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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 News
    Tagged as: Corporate Responsibility, Socially Responsible Investing
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  • An accessible guide showing all people how to create and sustain diversity and inclusivity in the workplace - no matter your identity, industry, or level of experience...
    Book | By Stephanie Pinder-Amaker, Lauren Wadsworth | March 29, 2022
    Tagged as: Corporate Responsibility, Diversity, Inclusion, Anti-Racism
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  • 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 News
    Tagged as: Corporate Responsibility, Socially Responsible Investing
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  • 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 News
    Tagged as: Corporate Responsibility, Socially Responsible Investing
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  • 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 News
    Tagged as: Corporate Responsibility, Socially Responsible Investing
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  • 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 News
    Tagged as: Corporate Responsibility, Socially Responsible Investing
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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....
    Newsletter | April 12, 2021 | From Socially Responsible Investing News
    Tagged as: Corporate Responsibility, Socially Responsible Investing
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  • The new world of results-driven aid that could put an end to extreme poverty...
    Book | By Raj Kumar | May 28, 2020 | From Beacon Press
    Tagged as: Corporate Responsibility, Poverty, Economic Justice
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  • The doubt industry doesn’t have to convince the public that a product is harmless, only that the harm is in doubt, and the cost of change may be high.
    By Doug Muder | August 24, 2015 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Climate & Environmental Justice, Corporate Responsibility, Ethics, Climate Change
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  • Join Thousands in NYC, and Many More Around the World The Unitarian Universalist Common Endowment Fund, as part of its role as a leading force in Socially Responsible Investing (SRI), will be in the People's March for Climate Change this weekend in New York City, with the President…; of the...
    By Ted Resnikoff | September 18, 2014 | From Events and Opportunities
    Tagged as: Activism, Canvass/Pledge, Corporate Responsibility, Education, Generosity, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Human Rights, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Anti-Oppression, UUA Headquarters
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  • Proxy voting is a component of our democratic process that is an important force for moderating the excesses of capitalism....
    June 6, 2014
    Tagged as: Corporate Responsibility, Investments for Congregations, Socially Responsible Investing, Finance for Congregations
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  • Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) is ensuring that our investments are aligned with our values. The UUA has been strongly committed to SRI for over forty years. Our commitment springs from our faith, and from our deep conviction in the dignity of all human beings.
    May 23, 2014
    Tagged as: Corporate Responsibility, Investments for Congregations, Socially Responsible Investing, Finance for Congregations
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  • Policy, Definitions & Eligibility Criteria Download Match Form and Instructions (Word) (PDF) UUA Policy on Community Investments In January 2003 the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Board of Trustees passed a policy formally requiring that a portion of UUA funds be invested in Community...
    October 22, 2013
    Tagged as: Corporate Responsibility, Investments for Congregations, Socially Responsible Investing, Finance for Congregations
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  • BECAUSE Unitarian Universalists believe in the inherent worth and dignity of every human person, and in the use of the democratic process in society at large, and because approval of the 2011 AIW opposing Citizens United paved the way for the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) to take the...
    2013 | Action of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: Corporate Responsibility, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Election Reform
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  • BECAUSE Unitarian Universalists (UUs) believe in the “inherent worth and dignity of every person,” and in the “use of the democratic process” in society at large; WHEREAS the U.S. Supreme Court decision of January 21, 2010, in Citizens United v. FEC enshrined corporations as persons and...
    2011 | Action of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: Corporate Responsibility, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Economic Justice, Election Reform
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  • BECAUSE our Unitarian Universalist Principles affirm “the inherent worth and dignity of every person” and call for “justice, equity and compassion in human relations” and BECAUSE our denomination has a long history of opposing racism and sexism; WHEREAS full-time supermarket workers in...
    2011 | Action of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: Corporate Responsibility, Gender Justice, Economic Justice, Racial Justice
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  • Neighborhood Church—Pasadena, CA ...
    June 17, 2011
    Tagged as: Corporate Responsibility, Investments for Congregations, Socially Responsible Investing, Finance for Congregations
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  • Most companies, like people, have a mix of strengths and opportunities for improvement. Companies’ mixed records can make it challenging for investors (and their managers) to determine whether they meet their social values, as well as their financial objectives. A growing number of benchmarks,...
    June 17, 2011
    Tagged as: Corporate Responsibility, Investments for Congregations, Socially Responsible Investing, Finance for Congregations
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  • Because: Unitarian Universalists as a community of faith respect the interdependent web of all existence, of which we are a part; Whereas: The 2006 UUA [Unitarian Universalist Association] General Assembly adopted the Statement of Conscience on Global Warming and Climate Change; Whereas: Wind pow...
    2008 | Action of Immediate Witness
    Tagged as: Climate & Environmental Justice, Corporate Responsibility, Climate Change, Energy Justice
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  • Be it resolved: To further the connection between our investment strategies and UU values, the Unitarian Universalist Association affirms ethical corporate governance principles which include (a) performance-based executive compensation that considers a company's impact on all stakeholders, and (...
    2005 | Responsive Resolution
    Tagged as: Corporate Responsibility, Economic Justice
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