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.

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....

Unitarian Universalists are heartbroken. Three million people have died in the world and millions more endure poverty because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lessons learned during the 2020-2021 plague force us to look at the American healthcare system....

WHEREAS, consistent with Unitarian Universalism’s living tradition, our Fifth Principle on democratic process, and our 2019 SOC on Our Democracy Uncorrupted, we understand democracy in the U.S. as a hope, a promise, an aspiration toward a body politic something like a Beloved Community,...

WHEREAS, our faith has publicly called for transgender-affirming actions for over three decades and trans, nonbinary, and intersex people are a cherished part of Unitarian Universalism; WHEREAS, in 2021 over 100 anti-trans U.S. state laws have been proposed, particularly targeting trans youth and...

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....

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....