| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 68.39 |
| Liaison | Sam Lubow |
| Submission Date | June 29, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Stanford University
PAE-17: Shareholder Advocacy
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
5.00 / 5.00 |
Jiffy
Vermylen Sustainability Coordinator Sustainability & Energy Management / Office of Sustainability |
Has the institution filed or co-filed one or more shareholder resolutions that address sustainability during the past three years?:
Has the institution submitted one or more letters about social or environmental responsibility to a company in which it holds investments during the previous three years?:
Has the institution conducted a negative screening of its entire investment pool within the last three years?:
A brief description of how the institution (or its foundation) has engaged in shareholder advocacy that promotes sustainability during the previous 3 years. :
Stanford screens its investment pool for diversity, environmental, labor, human rights, and health issues every year.
Over the last 3 years, Stanford updated or created new Investment Responsibility corporate governance and social issue policies and proxy guidelines to address "substantial social injury;" voted all U.S. and global portfolio holdings proxy ballots.
The website URL where information about the negative screen, divestment effort, and/or direct engagement with companies in which the institution holds investments is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Please note that Stanford:
(1) Does not file or co-file shareholders resolutions.
(2) Engages corporations as a next step if companies do not respond to shareholder supported social issue resolutions.
(3) Only restricts (screens-out) potential investments approved by the Trustees (currently the list includes core tobacco companies and 3 of the remaiing companies Stanford divested from for doing business in &/or with the government of Sudan).
Please note that Stanford:
(1) Does not file or co-file shareholders resolutions.
(2) Engages corporations as a next step if companies do not respond to shareholder supported social issue resolutions.
(3) Only restricts (screens-out) potential investments approved by the Trustees (currently the list includes core tobacco companies and 3 of the remaiing companies Stanford divested from for doing business in &/or with the government of Sudan).
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