Operation Free Iraq(A)
On March 19, 2003, I and millions of other people around the world watched as the first bombs were dropped on Iraq in “Operation Free Iraq”. We watched media analysts hover over maps of the Middle East with color-coding, arrows, stars and circles. A picture of early morning traffic in downtown Baghdad lurked on the television split screen; automobiles, trucks and pedestrians moving around as if in a normal world on one side while carefully coifed commentators with bland expressions introduced generals and politicians on the other side of the screen. At the bottom of the screen, sports scores, the …
Trillium Asset Management Applauds Senate Vote on ANWR(A)
In a key victory for environmentalists, the Senate voted March 19 to continue to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil drilling. …
Market Outlook – March 11, 2003(A)
As the world sits breathlessly waiting for war, dread and anxiety incite each other with every passing headline. Investors are struggling, not always successfully, to gain perspective in the midst of such high emotion. One classic error investors make in these situations is to mistake uncertainty for risk. …
American Spirit Is Alive and Well in Dissent and Protest Movements(A)
The great strengths of America have always been open discussion of issues and the recognition that people have a right to disagree with their leaders. …
Shareholder Resolutions May Be Just What the Doctor Ordered(A)
Religious investors and Trillium Asset Management are pushing pharamceutical companies to do more in the global fight against HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria. …
A Banner Year(A)
2003 Shareholder Season Brings Success for Sexual Orientation Nondiscrimination Proposals …
Here Comes The Sun(A)
"A little sunlight is the best disinfectant." -- US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis …
Companies Feel Heat on Global Warming from Investors, Not Washington(A)
With a federal government that seems increasingly friendly to big business and hostile to environmental protection, socially responsible investors are emerging as one of the most powerful voices for holding companies accountable on important environmental issues like global warming. …
A Citizen's Response to the National Security Strategy of the United States of America(A)
America! America! God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self control, Thy liberty in law. Katherine Lee Bates, "America the Beautiful" …
Advocacy Update for 2003(A)
Resolutions and Dialogue Cover a Wide Range of Sustainability Issues …
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