PAB - Shareholder Advocacy

 

One of the ways we live out our Congregation’s Mission for world justice is by being socially responsible in the use of individual and corporate financial resources.
 

  • Investment Criteria (pdf) – We the Adrian Dominican Sisters, charge ourselves with the responsibility to evaluate our Congregational investments in relation to the Gospel social principles. We strive to effect change toward justice in the policies and operations of corporations in which we hold investments. 
     
  • 2024-2025 Shareholder Advocacy Priorities (pdf) – Each year we focus on specific social justice issues for corporate responsibility education. (matrix)

The Adrian Dominican Sisters are in partnership with organizations that share our goals and vision to make corporations socially responsible, including:

 

Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility

 

View a recorded presentation by Sister Corinne Florek, OP, on how voting your proxy can influence corporate decisions:

Recent Posts

A ship floats amongst a sea of spilled oil in the Gulf of Mexico after the BP Deepwater Horizon oilspill disaster.

Highlights from Proxy Season 2023-2024

By Mary Minette Mercy Investments Consultant Image attribution: kris krüg, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - Gulf of Mexico, CC BY-SA 2.0 August 19, 2024, Adrian, Michigan – In the 2023-2024 proxy season, the Portfolio Advisory Board (PAB) filed 19 shareholder proposals. Eight were withdrawn for ...
A boy about 13 years old with his back to the camera wearing a pink T-shirt, blue jeans, and flip-flops works on the wheel of a car with a set of socket wrenches on the ground.

ICCR Addresses Illegal Child Labor Used by Suppliers of Major Corporations

By Caroline Boden Director of Shareholder Advocacy, Mercy Investment Services In early 2023, The New York Times reported on the use of illegal child labor, mostly unaccompanied migrant children, in the United States. These children were illegally employed by suppliers for ...
two foil packets of drugs sit next to a stack of $20 bills

Shareholder Advocacy Focuses on Pharmaceuticals

By Lydia Kuykendal Mercy Investments February 6, 2024, Adrian, Michigan – Last year, shareholder health work focused on intellectual property protections for branded drugs. Specifically, it sought to clarify the relationship between pharmaceutical company patenting and access strategies.  That work continues, with ...
Attending the ICCR conference are, from left, Sister Susan Mika, OSB, Sister Ann Scholz, SSND, Sister Judy Byron, OP, Timnit Ghermay and Sister Marilín Llanes, OP.

ICCR Fall Conference Honors Retiring Members and Focuses on Various Topics of Concern

By Mary Minette Mercy Investments Consultant December 8, 2023, New York, New York – The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility’s (ICCR) annual Fall Conference took place October 3-5, 2023, in New York City and featured a variety of speakers and events ...
11 PAB Board members from September 2023

Portfolio Advisory Board – Fall Board Meeting Highlights

The Portfolio Advisory Board held its Fall meeting in late September at Weber Retreat and Conference Center, where Board members attended to business items, shared the year’s accomplishments regarding shareholder advocacy and community impact investing, and engaged in strategic ...
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