Category: CVS

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Hiding from Shareholders: CVS Health

FEP Commentary /
"CVS has arguably thrown down the gauntlet, daring the federal government to enforce its stated policy on biological reality," writes Free Enterprise Project Executive Director Stefan Padfield in a commentary published at RealClearMarkets. Noting that "[t]he Trump administration has made ...
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CVS Breaks Free from HRC After FEP Activism

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CVS has dropped its corporate sponsorship of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). The National Center's Free Enterprise Project (FEP) has long called for corporations to distance themselves from this polarizing institution, and now we're finally beginning to see the fruit ...
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Stefan Padfield: Are CVS, Mondelez and McDonald’s Silencing Shareholders?

FEP Commentary /
"Companies may be using virtual meetings to undermine a critical component of corporate governance," writes Free Enterprise Project Executive Director Stefan Padfield in a commentary published at RealClearMarkets. Many companies have not returned to in-person shareholder meetings after their meetings ...
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Does CVS Support Pushing Transgenderism on Children? It Won’t Say

Press Release /
Washington, D.C. -- At yesterday's annual shareholder meeting of CVS Health Corporation, CVS executives refused to answer two important questions pertaining to the company's controversial positions and partnerships that risk both its reputation and bottom line. Only 24 minutes into ...
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Stefan Padfield: Does the SEC Believe ‘Transing’ Kids Is Normal Business for CVS?

Free Enterprise Project Commentaries /
"The SEC Staff recently issued a 'no-action' letter that can be read as concluding that CVS’s ordinary business includes 'transing' kids," writes Free Enterprise Project Executive Director Stefan Padfield in a commentary published at RealClearMarkets. But wait, there's more. And it's ...
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Shareholders to Vote on DEI, Viewpoint Diversity, Overboarding and Radical Donations

Shareholders to Vote on DEI, Viewpoint Diversity, Overboarding and Radical Donations

Press Release /
Washington, D.C. – Shareholder activists with the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) will present proposals at six shareholder meetings this week – BlackRock, Kohl’s, Home Depot, AT&T, CVS and Boeing. On Wednesday, May 15, FEP ...
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Conservative Shareholder Activists Present Proposals Addressing Civil Liberties, Debanking Conservatives, Corporate Board Incest and Racial Equity Audits

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Washington, D.C. - Shareholder activists with the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project (FEP) will present proposals at four shareholder meetings this week - CVS Health Corporation, Home Depot, Yum! Brands and Charles Schwab Corporation. FEP's shareholder ...
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Scott Shepard: States Can Stop the Outsourcing of Race Discrimination by Corporations

FEP Commentary /
Last week The Federalist published an important story detailing how various companies are “laundering” or “out-sourcing” their efforts to discriminate against so-called “non-diverse” employees on the basis of race, sex and orientation to non-profits, charities and public benefit corporations. It reported that [i]n response to ...
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Equity Theory As a (Terrible) Strategy for Growth

Free Enterprise Project Commentaries /
Many corporate executives have claimed that embracing “equity” theory at their companies (and, in the case of investment-house CEOs, trying to force equity on companies whether they like it or not) is in the objective, demonstrable best interest of shareholders ...
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CVS Health Board Members Should Be Fired for Discriminatory Policies, Say Investors

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Washington, D.C. – The director of the Free Enterprise Project (FEP) presented a shareholder proposal at CVS Health’s annual meeting today, requesting an audit of the company’s policies that he believes are discriminatory. He also called on investors to hold ...
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