Tag: Environmental Justice
IASJ Tells Banks: Stop Funding Environmental Racism
April 22, 2024April 22, 2024 A safe, healthy, and just environment is the foundation for enjoying all human rights. As part of IASJ’s Climate + Dignity campaign, we are committed to engaging with banks to address human rights impacts associated with their financing activities. Challenging Banks on Climate Justice Though US banks have made public commitments to tackle the […]
Forever Chemicals: A Legacy of Environmental Racism
January 18, 2024Welcome to Advocacy Matters, a monthly column where IASJ staff members will be publishing opinion pieces about current events, human rights, environmental issues, and corporate controversies. At IASJ, we believe that, in the pursuit of social justice, advocacy matters. Advocates champion the cause of human rights and equitable economies for all. In this new monthly […]
Investors Press Climate Change as a Human Rights Issue
September 27, 2019A safe, healthy, and just environment serves as a prerequisite for enjoying all human rights, rendering the climate crisis a pervasive threat to the rights of billions of people around the world. The Paris Agreement, a landmark United Nations accord aimed at keeping global temperature rise well below 2°C, explicitly states in its preamble that […]
Tri-CRI Weighs In on EPA Clean Car Standards
October 26, 2018Affirming our longstanding commitment to reduce climate impacts of the automotive industry, in alignment with our shareholder engagement in the sector, the Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment submitted a public comment to the EPA and NHTSA opposing the proposal to weaken the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. In August 2018, President Trump released a proposal […]
We’re Hiring! Program Associate Position Description
July 27, 2018The Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment is hiring a second Program Associate to support our shareholder engagement work on climate change, sustainability, and impact investing. See job description and application instructions below or view the posting on Idealist. About the Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment Members of the Tri-State Coalition leverage our collective shareholder voice to […]
Investors Urge Banks to Support DAPL Reroute
February 22, 2017Tri-CRI members joined over 130 investors in signing a statement urging the banks financing the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) to support the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s request to reroute the pipeline to avoid treaty territory. Investors highlighted the financial and reputational risks of being associated with a pipeline project that was developed without sufficiently assessing the implications for indigenous […]
ExxonMobil Fails to Block Climate Justice Proposal at the SEC
March 25, 2016Faith-Based Shareholders Force Vote at ExxonMobil on Moral Imperative of Limiting Global Warming to 2 Degrees Celsius New York, NY, Thursday, March 24, 2016 – As a result of an SEC ruling yesterday, for the first time ExxonMobil shareholders will grapple with the moral and justice implications of climate change, as related to the company’s […]
Tri-CRI Meets with Cardinal Peter Turkson
March 4, 2016Cardinal Peter Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, who was the primary author of Laudato Si’, was in New York this month and we were pleased to have the opportunity to not only, see him speak, but also meet with him. He was the keynote speaker at a session entitled “Catholics, Capitalism, and the Climate,” […]
An Eye On COP21 Paris Climate Negotiations
December 2, 2015As 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
November 11, 2015In 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 […]
