s endowment, the Church of England and California State Teachers’ Retirement System, are asking oil companies to ignore the Trump administration’s plan to let them off the hook for monitoring -- and stopping -- methane leaks.
Read MoreCoworking giant WeWork, now doing business as We, plans to become a publicly traded company.
Read MoreCalifornians frustrated by Congress’s failure to pass climate and gun control legislation have a potentially potent tool to produce the change they want: divestment.
Read MoreSeveral large mutual fund companies like BlackRock and State Street have espoused a commitment to investments that benefit all stakeholders –shareholders, employees, suppliers, customers and the communities in which they operate.
Read MoreImpactAlpha, Aug. 22 – Increasing accountability to employees, customers, suppliers and communities shouldn’t mean decreased accountability to shareholders.
Read MoreMass shootings in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas have sent the country reeling.
Read MoreSome 30 miles north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in a township adjacent to a state forest, oil and gas giant Royal Dutch Shell is building a sprawling new plant to support what it sees as the future of its business.
Read MoreBig US pension funds and impact investors will this month step up pressure on companies to reduce the gender pay gap by trying to compel them to disclose the difference in how they treat men and women.
Read MoreBy stepping up to lead efforts on sustainable agriculture, General Mills Inc. has dodged a proxy fight with shareholder activist group As You Sow over the use of pesticides in the company’s supply chain.
Read MoreLast June, As You Sow founded the Plastic Solutions Investor Alliance, an international coalition of investors engaging publicly traded consumer goods companies on plastic waste and pollution.
Read MoreAn environmental group that wages shareholder resolution campaigns dropped a complaint against General Mills after the company acknowledged pesticides are a problem in food supplies and outlined steps to reduce their use.
Read MoreEvery year, As You Sow – the leading US non-profit shareholder advocate – identifies the 100 most overpaid CEOs of the S&P 500 and analyses whether or not pension funds and financial managers have held companies accountable for excessive compensation.
Read MoreOil giants themselves have acknowledged that demand for their product will peak at some point as the worldwide transition to electrified transportation and renewable power generation continues.
Read MoreA $55 billion deal that saw the merger of two Texas-based oil and gas companies closed Thursday after a months-long bidding war.
Read MoreMass shootings and the growing wave of socially responsible investing doesn't seem to be influencing behavior at one of the nation's largest mutual fund companies.
Read MoreProsecutors in New York are accusing ExxonMobil of trying to discourage potential witnesses from testifying about whether the oil giant misled investors over the costs it may face from future climate regulations.
Read MoreUS index funds vote against management at investee companies less frequently than their actively managed counterparts when it comes to shareholder proposals on contentious issues such as executive pay, research has found.
Read MorePay for many executives at nonprofit healthcare organizations in the United States has continued to soar even amid growing concern about medical costs and access to care.
Read MoreFor the second year in a row, Oracle’s board has told investors that its trio of top execs — CEO Safra Catz, fellow CEO Mark Hurd, and CTO Larry Ellison — won’t be getting their all of their bonuses.
Read MoreVideo game and film holding company Activision Blizzard has been dominating their industry for years now.
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