Updates
Ongoing Media Coverage of Human Trafficking Awareness Work in the Approach to the Super Bowl
The Tri-State Coalition, the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, and NJ Coalition Against Human Trafficking have received excellent media coverage of the campaign to raise awareness around the risk of human trafficking around the February 2nd Super Bowl, hosted in New Jersey. The following stories highlight the work of Tri-CRI and our partners to raise […]
Event: January 15th: New Jersey’s Annual Human Trafficking Awareness Day
Join the Tri-State Coalition and the NJ Coalition Against Human Trafficking on Wednesday, January 15th from 7-9 at the Bergen Performing Arts Center to observe Human Trafficking Awareness Day, featuring: The New Jersey Debut of A Day In The Life, A Live Performance of Survivor Stories written by teens and performed by teens Courtney Wong, […]
Watch CBS segment featuring Tri-CRI’s Work on Human Trafficking
Watch CBS Religion & Culture Segment, Living in the Shadows: Religion’s Response To Human Trafficking, featuring Tri-CRI Executive Director Sister Pat Daly and Program Associate Margot Morris. This powerful piece discusses the different facets of human and labor trafficking and highlights the work of religious communities to respond in a movement for systemic change. It […]
Event: November 20th Press Conference on Bank Scorecard
7 Leading Banks to be Scored on Key Shareholder Concerns, Including Executive Compensation and Risk Management Scorecard from Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility to Examine Bank of America, Bank of New York Mellon, Citi, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo. NEW YORK, NY///November 18, 2013///How do America’s top banks stack up […]
Coverage of Tri-State CRI’s Anti-Trafficking Work in the Star Ledger
Super Bowl 2014 Pre-game By Mark Di Ionno/Star-Ledger Columnist Follow on Twitter on October 01, 2013 at 7:00 AM, updated October 01, 2013 at 11:58 AM There’s a pre-Super Bowl battle going on, that’s more life-and-death than any football game. This one pits nuns against pimps. And as any Catholic school kid can testify, the […]
Investor Statement on Bangladesh
From ICCR: “In light of a series of recent calamities in Bangladesh apparel manufacturing plants resulting in an overwhelming loss of life, we, the undersigned investors and stakeholders including 200 organizations representing over 1.5 trillion in assets under management, are calling on industry leaders to implement systemic reforms that will ensure worker safety and welfare, […]
Pepsi Responds to Shareholder Concerns on GMOs
For years, the members of the Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment, along with our colleagues at the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility have been sounding the alarm regarding genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in our food supply. Increased pesticide and energy use, as well as weed resistance, are among our concerns. In addition to these environmental factors, […]
Chevron Unresponsive to Calls for Improved Risk Measurement in Fracking Operations, Say Investors
Citing growing impatience with the intractability of fossil fuel companies in addressing environmental and social risks, members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility view 2013 as watershed year for the industry and its investors. NEW YORK, NY///February 19, 2013///As the fossil fuel industry comes under heightened scrutiny from both politicians and the public, investors […]
ICCR Publishes 2013 Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide
ICCR Publishes 2013 Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide From Sustainablity Investment News by Robert Kropp The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility reports that its members have filed 180 shareowner resolutions and engaged in 225 corporate dialogues this proxy season. SocialFunds.com — Last year’s Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide from the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) […]
Rev. Seamus Finn on a New Year and New Responsibilities for Corporations
An excerpt: As we prepare to bid 2012 adieu here in Washington, a phalanx of cameras are trained on Congress as they attempt to fulfill one of their old resolutions and to stave off the impending gloom portended by the “fiscal cliff.” Unable to come to an agreement on taxes and spending months ago, they […]
