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The UUA actively seeks to pursue justice through its investing actions. This includes voting its proxies, filing shareholder resolutions, engaging directly with corporations, and making investments with positive social impacts. Here is the place for the latest news on the UUA's socially responsible investing.
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Members of the Investors & Indigenous Peoples Working Group today delivered a statement to the banks that provided financing for the Line 3 pipeline and other oil sands projects. The statement raised concerns about the tremendous risks and costs that arise from underwriting such projects, and...
Newsletter | March 30, 2022 | From Socially Responsible Investing NewsTagged as: Corporate Responsibility, Socially Responsible Investing -
The Unitarian Universalist Association, along with other investors and members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, recently co-filed a shareholder resolution with Chevron triggered by human rights abuses in Myanmar....
Newsletter | January 21, 2022 | From Socially Responsible Investing NewsTagged as: Corporate Responsibility, Socially Responsible Investing -
Shareholder proposals on climate change, political spending and racial justice met with unprecedented success this year. Some of the largest shareholders, such as Blackrock, State Street, Vanguard, and Fidelity, who had previously voted against such proposals or abstained, supported them this year.
Newsletter | July 28, 2021 | From Socially Responsible Investing NewsTagged as: Corporate Responsibility, Socially Responsible Investing -
After a multi-year engagement with Climate Action 100+ investors, Devon Energy announced a commitment to achieve net zero emissions from operations and purchased energy by 2050 with an interim goal of a 50% reduction by 2030. Such emissions are often referred to as scopes 1 and 2....
June 30, 2021 | From Socially Responsible Investing NewsTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Investments for Congregations, Socially Responsible Investing -
This week investors filed suit seeking to block rules designed to restrict the ability of investors, particularly small investors, to submit shareholder proposals. The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) announced the filing of a complaint in the U.S....
Newsletter | June 18, 2021 | From Socially Responsible Investing NewsTagged as: Corporate Responsibility, Socially Responsible Investing -
During the 2021 shareholder season, the UUA, through the UU Common Endowment Fund, engaged 18 companies on climate change, disclosure of political/lobbying spending, and disclosure of diversity data....
Newsletter | June 9, 2021 | From Socially Responsible Investing NewsTagged as: Corporate Responsibility, Socially Responsible Investing