Category: Free Enterprise Project
BlackRock, the World’s Largest Asset Manager, Faces Charges of Discrimination
Washington, D.C. – At today’s annual BlackRock shareholder meeting, Scott Shepard, Director of the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP), presented a proposal holding the asset management behemoth accountable for its suppression of alternate viewpoints. Proposal ...
Shareholders to Vote on DEI, Viewpoint Diversity, Overboarding and Radical Donations
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 ...
Conservative Shareholders Denounce DEI, Decarbonization and Disarmament
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 -- American Express, Intel, General Electric, Progressive, Ford and Duke Energy. On Tuesday, May ...
That Starbucks DEI Case Doesn’t Stand for What You Think It Does
While proponents of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) agenda have been celebrating the dismissal of our recent DEI case against Starbucks, Scott Shepard, Stefan Padfield and Ethan Peck of our Free Enterprise Project (FEP) note that "a closer look at the decision ...
I’ll Take a Soda, a Show and Even the Check – But Please, Hold the DEI
Conservative Shareholders Challenge Discriminatory Practices at Coca-Cola, Pepsi, MGM and Citigroup Meetings Washington, D.C. – Giving voice to growing concerns regarding corporate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policies, shareholders with the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project ...
Planet Fitness Grilled Over Locker Rooms and Company Priorities
At today's Planet Fitness annual shareholder meeting, Free Enterprise Project (FEP) Deputy Director Stefan Padfield submitted two questions to leadership, and both questions were condensed and then answered. First Stefan asked: According to at least some reports, Planet Fitness lost ...
FEP/NCLA Bring New Challenges to SEC’s Benighted Corporate “Climate Disclosures” Rule
Washington, D.C. - The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) has filed a complaint in the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project (FEP), the leading representative of the ...
Corporations in the Crosshairs: Shareholder Proposals Target DEI, Human Rights Hypocrisy, Unrealistic Emissions Commitments and More
Citigroup, IBM, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, MGM, Capital One, Kraft Heinz and Berkshire Hathaway Should Return to Neutrality on Social and Political Issues Washington, D.C. – In one of their busiest weeks of the season, shareholder activists with the National Center for ...
Pfizer and Levi Strauss Face Challenges from Conservative Shareholders Over Support of Divisive Causes
Washington, D.C. – At this week’s Pfizer and Levi Strauss annual shareholder meetings, shareholder activists with the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) will demand accountability for the companies’ partisan and divisive charitable donations. Both proposals ...
Goldman Sachs to Get Net-Zero Reality Check from Local Pastor
Washington, D.C. - At today's Goldman Sachs annual shareholder meeting, Pastor Ryan Shaddix will present a shareholder proposal on behalf of the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project (FEP), requesting that the company conduct a review to ...
