Tag: Press Release
Starbucks Faces Shareholder Pressure Over Xinjiang Ties
Free Enterprise Project Demands Coffee Giant Close New Xinjiang Stores Days After Filing Forced-Labor Shareholder Proposal Washington, D.C. — Just days after the National Center for Public Policy Research filed a shareholder proposal pressing Starbucks to disclose its exposure to ...
Shareholders Sue New York Times Over Editorial Oversight Records
Washington, D.C. — The National Center for Public Policy Research and the State Board of Administration of Florida (SBA), on behalf of the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund (FRSTF), have filed a lawsuit against The New York Times Company seeking ...
Ahead of Trump-Xi Meeting, Warnings Grow Over China Supply-Chain Risks
Washington, D.C. — With President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping set to meet this week, pressure is building on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require publicly traded companies to disclose the risks their dependence on ...
SEC’s Short-Sighted Shareholder Proposal Move Could Lock In Left’s Corporate Gains
Washington, D.C. — The Securities and Exchange Commission’s decision to abandon federal oversight of shareholder proposals is a short-sighted move that could ultimately strengthen the hand of corporate management and leave free-enterprise investors with fewer avenues to challenge the growing ...
China-Made Equipment in the U.S. Grid? National Center Demands Corporate Answers
Washington, D.C. — The National Center for Public Policy Research is pressing major banks and utilities for answers about their exposure to Communist China-made equipment in the U.S. electric grid following President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency over ...
Corporations Cling to COVID-Era Virtual Meetings to Avoid Shareholder Scrutiny; Activist Investors Demand Change
Washington, D.C. — A new petition submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission demands that the SEC issue guidance to publicly traded companies regarding the widespread abuse of virtual shareholder meetings. The petition, submitted by the National Center for ...
Closing the DEI Disclosure Gap
SEC Petition Calls for Disclosure of Risks Linked to Race-Based Financial Programs Washington, D.C. — A new petition to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requests that the SEC issue guidance to publicly traded financial institutions regarding disclosure of ...
Investors Call For Transparency on China Supply-Chain Risks
Washington, D.C. — Companies doing business in China should disclose supply-chain risks associated with a potential abrupt break in U.S.-China relations, argues a new petition submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by the National Center for Public ...
Does Best Buy’s Board Believe Its Products Are Made By Elves Powered By Magic?
Company's Carbon-Neutral Commitment Reflects a Disconnect From Reality Washington, D.C. — At Friday's annual meeting of Best Buy shareholders, activist investors with the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project (FEP) will ask for evidence that the company's ...
Tom, Dick or… Mary? Shareholders Seek Clarification on How Dick’s Defines Women
Washington, D.C. - At Wednesday's annual meeting of Dick's Sporting Goods shareholders, activist investors with the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project (FEP) will seek clarification around Dick's business decisions surrounding transgenderism and feminism. "Dick's has claimed ...
