The CWC uses shareholder activism to promote the responsible investment of workers’ capital. Our work in this area relies on fostering strong ties between the international trade union movement and pension trustees.
We call on the owners of workers’ capital to exercise their rights as shareholders and to ensure the companies they invest in uphold the highest international standards of human rights and environmental stewardship.
Our current work monitors a range of issues such as the violation of workers’ rights in Burma as well as forced labour in global supply chains. We also cover recent campaigns, including shareholder activism on petitioning Siemens to break ties with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and an investor campaign to the U.S. S.E.C. for pay-ratio disclosure.
Review the background information, investor risks, and subsequent shareholder action and conclusions of the CWC's past campaigns.
Find out more on the CWC's annual International Meeting of Pension fund Trustees and review trustee resources.
News and Alerts
** View the press release for the CWC's Proxy Review Report (A Pension Trustee's Guide to Shareholder Votes in 2011) **
View the press release for the CWC's briefing paper, Investing in Decent Work.
Contact
Shareholder Activism Chair: Tim Lyons, ACTU
CWC Secretariat: Priya Bala Miller, SHARE