Impact in Action

Around the Country, shareholders and stakeholders have aligned and mobilized to usher in positive, lasting change for their communities.

Industry Partners
Incourage
As You Sow
Confluence Philanthropy
ICCR
US Endowment for Forestry & Communities
Avivar Capital
Aperio Group
Proxy Impact

Preventing Coal Contamination in Missouri

The School Sisters of Notre Dame led a successful shareholder resolution to have one of Missouri’s leading utility companies, Ameren, issue a report on the company’s efforts to identify and reduce the environmental and health hazards associated with past, present and future handling of coal ash.

Partners
The School Sisters
Sisters of Charity, BVM, Dubuque
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Louis
As You Sow, Oakland

Preserving Forests in the Pacific Northwest

Responding to protests and shareholder resolutions calling for the protection of endangered forests, Home Depot, then the largest supplier of wood sourced from old-growth forest, announced that they would no longer sell lumber from endangered areas.

Partners
Trillium Asset Management
Rain-forest Action Network
As You Sow

Fighting the Opioid Epidemic — Philadelphia

Responding to the epidemic of Opioid overdoses in Philadelphia and across the nation, the Sister of St. Francis in Philadelphia introduced a resolution requesting that the pharmaceutical company AmerisourseBergen address their role in the supply chain and abuse of opioids.

Partners
Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia
Brotherhood of Teamsters
Investors for Opioid Accountability
Trinity Health
Institutional Investor Service
Glass Lewis
JLens Investor Network