Strong Support from Chevron Shareholders for Proposal Co-Filed by Trillium
STRONG SUPPORT FROM CHEVRON SHAREHOLDERS FOR PROPOSAL TO STRENGTHEN DIRECTORS’ ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTISE May 26, 2010, Houston – The proponents of a stockholder proposal at Chevron Corporation seeking greater board environmental expertise hailed the 27% in support it received, according to preliminary results released by the company. “As a businessman and investor, I know how important it is to have the right leadership in a firm,” said Rob McCord, Pennsylvania’s independently-elected State Treasurer. “The recent and tragic Gulf disaster should remind all executives and investors that trust matters — and so do contingency plans. This awareness should prompt Chevron to improve …
"Younger Clients More Interested In SRI"
Trillium CEO Matt Patsky was quoted in an article in Financial Advisor on the younger generation’s preference for socially responsible investing. Click below to read the article Younger Clients More Interested In SRI Financial Advisor Green, April 2010 …
"INTERVIEW – New Trillium CEO aims to double assets"
Matt Patsky, Trillium’s CEO was interviewed by Thomson Reuters. In the article, Matt talks about where he would like to see Trillium in the future and how he is working to get there. Click below to read the article. INTERVIEW – New Trillium CEO aims to double assets TD Waterhouse Canada, April 12, 2010 …
"'Socially Responsible' Investing joins your money with your ideals"
Trillium CEO Matt Patsky was quoted in an article from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, providing information on socially responsible investing. Click below to read the article ‘Socially Responsible’ Investing joins your money with your ideals Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 16, 2010 …
Owens-Illinois, Inc
One Michael Owens Way Perrysburg, OH 43551 Phone: +1-567-3365000 www.o-i.com/ Glass is a true cradle-to-cradle material. Unlike plastics, glass does not degrade in the remanufacturing process, enabling a continuous cycle of use and reuse. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (OI—NYSE) is the largest global player in glass containers, with the technology to use 90% recycled glass in its manufacturing. OI is also the largest user of recycled glass containers in the US, recycling approximately one million tons per year. Although virgin glass forming is an energy-intensive process, with energy costs contributing 15-20% of total container cost, recycled inputs lower the cost substantially. Further, …
Dear Reader
Cheryl Smith, Ph.D., CFA, President For investors who seek out sustainability, cycles of birth, death, and rebirth are everywhere. The rapidly waning light as we approach the winter solstice calls to mind the Greek goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone; Demeter’s sorrow at the loss of her daughter led to winter for the earth. However deep and dark and endless the winter seems, eventually Persephone’s return from Hades each year brings spring and renewal. We are accustomed to economic and market cycles, but the October 2007 – March 2009 stock market decline was the most wrenching in decades. Many people …
Business's Enduring Image: Venality!
Milton Moskowitz I recently saw The Informant, starring Matt Damon as Mark Whitacre, the Archer Daniels Midland whistleblower who exposed his company’s blatant conspiracy to fix the price of lysine, an additive given to feedlot cattle and other livestock. I remember reading the book of the same name by New York Times reporter Kurt Eichenwald, and how amazed I was at the details of this conspiracy. Whitacre and other ADM executives met with their peers at competing companies in hotel rooms across the world where they fixed lysine prices and apportioned the market shares each of the companies would get. …
Financial Reform Hits the Skids
Jonas Kron In March of this year, in the depths of the market sell-off, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner appeared before the House Financial Services Committee to discuss the need to fix the nation’s financial regulatory system. Geithner told the committee “Our system failed in fundamental ways,” and to “address this will require comprehensive reform. Not modest repairs at the margin, but new rules of the game.” This conclusion was echoed by Representative Barney Frank (D-MA), chairman of the committee. “The days of light-touch regulation are over,” he said. The implications of the crisis went even further. As New York …
Shareholder Activists Win Important Victory at SEC
Jonas Kron What a difference a change in Administration makes. Champagne corks popped in the offices of socially concerned shareholders all throughout the land in October, when, with a few strokes of the pen, the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) restored a necessary dose of common sense to the shareholder resolution process that lacking in the Bush years. To appreciate the change, a little background is necessary. When filers of shareholder resolutions send off a resolution to a company, said company will typically scrutinize it to see if it conforms to rules governing such proposals, rules that are enforced by …
"Frustrated Investors Move from Big Banks"
Trillium President and senior portfolio manager, Cheryl Smith, Ph.D., CFA, was featured in this article from Financial Advisor magazine the shift away from large banks and towards smaller banks and credit unions. Click on the link below to view the article. Frustrated Investors Move from Big Banks (Financial Advisor) Financial Advisor Magazine, February 25, 2010 …
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