For 2024, more than 30 shareholder proposals have been filed asking for lobbying disclosure reports that include federal and state lobbying amounts, payments to trade associations and 501(c)(4) social welfare groups used for lobbying and payments to tax-exempt organizations that write and endorse model legislation.
Read moreCorporate State Lobbying Remains a Black Hole
Support for Inclusive, Healthy Work Force Leads to Business Growth
Planned Parenthood Action Fund (PPAF) works to ensure all people have equitable access to quality, affordable sexual and reproductive health care no matter their background or location. This includes protecting the ability of 600 Planned Parenthood health centers to serve economically and medically underserved patients across the United States.
Read moreA Code for Corporate Political Spending Disclosure
Today’s headlines are focused on the threats to democracy fueled by the looming 2024 presidential and congressional elections. Far less attention is being paid to the corporate treasury dollars underwriting activities that imperil our democracy.
Read moreDiverse Workforce Outperforms on Eight Key Financial Measures
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts look to ensure all employees, regardless of race or sex, get a fair shot. The recent Supreme Court decision to end affirmative action in college admissions does not affect companies’ abilities to run DEI programs – although it may impact their pipeline of incoming talent.
Read moreThere is No ‘Just Transition’ Without Environmental Justice
Environmental justice ensures that everyone, regardless of income, race or national origin, has the same environmental protections and can meaningfully participate in policies that shape their communities. In reality, low-income communities and communities of color in the United States have faced a long history of racial inequity and environmental injustice.
Read moreThe Need For A Living Wage Policy
Income disparity is one of the starkest indicators of our societal failures to foster a more equitable society and as a result, a more dynamic economy. In the United States 95 million workers have limited workplace flexibility and mobility, low collective bargaining ability, and minimal (if any) health and financial benefits. They also experience the highest exposure to workplace health and safety hazards, job stress, employment volatility, and exploitation.
Read moreBig Tech Fails to Protect Children Online
In January 2024, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared at a U.S. Senate hearing regarding online child sexual exploitation. In the back of the room stood parents holding photos of their children who died after online sexual exploitation and cyberbullying. At one point Mr. Zuckerberg said to them “No one should go through the things that your families have suffered, and this is why we invest so much and we are going to continue doing industry-wide efforts to make sure no one has to go through the things your families have had to suffer.”
Read moreAssessing Risks of AI Misinformation and Disinformation
Big Tech, including Amazon, Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft, is investing hundreds of billions of dollars to dominate the AI race. This year, shareholder proposals ask tech companies to increase transparency around AI and assess AI-related risks, particularly to children and elections
Read moreBig Pharma Patent Extension Abuse Threatens Healthcare and Human Rights
For decades, Trinity Health along with other members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility’s Health Equity Group have made improving affordability of and access to medicines a focus for corporate engagements with the pharma sector. The United States has some of the highest prescription drug prices in the world. This affects not only patients who can’t afford needed medicines but also threatens healthcare budgets
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