Tag: Press Release
FEP Comes Full Circle: Shareholder Activism Pioneer Takes the Helm at Free Enterprise Project
Washington, D.C. – Steven Milloy, a pioneer of conservative shareholder activism and an early architect of the movement to hold corporations accountable to shareholders, has been named Executive Director of the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project ...
Visa Investors Demand Accountability on DEI, Board Independence, Sexual Exploitation
Washington, D.C. -- The National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project (FEP) is urging Visa Inc. shareholders to vote their proxy ballots to support three shareholder proposals concerning Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI), board independence, and online sexual ...
Intuit Investors Urged to Support Sole Shareholder Proposal
Washington, D.C. – Shareholder activists with the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) are urging Intuit shareholders to make their voices heard by voting their proxy ballots before Intuit’s annual shareholder meeting on January 22. FEP ...
Costco’s Board in the Hot Seat Over Green Claims and Poor Performance
Washington, D.C. -- Shareholder activists with the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project (FEP) are urging Costco shareholders to make their voices heard by voting their proxy ballots before Costco's annual shareholder meeting on January 15. FEP ...
Free Enterprise Project Rings in the New Year With Five Corporate Settlements
Washington, D.C. -- Shareholder activists with the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project (FEP) have successfully negotiated shareholder proposal withdrawals with Prudential, Eli Lilly, Exxon, Capital One and AT&T. "As set forth on our website, 'the National ...
Cisco’s DEI Under Scrutiny — Shareholders Insist on Measurable Returns
Washington, D.C. – Shareholder activists with the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) are demanding to know whether Cisco’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs provide positive financial value to shareholders or whether they needlessly increase ...
Microsoft Shareholders Push for Stricter Oversight of European Security Program
Washington, D.C. – Microsoft shareholders are encouraged to vote today for the “European Security Program Censorship Risk Audit,” a shareholder proposal put forward by the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP). In June, Microsoft launched its ...
Tesla Shareholders Urged to Vote on Child Labor, Elon Musk Compensation and More
Washington, D.C. – The National Center for Public Policy Research is urging Tesla, Inc. shareholders to make their voices heard this week by voting their proxy ballots before Thursday’s annual shareholder meeting. The National Center recommends investors support its own ...
Visa Resorts to Word Games to Dodge DEI Scrutiny
Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) must not become complicit in Visa's potentially bad faith attempt to avoid scrutiny of its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies, warned the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free ...
DOJ’s Uber Lawsuit Triggers Questions from Disability Activists and Shareholder Activists
The National Center's Able Americans program and Free Enterprise Project teamed up to deliver a letter to the Uber board of directors yesterday seeking answers related to the recent lawsuit filed against Uber by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding ...
