Shareholder action
As shareholders, the churches use their investments to engage corporations in dialogue. Through shareholder activism, the churches apply direct pressure on corporations to improve their social and environmental performance.
In addition, KAIROS offers a quarterly e-newsletter on corporate social responsibility issues, as well as regular shareholder action alerts during the proxy season. Companies generally hold their Annual General Meetings (AGMs) sometime between January and June. In order to remind socially responsible investors who are interested in voting their proxies during that time, KAIROS sends out e-mail action alerts listing upcoming shareholder proposals on social and environmental responsibility.
If you’d like to be put on the mailing list, please send a note to Ian Thomson, CSR Program Coordinator, at ithomson[at]kairoscanada[dot]org
Click here for what is new in responsible investing (January 2009)
Backgrounder on the Canadian churches’ engagement with Imperial Oil (2004)
Articles and news
- Why We Must Cancel Haiti's Debt
A brief history of Haiti's onerous, 'odious' and crippling debt load written by KAIROS' Economic...
- Kairos Times, Corporate Accountability, Debt, Urgent Actions | Jan 22, 2010
- Financial Crisis An Opportunity for a New Global Order
Policy Briefing Paper #19
- Briefings and Submissions, Debt, Kairos Times, Opinion and Analysis, Trade Justice, Human rights, Corporate Accountability | Nov 20, 2009
- Take Action to Support Corporate Accountability Legislation in Canada
On November 19, two KAIROS representatives will appear before the Parliamentary foreign affairs...
- Corporate Accountability, Human rights, Urgent Actions, Mining, Kairos Times | Nov 18, 2009
