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Information for Pepsico Shareholders Regarding our 2016 Shareholder Proposal

April 7, 2016 By IWV Sponsor

APRIL 7, 2016: Trillium Asset Management and The Sustainability Group of Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge, along with Green Century Funds, have published a letter to shareholders of PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) urging them to vote in favor or our Pollinator Protection proposal, which appears as item # 6 on the company’s 2016 proxy card. Shareholders […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

Trillium Submits Comments to EEOC in Support of Summary Pay Data by Gender, Race and Ethnicity

March 9, 2016 By IWV Sponsor

March 9, 2016: On behalf of our clients, Trillium Asset Management has written to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in support of a proposal to collect summary pay data by gender, race and ethnicity. Our firm is pleased that the Commission is moving forward with this proposal, as gender pay disparity has become a significant […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

Trillium Publishes 2016 Proxy Voting Guidelines

March 7, 2016 By IWV Sponsor

March 7, 2016: Each year, companies seek votes from shareholders on items that are pending on their annual proxy ballots. The issues that shareholders can vote on range from the approval of boards of directors to social and environmental issues — including proposals that Trillium and other SRI investors file every year. Regrettably, too many […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing, Featured Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

Trillium Reviews Internal Salaries for Possible Gender Pay Gap

March 3, 2016 By IWV Sponsor

MARCH 3, 2016: The financial services sector is routinely found to have one of the widest gaps in pay by gender relative to other parts of the economy. Despite women making up nearly one third of the financial services workforce, on average women earn significantly less than their male colleagues. At Trillium Asset Management (Trillium) […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

Trillium Successfully Withdraws Workforce Diversity Proposal at Adobe

February 15, 2016 By IWV Sponsor

Expanded website with equal employment opportunity data launched FEBRUARY 12, 2016: Trillium Asset Management is pleased to announce that it has withdrawn its workforce diversity shareholder proposal at Adobe Systems Incorporated. Adobe published an expanded section of its website that includes its annual EEO-1 workforce diversity data and provides meaningful disclosures around its strategies aimed […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

Shareholders: Citigroup Refuses to Publicly Address Gender Pay Gap Issues

February 10, 2016 By IWV Sponsor

BOSTON, MA // FEB. 10, 2016: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently rejected Citigroup’s request for “No-Action” on a Gender Pay Gap shareholder proposal that was filed by Trillium Asset Management (Trillium), a Boston-based investment firm. Investors are requesting that Citigroup (NYSE: C) prepare a report demonstrating that the company does not have […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

Food Waste is an Emerging Sustainable Agriculture Issue

February 4, 2016 By IWV Sponsor

By Allan Pearce, Shareholder Advocate Given the tremendous environmental impact that agricultural and food companies have, food system advocacy has been a mainstay of Trillium’s shareholder activism for decades. Trillium has focused on sustainable agriculture as it directly contributes to, and is impacted by, climate change, through deforestation and the use of fossil fuels to […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

Information for Whole Foods Market Shareholders Regarding our 2016 Shareholder Proposal

January 22, 2016 By IWV Sponsor

JANUARY 22, 2016: Trillium Asset Management has published a letter to shareholders of Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM) urging them to vote in favor or our Food Waste shareholder proposal on the company’s 2016 proxy card. The letter provides an overview of the importance of the issue as well as the four main reasons why […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

Trillium’s Q4 2015 Market Commentary & Advocacy Highlights Available for Download

January 20, 2016 By IWV Sponsor

January 20, 2016: Trillium’s Q4 2015 Economic & Market Commentary and Shareholder Advocacy Highlights are now available to download. “2015 was a year of contradictions and noise, along with a highly concentrated and narrowly-focused market. Oil prices dropped throughout the year, with West Texas Intermediate oil ending the quarter at $37 per barrel, down 18% […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

Winter 2016 Issue of Investing For a Better World – Available to Download

January 11, 2016 By IWV Sponsor

The Winter 2016 issue of Trillium’s Investing For a Better World is available to download. Articles include:• Thinking Capital℠: Jack Robinson’s take on COP21 • Food Waste is an Emerging Sustainable Agriculture Issue • Trillium’s Support of EPA’s Proposed Methane Rule • Engaging Chipotle on Minimum Wage Reform • Measuring the Carbon Impact of our […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

Carbon Analysis: Risks and Opportunities in Trillium’s Sustainable Opportunities Strategy

December 14, 2015 By IWV Sponsor

DECEMBER 14, 2015: Trillium Asset Management recently engaged MSCI ESG Research to analyze the carbon-related characteristics of our Sustainable Opportunities Strategy, in comparison to a portfolio replicating a market benchmark. In addition to assessing the carbon footprint of the Strategy as of September 30, 2015, the MSCI analysis also leverages an extensive set of carbon […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

Trillium Engages Chipotle on Minimum Wage Reform

December 4, 2015 By IWV Sponsor

DECEMBER 4, 2015 // BOSTON, MA: Trillium Asset Management, on behalf of our client The Congregational Council of Plymouth Church UCC of Seattle, recently filed a shareholder proposal at Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) urging the Board of Directors to “adopt principles for minimum wage reform, to be published by October 2016”. As public protests […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

Measuring the Carbon Impact of Our Investments

December 1, 2015 By IWV Sponsor

DECEMBER 1, 2015: At Trillium Asset Management, we believe that fiduciary duty requires the integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors into the investment process as a way to identify the companies best positioned to deliver strong long-term performance. We integrate climate risk into our investment process because we believe that climate change is […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

Information Regarding Trillium’s Shareholder Proposal at Oracle

November 9, 2015 By IWV Sponsor

NOVEMBER 9, 2015: Trillium Asset Management, along with Green Century Equity Fund, has co-filed a Shareholder Proposal at Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) asking that: “senior management, with oversight from the Board of Directors, set company-wide quantitative targets by March 2016 to increase renewable energy sourcing and/or production”. Our proposal is #5 on the Oracle 2015 […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

Trillium Co-Sponsoring BSAS Sustainable Investing Seminar

November 5, 2015 By IWV Sponsor

Boston Security Analysts Society’s 3rd Annual Sustainable Investing Seminar on will be held on Thursday, November 19th NOVEMBER 5, 2015 // BOSTON, MA: On Thursday, November 19th the Boston Security Analysts Society will host its third full-day Sustainable Investing Seminar. “Sustainable Investing” is often used interchangeably with the terms “Mission-based Investing,” “Green Investing,” “Impact Investing,” […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

New White Paper: Integrating Gender into Total Portfolio Activation

November 2, 2015 By IWV Sponsor

NOVEMBER 2, 2015 // BOSTON, MA: A group of investors has released a new white paper, Investing for Positive Impact on Women: Integrating Gender into Total Portfolio Activation. The paper was prepared by Croatan Institute with the guidance and close collaboration of Global Fund for Women, Root Capital, Thirty Percent Coalition, and Trillium Asset Management. […]

Filed Under: -Impact Investing, -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

US SIF Commends Department of Labor Repeal of 2008 Bulletin

October 22, 2015 By IWV Sponsor

WASHINGTON, D.C. // OCTOBER 22, 2015: The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment commends today’s announcement by Secretary of Labor Tom Perez in New York that the administration is rescinding a 2008 bulletin that discouraged investors from considering environmental and social factors in the companies and funds in which they invest. Through his leadership, Secretary […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

Trillium’s Approach to Shareholder Engagement

October 19, 2015 By IWV Sponsor

OCTOBER 2015: Trillium Asset Management and our clients know that every company, no matter how sustainable, still has environmental and social impacts. Sometimes those impacts are material to the company’s finances and shareholders. They also can be more closely related to the well being of ecosystems, communities, consumers, employees or other stakeholders. In every situation, […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

Trillium’s Fall 2015 Newsletter is Available for Download

October 12, 2015 By IWV Sponsor

October 2015: The Fall 2015 issue of Trillium’s newsletter Investing For a Better World is now available for download. Articles include: Matt Patsky’s Column:  Thinking Capital℠ Goddard College: A Story of Sustainability and Divestment White House Clean Energy Investment Summit Jackson W. Robinson Joins Trillium Trillium Launches New SRI Mutual Fund Global Divest Invest Initiative is […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

Summary of Trillium’s 2015 Shareholder Proposals Available for Download

September 14, 2015 By IWV Sponsor

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015: During the 2015 proxy season, Trillium Asset Management filed more than two dozen shareholder proposals with publicly traded U.S. companies and engaged with scores more through direct outreach, sign-on letters and in-person meetings. Our corporate engagement addressed a wide range of issues including climate change, board diversity, workplace discrimination, political and lobbying […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

Trillium’s Perspective on Recent Market Volatility

August 25, 2015 By IWV Sponsor

August 25, 2015: We are writing to share our thinking on the past two weeks’ stock and bond market activity, and there have been some wild swings in both stock and bond prices. As always, we want to base our decisions on an analysis of the future: How might changes in economic growth and policy, […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

List of Trillium’s 2014-2015 Proxy Votes Available for Download

July 22, 2015 By IWV Sponsor

JULY 22, 2015: Each year, companies seek votes from shareholders on items that are pending on their annual proxy ballots, ranging from the approval of boards of directors to shareholder proposals on social and environmental issues like those we file every year. At Trillium, we take that voting very seriously. You can download a list […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

Trillium’s 2015 UN Principles for Responsible Investment Report is Available

July 13, 2015 By IWV Sponsor

JULY 13, 2015: Trillium Asset Management is a signatory of the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Initiative, which is an international network of investors working together to put the Principles for Responsible Investment into practice. Its goal is to understand the implications of sustainability for investors and support signatories to incorporate these issues […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

Investors Applaud General Mills’ Improved Policies to Protect Bees from Pesticides

July 8, 2015 By IWV Sponsor

JULY 8, 2015: Following engagement with investors and advocates, General Mills has become the first major packaged foods company to improve policies to protect bees and other pollinators from the impacts of pesticides. A shareholder resolution filed by investor advocacy non-profit As You Sow and Clean Yield Asset Management was withdrawn after the company agreed […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

Investors Worth $1.5 Trillion Support White House’s Methane Emissions Reduction Plan

July 1, 2015 By IWV Sponsor

BOSTON, MA // JULY 1, 2015: As recent data show methane emissions rising from the oil and gas industry, and the White House moves forward with rules to reduce this pollution, leading investors representing $1.5 trillion in assets under management released a statement of support today for a strong federal standard. “As widely diversified, long-term […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

Trillium Testifies in Support of California Pension Coal Divestment Bill

June 26, 2015 By IWV Sponsor

JUNE 25, 2015: On Wednesday, Trillium Asset Management testified in support of CA SB 185, a bill which would require bill California’s state pension funds, Calpers and CalSTRS, to divest investments in companies that generate 50% or more of their revenue from coal mining. Jodi Neuman, who represented Trillium at the hearing, testified: “Our employee-owned […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

Trillium Participating in White House Clean Energy Summit

June 16, 2015 By IWV Sponsor

June 16, 2015: Trillium Asset Management is pleased to announce that our firm has been invited to participate in today’s White House Clean Energy Summit. Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to deliver remarks highlighting more than $4 billion of independent commitments by major foundations, institutional investors, and other long-term investors to fund climate change […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

Investors, Major Brands Call for Stronger Standards from Palm Oil Certification Group

June 1, 2015 By IWV Sponsor

Group urges RSPO to strengthen protections for forests, human rights JUNE 1, 2015 // BOSTON, MA:  Institutional investors, including Trillium Asset Management, representing over $5 trillion in assets have joined together with some of the world’s largest and most recognizable consumer brands, including PepsiCo and Procter & Gamble, to call on the Roundtable on Sustainable […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Shareholder Activism, Sponsor, Trillium

Sustainable Investing Advocate, Geeta Aiyer Wins Joan Bavaria Award

May 13, 2015 By IWV Sponsor

MAY 13, 2015 // SAN FRANCISCO, CA: Geeta Aiyer, sustainable investing entrepreneur and Founder and President of Boston Common Asset Management, has been awarded the seventh-annual Joan Bavaria Award for Building Sustainability into the Capital Markets. The announcement was made at the Ceres Conference, which is running today and tomorrow in San Francisco. Nearly three […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

Portfolio 21’s Merger with Trillium

May 11, 2015 By IWV Sponsor

By The Portfolio 21 Investment Team Both founded in 1982, Trillium and Portfolio 21 have been in the Sustainable and Responsible Investing (SRI) field for decades. With the growing recognition and popularity of Sustainable and Responsible Investing (SRI), the merger comes at a very natural time. Trillium’s domestic equity expertise, marketing and distribution capability and […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Sponsor, Trillium

Shareholders Press PepsiCo to Take Action to Protect Bees and Other Pollinators

May 5, 2015 By IWV Sponsor

May 5, 2015: Shareholders of PepsiCo* (“Pepsi”), concerned about the sharp declines in the number of bees and other important pollinators, are urging the Company to assess the financial risks it faces due to the decline of critical pollinators across its supply chains. The investors will gather at Pepsi’s annual meeting on May 6th, to […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing Tagged With: Shareholder Activism, Sponsor, Trillium

Trillium Honored as B Corp ‘Best for the World’ in 2015

April 14, 2015 By IWV Sponsor

APRIL 14, 2015: Today, Trillium Asset Management was among 120 companies worldwide that were recognized for creating the most positive overall social and environmental impact by the nonprofit B Lab with the release of the fourth annual ‘B Corp Best for the World’ list. The ‘B Corp Best for the World’ list honors businesses that […]

Filed Under: -Sustainable-Responsible Investing, Beyond Investing Tagged With: Bcorp, Sponsor, Trillium

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