Updates
Tri-CRI Welcomes ADM’s First Progress Reports on No Deforestation, No Exploitation Policy Implementation
The Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment welcomes the release of ADM’s first progress reports on the implementation of its No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation policy for both palm oil and soy. Implementation of these policies, which complement ADM’s Human Rights Policy adopted after engagement by Tri-CRI, has followed a four step process, as the […]
An Eye On COP21 Paris Climate Negotiations
As the COP 21 Paris Climate Negotiations begin, Sister Pat Daly is in Paris with many members of the Dominican Order, and they have recently sent a statement to COP 21 delegates (see below). You can follow their activities here.Tri-CRI members have long engaged ExxonMobil on its position on climate change, encouraging positive actions within […]
Tri-CRI Launches Petition Asking ExxonMobil To Support the Paris Climate Talks
In support of Tri-CRI’s shareholder resolution to ExxonMobil entitled “Acknowledge Moral Imperative to Limit Global Warming to 2°C,” the Coalition has launched a public petition to Exxon asking the company to support the COP21 Paris Climate Negotiations set to begin at the end of this month. As the petition notes, already, ten of ExxonMobil’s peers […]
Faith-Based Investors Call on ExxonMobil to Acknowledge Moral Imperative of Climate Action
Faith-based investors, led by the Sisters of St. Dominic of Caldwell, NJ and other members of the Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment, filed a shareholder resolution with ExxonMobil on Thursday, October 22 entitled “Acknowledge Moral Imperative to Limit Global Warming to 2°C.” This resolution builds on the growing understanding of what the impacts of climate change […]
Tri-CRI Joins Investors In Support of Legislation Requiring Disclosure and Corporate Action on Human Trafficking Risks
The Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment is honored to join over 100 investors with over $1 trillion in assets under management in sending a statement to the US Senate and House of Representatives urging strong bi-partisan support for The Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2015 (H.R. 3226/S.1968). Read the full […]
Tri-CRI Letter Calls on GE to Complete Cleanup of the Hudson River
On August 21, the Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment sent a letter to General Electric urging the company to fully complete the cleanup of the Hudson River: “As shareholders in GE, our Coalition has long been involved in encouraging our company to take full and complete responsibility for the contamination caused by the disposal into […]
Sister Pat Daly on Fox Business Discussing Laudato Si and Climate Change
Following the release of Pope Francis’ Encyclical ‘Laudato Si’, Sister Pat was invited to speak on Fox News about climate change. In the interview below on the show Varney & Co., Sister Pat discusses the encyclical and the history of the work of the Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment with corporations on climate change.
Tri-CRI Joins Investors With $2.6 Trillion AUM in Letters to 15 Companies on Water Management
The Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment is proud to join over 60 institutional investors in sending letters to 15 food and beverage companies identified as laggards on water management by the recent Ceres report Feeding Ourselves Thirsty. In today’s Ceres press release about the letters, Acting Director Mary Beth Gallagher was quoted on the importance […]
Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment Welcomes Announcement of Clean Power Plan
Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment Welcomes Announcement of Clean Power Plan The Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment applauds the final version of the Clean Power Plan to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. In addition to contributing to climate mitigation, these essential regulations, which for the first time set limits on carbon pollution from […]
Tri-CRI Member Mercy Investment Services Congratulates Choice Hotels for Signing ECPAT Code
Tri-State Coalition member Mercy Investment Services congratulates Choice Hotels for signing the ECPAT Code. This move follows years of productive engagement between Mercy Investment Services and Choice Hotels on human trafficking. Read the full press release here and below: Mercy Investment Services congratulates Choice Hotels on signing the ECPAT Code to help end human trafficking.The Sisters […]
