Results indicate growing institutional support for genocide-free investing TAMPA, FLORIDA – MAY 15, 2012 – Support for the genocide-free investing proposal on this year’s proxy ballot at JPMorgan Chase increased from last year, according to the preliminary results announced at the company’s annual shareholder meeting today. Adding to the negative […]
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JPMorgan Issues Proxy Statement Opposing Genocide-Free Investing Proposal
Says it “considers human rights” yet invests in companies tied to genocide BOSTON, MA – APRIL 5, 2012 – Despite the fact that JPMorgan Chase owns over a billion dollars worth of PetroChina, a company widely recognized as contributing to the genocide in Sudan, the company stated in its proxy […]
Shareholder Proponents Appeal to Institutional Investors in Advance of Proxy Vote at JPMorgan Chase
BOSTON, MA – MARCH 29, 2012 – Should institutional investors support investments tied to genocide? That is the question that Investors Against Genocide has posed to institutional shareholders of JPMorgan Chase via an advertisement in the April 2 issue of Pensions & Investments and a direct mailing to hundreds of […]
Genocide-free Investing gains Momentum at JPMorgan Chase
Shareholder Vote Boosts Campaign by Investors Against Genocide COLUMBUS, OH (May 17, 2011) – The shareholder proposal on “Genocide-free investing” earned 7.69 percent of the vote at today’s JPMorgan Chase shareholder meeting. The favorable vote is more than double the 3% required for the proposal to be presented at next […]
American Funds Sells PetroChina After Shareholder Meeting
Investors Against Genocide commends company for acting in the face of genocide Boston, MA – February 17, 2010 – Following a well-publicized shareholder vote on genocide-free investing on November 24, American Funds has now become the largest mutual fund company to divest its holdings in PetroChina. A recent posting on […]
TIAA-CREF Statement on Former Holdings in Companies with Ties to Sudan
Published by TIAA-CREF. New York, January 04, 2010 Last March TIAA-CREF announced plans to intensify pressure on five companies that maintain business relations with the government of Sudan to cease those relations or attempt to ease suffering and end genocide in Darfur. At that time, TIAA-CREF said it would seek […]
Investors Against Genocide Commends TIAA-CREF Sale of Investments Tied to Genocide
Contrasts clear, public move by TIAA-CREF with Vanguard’s “toothless” human rights stance Boston, MA – January 4, 2010 – Demonstrating a clear commitment to genocide-free investing, TIAA-CREF announced today that it has sold all of its holdings, worth $58 million as of September 30, in four companies tied to the […]
Vanguard Shareholders Vote on Genocide-free Investing Proposal
Voters misled by Vanguard’s statement of opposition says IAG’s Cohen Boston, MA – July 2, 2009 – At today’s Vanguard shareholders meeting, results were announced on votes cast by millions of Vanguard customers on adopting a policy to prevent Vanguard from investing their savings in companies that substantially contribute to […]
