Tag: Press Release
State Street’s Subjective Definition of Risk Opens Executives Up to their own Risk of Personal Liability, Say Shareholder Activists
Washington, D.C. – At today’s State Street annual shareholder meeting, executives told the Free Enterprise Project (FEP) that the company’s climate and diversity policies are justified due to long-term risk, but FEP representatives noted that even the executives’ assessment of ...
JPMorgan Isn’t Just a Bank – But It Should Be
If Bank Insists on Embracing “Stakeholder Capitalism,” It May Need to Become a Public Benefit Corporation Instead Washington, D.C. – At today’s JPMorgan Chase & Co. annual shareholder meeting, the Free Enterprise Project (FEP) presented a tongue-in-cheek shareholder proposal suggesting ...
Regressive Progressive: Progressive CEO Indicates That a Person’s Viewpoint is Determined By Race and Sex
Mayfield Village, OH – Progressive Corporation CEO Tricia Griffith today defended the company’s “Diversity, Equity & Inclusion” (DEI) policies by arguing that the opinions of individual customers can be assumed and predicted by selecting someone who looks like them to ...
CVS Health Board Members Should Be Fired for Discriminatory Policies, Say Investors
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 ...
Marriott Distances Itself From the World Economic Forum Agenda it Funds
Washington, D.C. – Marriott executives today tried to dissociate themselves from the dystopian ideals of the World Economic Forum (WEF) while still defending their use of shareholder money on the controversial organization and its ritzy retreats in Davos, Switzerland. At ...
They’re “Not Quotas,” Says Kraft Heinz About Diversity Goals
Kraft Heinz Denies That Hiring on Basis of Race and Sex Is the Same as a Quota System Washington, D.C. – At today’s Kraft Heinz annual shareholder meeting, executives took exception to the Free Enterprise Project’s characterization of the company’s ...
Black Conservative Denied Entry to American Express Shareholder Meeting
Washington, D.C. – A member of the Project 21 black leadership network was denied entry to the American Express annual shareholder meeting in New York today despite presenting proper credentials. Derrick Hollie intended to question the credit giant about its ...
Black Activists Hope Supreme Court Abortion Rumor Holds True
While Leaked Opinions Set Poor Precedent, Possible Ruling Applauded Washington, D.C. – Members of the Project 21 black leadership network expressed cautious optimism regarding a leaked document indicating that the U.S. Supreme Court may overturn Roe v. Wade and return ...
Goldman Sachs, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson Held Accountable by Shareholder Activists
Shareholder Proposals Question Spending and Racial Equity Policies Washington, D.C. – The Free Enterprise Project (FEP) presented proposals at the Goldman Sachs, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson annual shareholder meetings today. The Goldman Sachs and Pfizer proposals addressed the companies’ ...
New York Times Chairman’s Viewpoint Response ‘Just as Fraudulent as the Paper Itself’
Washington, D.C. – Leading shareholder activists with the Free Enterprise Project (FEP) today asked The New York Times Company Chairman A.G. Sulzberger why the company’s diversity goals don’t include diversity of opinion – an important quality for a newspaper that ...
