News archive

Political killing in the Philippines

September 2006

ECCR Board member Fr Frank Nally writes to Prime Minister Tony Blair about the spate of political killings in the Philippines.

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ECCR open debate: 'Flying in the face of climate change?'

Held at Methodist Church House, London, on 28 September. Chair: Barbara Hayes (ECCR). Speakers: Martyn Graham (Society of­ British Aerospace Companies), Chris Goater (Airport Operators Association), Peter Lockley (Aviation Environment F­ederation), and Jason Torrance (Transport 2000).

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ECCR quarterly Bulletin, no. 62

September 2006

Justice, stewardship and shareholder democracy

• Shell resolution: unfinished business?
• New Companies Bill enfranchises nominee shareholders (pdf)
• Mining and indigenous peoples in the Philippines (pdf)
• Dialogue with Rio Tinto (pdf)
• Counting the cost of gold: new report from CAFOD
• Making global food chains more equitable: book review­

Charities Bill: ECCR urges greater transparency on charity and church investments

July 2006

A new Charities Bill is passing through Parliament. Under current charity law, charities - including churches - are not obliged to divulge details of their investments...

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ECCR quarterly Bulletin, no. 61: Responsibility, dialogue and risk

June 2006

• Shareholder responsibility and the role of business (pdf)
  
• Effective dialogue with companies (pdf)
  
• Measuring corporate social, environmental and ethical risk
• Unanswered questions: British Aerospace's AGM
• Breaking ground: new book on responsible investment
• Stewardship challenge to the churches (pdf)
  

ECCR publishes Rio Tinto - Revisiting the Principles: A Decade of Corporate Responsibility Reviewed

June 2006

[News release] (pdf) 

[Executive Summary] (pdf)

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Shell AGM vote and ECCR comment

May 2006

ECCR’s shareholder resolution, tabled with support from 130 shareholders and the World Council of Churches, was voted on as Resolution 15 at Shell’s AGM on 16 May 2006. One in six shares - 17.16%, worth over £10 billion - did not support Shell management and voted for the resolution or withheld their vote.

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World Council of Churches expresses support for Shell shareholder resolution

May 2006

World Council of Churches support for Shell shareholder resolution – ECCR news release

ECCR urges Shell shareholders to vote yes – news release

May 2006

ECCR has replied to the company's published statement about the resolution by urging responsible shareholders to vote yes to the motion.

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ECCR publishes a reply to Shell

April 2006

ECCR notes the company’s published response and urges responsible shareholders to vote for the motion.

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ECCR news release and background paper on Shell resolution

March 2006

Responsible investors back Shell shareholder resolution - press release, 15 March

Shell shareholder resolution: a background paper by Canon Christopher Hall

ECCR quarterly Bulletin, no. 60: Corporate responsibility - workers' perspectives

­March 2006

• Companies and child labour in India (pdf)
• Electronics industry labour standards (pdf)
• The corporate responsibility paradox
• Made in China
• Trade unions and corporate responsibility

ECCR delivers shareholder resolution to Royal Dutch Shell Plc

­February 2006

The resolution, to be included on the agenda at Shell’s AGM in The Hague on 16 May and simultaneously at the Novotel London West Hotel, has support of over 130 shareholders owning nearly one million shares:

[Shell resolution and supporting statement] (pdf)

[Shell resolution sources and background documents] (pdf)

ECCR quarterly Bulletin, no. 59

December 2005

• ECCR open debate: 'The ethical supply chain' (pdf)­
  
• The ethical supply chain – perspective from Ethical Consumer
• Argentina's carbon fund

ECCR open debate: 'The ethical supply chain – shareholder value or impossible ideal?'

September 2005

Held at Methodist Church House, London, on 27 September. Chair: Barbara Hayes (ECCR). Speakers: Fiona Gooch (Traidcraft), Muriel Johnson (consultant to Marks & Spencer), James Stacey (KPMG), David Meller (Sainsbury’s), Colin Meech (UNISON).

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