When you become a Domini Funds shareholder, you join a
community of tens of thousands of investors whose voice is heard by
corporations on a variety of social, environmental, and corporate governance
issues. Shareholder activism, expressed through direct dialogue with
corporations in our portfolios and through the filing of shareholder
resolutions, helps guide corporations toward fairness and sustainability. It
lies at the heart of what we believe socially responsible investing is all
about.
This approach has produced some exciting results.
Initiatives like these are taking place because the voices of shareholders like
you have been heard:
·
Fair Trade
coffee: Procter & Gamble began to sell Fair Trade Certified®
coffee after an intensive dialogue co-led by Domini. The Fair Trade
certification system helps to alleviate poverty and hardship by guaranteeing
farmers a minimum price per pound for their crop, and by supporting
democratically managed cooperatives and more environmentally sound farming
techniques.
·
Global labor
standards: Gap Inc.
released its first Social Responsibility Report after two years of dialogue
with Domini and other socially responsible investors. Gap became the first
clothing retailer to publicly rate the way its contractors treat their workers,
and set new standards of transparency for its industry.
·
Ongoing
dialogue: Domini continues to communicate with the companies in our
portfolio on issues including product safety, gay and lesbian rights,
sustainability reporting, and corporate political contributions.
Shareholder
Resolutions: 1994-present
The following chart contains a list of all shareholder
resolutions filed by Domini Social Investments from 1994 to the present. We
frequently collaborate on these filings with other investment firms, as well as
public and private pension funds and foundations. In the chart below, we list
under “lead filer” the filings in which Domini played the main role. Under
“co-filer,” we list proposals for which another investor took the lead.
Company
|
Issue
|
Vote
|
|
2008
|
|
Lead
filer:
|
|
American Express
|
Political
contributions
|
Withdrawn
|
|
AT&T
|
Political
contributions
|
32%
|
|
Becton Dickinson
|
Brominated flame
retardants
|
36.1%
|
|
Best Buy
|
Sustainable
forestry
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Cummins
|
Union relations
|
16.4%
|
|
Home Depot
|
Sustainable
forestry
|
Withdrawn
|
|
International
Paper
|
Sustainable
forestry
|
5.3%
(preliminary)
|
|
J.C. Penney
|
Product safety:
PVC
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Lowe’s
|
Sustainable
forestry
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Nucor
|
Slavery
|
Withdrawn
|
|
RR Donnelley
|
Sustainable
forestry
|
Pending
|
|
Xerox
|
Supply chain labor
standards
|
Pending
|
|
Co-filer:
|
|
Avon Products
|
Product safety:
nanomaterials
|
25%
|
|
Colgate-Palmolive
|
Product safety:
nanomaterials
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Cooper Industries
|
Human rights
policy
|
Pending
|
|
JetBlue
|
Sustainability
reporting
|
Withdrawn
|
|
MeadWestvaco
|
Sustainable
forestry
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Pulte
|
Global warming
|
22.9%
|
|
Southwest
Airlines
|
Sustainability
reporting
|
Pending
|
|
TimeWarner
|
Separation of
chair and CEO
|
43%
|
|
2007
|
|
Lead filer:
|
|
AT&T
|
Political
contributions
|
13.3%
|
|
Becton Dickinson
|
Brominated flame
retardants
|
36.1%
|
|
BellSouth
|
Political
contributions
|
Acquired by
AT&T
|
|
CVS
|
Climate change
report
|
Withdrawn
|
|
EOG Resources
|
Climate change report
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Kimberly-Clark
|
Sustainable forestry
|
8.1%; Dialogue
|
|
Lowe’s
|
Sustainable forestry reporting
|
5.7%
|
|
Procter & Gamble
|
Sustainable forestry
|
Resolution withdrawn
|
|
Verizon
|
Political contributions disclosure
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Wendy’s
|
Sustainability reporting
|
33.1%
|
|
Xerox
|
Global labor standards
|
9.1%
|
|
Co-filer:
|
|
Anadarko
|
Climate change report
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Cisco Systems
|
Internet censorship
|
36%
|
|
Coca-Cola
|
Recycling
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Cooper Industries
|
Human rights policies
|
12.4%
|
|
FirstGroup plc (UK)
|
Global labor standards
|
10%
|
|
Hewlett-Packard
|
Political contributions
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Home Depot
|
Diversity reporting
|
26%
|
|
Wells Fargo
|
Climate change report
|
Withdrawn
|
|
2006
|
|
Lead filer:
|
|
Apple
|
Vendor standards
|
Withdrawn
|
|
AT&T
|
Political contributions
|
15.2%
|
|
Avon
|
Toxics policy report
|
4.8%
|
|
BellSouth
|
Political contributions
|
12.1%
|
|
Becton Dickinson
|
Brominated flame retardants
|
8.7%
|
|
Devon Energy
|
Climate change report
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Emerson Electric
|
Sexual orientation nondiscrimination
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Kimberly-Clark
|
Forestry report
|
8.2%
|
|
Limited Brands
|
Forestry report
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Lowe’s
|
Forestry report
|
7%
|
|
Monster Worldwide
|
Board diversity
|
9.7%
|
|
Verizon
|
Political contributions
|
33.4%
|
|
Wendy’s
|
Sustainability reporting
|
38.2%
|
|
Co-filer:
|
|
Anadarko
|
Climate change
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Chubb
|
Sustainability report
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Cisco Systems
|
Internet censorship
|
29%
|
|
Cooper Industries
|
Human rights policy
|
SEC omitted
|
|
Home Depot
|
EEO Disclosure
|
36%
|
|
Illinois Tool Works
|
Sustainability reporting
|
Withdrawn
|
|
PepsiCo
|
Recycling
|
Withdrawn
|
|
2005
|
|
Lead filer:
|
|
Apple
|
Vendor standards
|
Withdrawn
|
|
AT&T
|
Executive pension benefits
|
29.4%
|
|
Avon
|
Product safety
|
4.8%
|
|
BellSouth
|
Political contributions
|
12.2%
|
|
Emerson Electric
|
Sexual orientation nondiscrimination
|
34.7%
|
|
PepsiAmericas
|
Recycling
|
4%
|
|
SBC Communications
|
Political contributions
|
12.5%
|
|
Verizon
|
Political contributions
|
14.9%
|
|
Wendy’s
|
Sustainability reporting
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Co-filer:
|
|
Amgen
|
EEO disclosure
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Anadarko
|
Climate change
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Apache
|
Climate change
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Cisco Systems
|
Human rights policy
|
13%
|
|
Costco
|
Land procurement
|
4.8%
|
|
Dana
|
Sexual orientation nondiscrimination
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Home Depot
|
EEO disclosure
|
30%
|
|
Merck
|
Political contributions
|
8.8%
|
|
PepsiCo
|
Recycling
|
Withdrawn
|
|
2004
|
|
Lead filer:
|
|
AT&T
|
Executive compensation
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Avon Products
|
Parabens phaseout
|
8.7%
|
|
Costco Wholesale
|
Antibribery policy
|
SEC Omitted
|
|
Devon
|
Climate change
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Lowe’s
|
GRI report
|
SEC Omitted
|
|
Masco
|
Sexual orientation nondiscrimination
|
Withdrawn
|
|
NiSource
|
Sexual orientation nondiscrimination
|
Withdrawn
|
|
OGE Energy
|
Sexual orientation nondiscrimination
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Oxford Health Plans
|
Tobacco divestment
|
Withdrawn
|
|
PepsiAmericas
|
Recycling
|
5.4%
|
|
Target
|
Sustainability reporting
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Time Warner
|
Political contributions
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Tribune
|
Political contributions
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Co-filer:
|
|
Amgen
|
EEO disclosure
|
14%
|
|
Anadarko
|
Climate change
|
28%
|
|
Apache
|
Climate change
|
37%
|
|
Chubb
|
Climate change
|
SEC Omitted
|
|
Cooper Industries
|
Sustainability reporting
|
29%
|
|
Cisco
|
Pay disparity
|
11%
|
|
Intel
|
Water use
|
Withdrawn
|
|
J.P. Morgan Chase
|
Environmental issues
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Merck
|
Political contributions
|
10.4%
|
|
2003
|
|
Lead filer:
|
|
AT&T
|
Employee pension plan conversion
|
8.6%
|
|
Avon Products
|
Parabens phaseout
|
6.2%
|
|
Oxford Health Plans
|
Tobacco divestment
|
10.4%
|
|
PepsiCo
|
Recycling
|
SEC Omitted
|
|
Procter & Gamble
|
Coffee crisis report
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Co-filer:
|
|
Cintas
|
Vendor standards
|
8.4%
|
|
Cisco
|
Pay disparity
|
9.1%
|
|
Cooper Industries
|
Sustainability report
|
44%
|
|
Coca-Cola
|
Recycling
|
SEC Omitted
|
|
Emerson
|
Sexual orientation policy
|
10%
|
|
Illinois Tool Works
|
EEO disclosure
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Marsh & McLennan
|
Embedded climate risk
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Microsoft
|
GRI report
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Sears
|
Vendor standards
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Federal Express
|
Sexual orientation policy
|
Withdrawn
|
|
2002
|
|
Lead filer:
|
|
AT&T
|
Employee pension plan conversion
|
10%
|
|
Gap
|
Vendor standards report
|
Withdrawn
|
|
H.B. Fuller
|
Sales of adhesives to tobacco industry
|
Withdrawn
|
|
Co-filer:
|
|
Coca-Cola
|
Report on beverage container recycling goals
|
4.2%
|
|
Cooper Industries
|
Sustainability report
|
21.9%
|
|
Emerson Electric
|
Sexual orientation nondiscrimination
|
10.2%
|
|
Household Int’l
|
Link executive pay to predatory lending performance
|
27.0%
|
|
Johnson & Johnson
|
Global corporate standards
|
Withdrawn
|
|
PepsiCo
|
Recycling policy
|
9.4%
|
|
Sears, Roebuck
|
Vendor standards
|
|
