Racial Justice

Proxy Voting Guide for Racial Justice

Sample Proxy Voting Language - Proxy Voting for Racial Equity Audits

Proxy Policy Language on Racial Equity for ISS

As the largest proxy advisory firm in the United States, ISS has outsized influence on proxy voting outcomes across the investor ecosystem. ISS’ policies, such as their U.S. Benchmark Policy, directly impact the proxy voting of significant and institutional investors across the investment ecosystem and the results of shareholder proposals and director elections. That is why we encourage investors and all interested parties to reference the redlined version of ISS’s U.S. Benchmark Policy, which was produced by Majority Action, The Shareholder Commons, Racial Justice Investing, and Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility.

It marks the changes that ISS should make to its U.S. Benchmark Policy in order to adequately apply a system stewardship lens and address systemic racial inequities and climate change.

Climate

Proxy Voting Guide for 1.5°C World

Sample Proxy Voting Language - Proxy Voting Policy Language for Director Elections

Proxy Policy Language on Climate for ISS

As the largest proxy advisory firm in the United States, ISS has outsized influence on proxy voting outcomes across the investor ecosystem. ISS’ policies, such as their U.S. Benchmark Policy, directly impact the proxy voting of significant and institutional investors across the investment ecosystem and the results of shareholder proposals and director elections. That is why we encourage investors and all interested parties to reference the redlined version of ISS’s U.S. Benchmark Policy, which was produced by Majority Action, The Shareholder Commons, Racial Justice Investing, and Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility.

It marks the changes that ISS should make to its U.S. Benchmark Policy in order to adequately apply a system stewardship lens and address systemic racial inequities and climate change.