Workplace Racial Equity Progress Update
The Administration’s latest move via the OCC to penalize banks on sector-specific restrictions for fossil fuels
The Risks That Matter, The Tools We Need
Boston Common Founder and President Geeta Aiyer talks with Financial Times
Op-ed: Trump offers Arctic Refuge for drilling. Don’t take the bait.
NEW REPORT: Advocating for a More Sustainable, Equitable, and Transparent World
Honoring Juneteenth: Boston Common’s Unwavering Commitment to Anti-racism
Why Tax Transparency and Responsible Tax Practices are Important in a post COVID World
Envestnet and Investment Advisor Magazine “Asset Manager and Strategist of the Year Awards”
The Collateral Damage of Covid-19 in the Bangladesh Apparel Sector
Earth Day in the Time of COVID-19: Investor Engagement Focus & Impact
New York Times: Institutional Investors Tell Big Pharma to Cooperate on Coronavirus
Meet Our CEO, Ally McDonald
2020 Proxy Season
Investment, Innovation, and Respect
JPMorgan’s New Climate Commitments
Shareholder Proposal with HD Supply Successfully Withdrawn!
Unilever Sets a Higher Bar to Help Fight Childhood Obesity
Boston Common Asset Management Joins PCAF
Protecting Shareowner Rights – SEC Spotlight
Workplace Equality: A Roadmap for Comprehensive Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Supporting Impact: Our Annual Charitable Giving
Euromoney: Six Ways to Fix Sustainable Finance
Board Diversity Shareholder Proposal Successfully Withdrawn!
Investors urge Fiat Chrysler, General Motors and Toyota to reconsider their opposition to CA’s waiver authority on auto emission standards
Banking on a Low-Carbon Future: Finance in a Time of Climate Crisis
FT: Digital Human Rights Are the Next Frontier for Fund Groups
FT: Banks Fail to Stop Financing Fossil Fuel Industry
NEW REPORT – Banking on a Low-Carbon Future: Finance in a Time of Climate Crisis
ICCR Fall Conference
A New Dawn for Corporate Governance in Japan
Harvesting Hope
Advancing Sustainability Practices in Japan
InvestmentNews includes Geeta Aiyer among 10 leaders of ESG & impact investing
Halfway There Via Energy Efficiency Alone!
Making Impact for Racial Equity: The Investment Industry Can and Should Do Better
Striking for Climate Action
230 Investors with USD $16.2 trillion in AUM Call for Corporate Action on Deforestation, Signalling Support for the Amazon
Why banks need to plug gaps in the Equator Principles to prevent community conflict
Boston Common Honored as Best for the World
Boston Common reaches an agreement with Oracle and Lobbying Disclosure Resolution is Withdrawn!
Citing Climate and Portfolio Risks, Investors Call on Oil and Gas Producers to Oppose Federal Methane Rollbacks
Investors Urge Global Banks to Strengthen Equator Principles to Avoid Community Conflicts – Post Dakota Access Pipeline
Empowering Women Every Day
Major banks stop financing private prisons
Financial Director Magazine – The case for diversity: Why institutional investors are using their proxy votes to leverage greater board diversity
Voting for Diversity: A Survey of Investors
Collaboration Capital’s Quarterly Roundtable
Investors Leverage Proxy Voting to Demand Diversity on Corporate Boards
Socially Responsible Investing: Lauren Compere – Direct Talk TV – NHK World Live Japan
NEW REPORT: Igniting Impact in Global Public Equities
Comments on Statement Announcing SEC Staff Roundtable on the Proxy Process – Boston Common Asset Management Letter
Money as a Lever to Change the World: Geeta Aiyer on Active Management & Investing for Impact
Morgan Stanley Annual General Meeting: Prepared Statement by Boston Common Asset Management
American Water Works Statement on Lobbying Disclosure
Hydraulic Fracturing Scorecard: Concerns Remain Regarding Disclosure of Water and Chemicals Management
Investor Statement on the 6th Anniversary of the Rana Plaza Building Collapse
On Earth Day, a Plastics Challenge!
Viewpoint: Boston must divest from prisons, reinvest in its values
Water is a Human Right
For Gender Balance: Action, Alliance!
Boston Common Reaches Significant Agreements with Verizon on Lobbying Disclosure and The Home Depot on Carbon Emissions
Investors Welcome JPMC Decision to Withdraw from Private Prisons
Boston Common Asset Management commends the city of Boston for its ESG investment initiative and first steps towards active ownership
Investors Urge Bangladesh Government Not to Abandon the Accord on Fire and Building Safety
Spotlight on sustainable development: 5 Things Boards Need to Look Out for in 2019
Corporate Leaders Look to Eco-Efficiency as Prime Climate Solution
Responsible Investor: “Racial justice: An emerging risk for investors”
Google Shareholders and Workers Call on Board to Fix ‘Diversity Crisis’
ESG in Action: China
BlackRock urged to close gap between rhetoric and real climate action
NEW REPORT: Improving Efficiency, Unlocking Returns
Supporting Impact: Our Annual Charitable Giving
Boston Common Asset Management, Leader in Responsible and Impact Investing, Joins Real Impact Tracker’s Certified Community of Fund Managers
Racial Justice: What’s Investing got to do with it?
Position Statement on Private Prisons and Prison Labor
Oracle Lobbying Disclosure Proposal Receives Strong Support from Shareholders
Healthier Returns: U.S. food firms lag global norms on nutrition, and that’s bad for both the waistline and the bottom line
Leading U.S. Food and Beverage Companies Fall Short on Efforts to Help Consumers Eat Healthy and Combat High Rates of Obesity and Diet-Related Diseases
‘A line in the sand’ – Global Commitment to eliminate plastic pollution at the source
Statement of Investor Commitment to Support a Just Transition on Climate Change
NEW REPORT: Achieving Impact in Global Equities
Reuters: Musk to resign as Tesla chairman, remain as CEO in SEC settlement
SDGs: Building a Fair & Just Economy
Boston Common commends Verizon Communications for cutting its ties to ALEC but urges the company to adopt comprehensive lobbying disclosure
Financial Times Letter to the Editor: Amazon should be a labour practices leader
Failing the Grade: Amazon Today
Investors Can Say ‘Enough’ on Guns
Waste Not, Spend Less: How the Circular Economy Can Make Companies More Efficient
2018 Proxy Season: Our Focus on Corporate Lobbying Practices
Boston Common Honored as Best For The World, Creating Positive Impact
In Statement, Investors Caution Companies Against Failing To File Conflict Mineral Reports With SEC
Proxy Preview: “Rigging the Proxy Vote: How Formula Swapping Harms Shareowners”
Are Food & Beverage Companies Making the Grade on Nutrition?
Bangladesh Investor Initiative Statement on 5th Anniversary of Rana Plaza Collapse
The Right Chemistry: 5 golden rules for investors on good governance and safer chemicals
IDI update: 100 companies set approved science-based targets
Advancing Impact Through Active Engagement in Japan
INVESTOR STATEMENT ON GUN VIOLENCE
Climate Change Threatens Water Security
Why Gender Diversity Matters
The Accountant: Bank’s Climate Shortcomings Could Set Alarm Bells Ringing
Medium: Banks Climate Shortcomings Could Undermine Paris Agreement
MIND THE PERFORMANCE GAP: Banks’ climate shortcomings could undermine Paris Agreement warn investors
NEW REPORT: Banking on a Low-Carbon Future
Boston Business Journal: Peace Love and Profits: Local firms go all in on socially conscious investing
Reuters: Investors urge big brands to back safety of Bangladesh garment workers
Medium: Five Trends and Predictions for 2018
Risk.net: Banks begin to model climate risk in loan portfolios
Forbes: What’s The Value Where ESG Meets Emerging Markets?
Investor letter on implementing the Conflict Minerals reporting requirements of Dodd Frank §1502
Willis Towers Watson and PRI Global Investment Megatrends report
Emerging Markets Engagement in Action: India
Oil & Gas Companies Begin Plugging Methane Leaks to Retain Social License to Operate
Boston Common Asset Management Supports Climate Action 100+ launched on December 12th in Paris
Follow the Money: New Investigation Targets ING Bank’s Climate Risk
Emerging-market investments through an ESG lens
Skytop Strategies: Reflection on ESG Trends, Hurdles, Generating Alpha
SDG 9: How investors are driving sustainable infrastructure
An Update to the 2017 Investor Statement to Banks Financing the Dakota Access Pipeline
Huffington Post: Access to Life-Saving Medicines: How Investors Can Help Correct a Market Failure
Huffington Post: Making Climate Change Banks’ Business
Vast Majority of CEOs are Personally Involved in Advancing Sustainable Business and SDGs are a Top Priority, 2017 United Nations Global Compact Progress Report Shows
GlobalCapital: Get real on climate risk, investors tell banks
Financial Times: Big investors take aim at banks over climate change risk
A hundred investors with assets totalling nearly $2 trillion call on world’s largest banks to disclose climate-related financial information
NEW REPORT: Achieving Impact in Public Equities
Agri Investor: Asia’s antibiotics binge ‘threatening returns’
INVESTORS WARN ASIAN FACTORY FARMS RISK ‘FINANCIAL FOOD POISONING’ OF GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN
Commonwealth Bank of Australia Shareholders Sue Over Climate Risk
Wal-Mart Puts Chemicals in Spotlight by Joining New Program
How Climate Change Can Get You Sued
ICCR Letter Opposing Financial CHOICE Act
RE100 – 100 Members Milestone
Governance & Compliance Magazine: Too big to listen
Investor Letter Supporting California Chemical Disclosure Legislation
Support for Equal Voting
“One Share One Vote”
“We Are Still In”
IR Magazine: Financial Choice Act makes wrong choices for good investor relations
Financial Times: Fears over farm links to pharma
Financial Times: Dakota pipe lenders under pressure to withdraw
Investor statement in support of establishing a Modern Slavery Act in Australia
CIO Magazine: Lifting the Veil: How ESG brings transparency to the fastest growing markets
Financial Times: Food groups warned about overuse of antibiotics in supply chain
Financial Times: Growing Number of Pensions Funds Divest from Fossil Fuels
Translating engagement into Japanese
Too Big To Listen? Dodd-Frank and Shareholder Rights!
Bangladesh Accord Illustrates Power of Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration to Address Supply Chain Issues
Ambitious Eco-Efficiency: Frugal, Creative, Green and Smart!
Preventable Surprises: Helping the Missing60 See the Light
Bloomberg BNA: Apple, Intel Carry on as SEC Relaxes Conflict Minerals Scrutiny
Repeal and Replacement of Conflict Minerals Rule 1502 Undermines Peace and Stability in the Congo
Water is Worth It
On International Women’s Day: Closing the Gender Gap
Investors Urge the US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) and Administration to Continue Robust Implementation of Dodd-Frank (Section 1502) Conflict Minerals Rule
Investors Urged to Catalyse Climate-Credible Business Models in the Banking Sector
Investors Urge Banks to Support Re-routing Dakota Access Pipeline, Protect Water
GreenBiz: Stress Test: How banks are looking at climate risk
The Telegraph: Investors warn of ‘bribery risk’ as America repeals resources industry corruption law
Business Leaders Advising Trump Urged to Reject Travel Ban, Promote Human Rights
持続可能性: Sustainability, the Japanese Way
Huffington Post: On Borrowed Time: Global Banks Must Keep Pace in a Fast-changing Climate
On Borrowed Time: New Report Finds Banks Making Slow Progress in Fast Changing Climate
Reflecting on Changing Times
Huffington Post: Five Sustainability Trends that 2017 Might Hold in Store for Investors
The Guardian: Will 2017 be the year we take drug-resistant superbugs seriously?
DAPL: Join us in engaging banks and financiers!
On Human Rights Day: Investors Must Hold Food Companies Accountable for Forced Labor in their Supply Chains
#NoDAPL – Boston Common’s Engagements on the Dakota Access Pipeline
Rosemont Investment Partners to facilitate broadening employee ownership at Boston Common Asset Management
Corporate Lobbying Practices and the US elections
World Finance: What investors can do to crack down on corruption
We Stand with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Reuters: U.S. companies tout climate policies, fund climate skeptics
Equal Opportunities: Boardroom Diversity
Huffington Post: Is It Time Investors Set Their Sights On The Gun Industry?
ThinkAdvisor Interview: Geeta Aiyer on Creating Value in ESG Investing
“BREXIT” – Boston Common’s View
Huffington Post: Human Rights and Business: From Principles to Practice
$4.8 Trillion Investor Coalition Announces Support for World’s First Business & Human Rights Benchmark
Chemical Footprint Project Releases First Report on Corporate Progress Toward Safer Chemicals
World’s largest food companies urged to step up efforts on global nutrition crisis
Huffington Post: The Role of Investors After Paris
Fracking Scorecard: despite progress, 70 percent of oil & gas companies still fail to adequately disclose risks to investors
Boston Common Joins Global Investors in Signing Montreal Carbon Pledge Ahead of COP21 Climate Talks
