Shareholder Resolutions

 
Here you will find resolutions approved by the Advisory Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility of the ELCA.
  • To view a resolution, click on the title of the resolution.

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To see which of these resolutions have been filed with various companies, please visit the Web site of the ELCA Board of Pensions. You may also view the Resolution Filing Process.


Resolutions by issue

Codes of Conduct
PDF Format A Global Set of Corporate Standards, 2005
PDF Format Proposal for a Global Set of Corporate Standards, 2004
PDF Format Vendor Code of Conduct Report 

Domestic Access to Capital
PDF Format Avoiding Underwriting and Securitization of Predatory Loans, 2006
PDF Format Avoiding Underwriting and Securitization of Predatory Loans, 2003
PDF Format Develop Suitability Standard for Loans, 2007
PDF Format Subprime Lending Practices, 2003
PDF Format Equal Credit Opportunity - Community Reinvestment, 2006
PDF Format Equal Credit Opportunity - Community Reinvestment, 2004
PDF Format Leading the Housing Market through Conforming to the Community Reinvestment Act (Freddie Mac), 2005
PDF Format Use of Capital Markets to Fund Microfinance, 2006
Domestic Access to Health Care (No resolutions yet)
Environmental Topics
PDF Format Corporate Environmental Accountability to Communities, 2006
PDF Format Endorse the CERES Principles, 2003
PDF Format Environmental Performance (1), 2006
PDF Format Environmental Performance (2), 2006
PDF Format Exporting Pesticides, 2006
PDF Format Product Safety
PDF Format PVC Products and Packaging Report, 2007
PDF Format PVC Phaseout Report on Products and Packaging, 2007
PDF Format Safer Packaging Alternatives, 2006
PDF Format Toxics Policy Report
PDF Format Toxins, 2005
PDF Format Water Shareholder Proposal, 2007
Extractive Industries
PDF Format Extractive Industries Policy, 2007
PDF Format Extractive Industries Reporting, 2007
Global Warming and Climate Change
PDF Format Climate Change Report, 2007
PDF Format Electric Power, 2006
PDF Format Electric Power Resolution, 2005
PDF Format Energy Efficiency, 2006
PDF Format Energy Efficiency Report, 2007
PDF Format Energy Efficient Resolution: Commercial Building REITs, 2005
PDF Format Energy Efficient Resolution: Hotel REITs and Hotel Companies, 2005
PDF Format Greenhouse Gas Reductions, 2007
PDF Format Manufacturing Resolution, 2005
PDF Format Petroleum, 2005
PDF Format Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 2003

Human Rights
PDF Format Adopt Human Rights Policies, 2005
PDF Format Adopt Human Rights Policies, 2006
PDF Format Develop & Adopt Comprehensive Human Rights Policies, 2004
PDF Format Report on Human Rights Policies and Implementation, 2006

International Access to Pharmaceuticals
PDF Format Global Pandemic - HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, 2003
PDF Format Report Related to Global HIV/ AIDS - TB - Malaria Pandemics, 2006
PDF Format Report related to Global HIV/AIDS-TB-Malaria Pandemics: Non-Pharmaceutical Company General Resolution, 2005
PDF Format Report related to Global HIV/AIDS-TB-Malaria Pandemics: Pharmaceutical Company General Resolution, 2005
Nondiscrimination in Business Activities
PDF Format Annual Election of Directors, 2006
PDF Format Annual Elections of Directors, 2003
PDF Format Board Diversity Resolution, 2006
PDF Format Board Diversity Resolution, 2005
PDF Format Board of Directors: Annual Election, 2005
PDF Format Equal Employment Diversity Report, 2007
Sustainability
PDF Format Coffee Crisis Report, 2005
PDF Format Resolution to Disclose Social, Environmental, and Economic Performance, 2003
PDF Format Social/ Environmental/ Economic Sustainability Reporting, 2005
PDF Format Sustainability Report, 2007
PDF Format Sustainability Report to Shareholders, 2004
PDF Format Sustainability Report to Shareholders, 2005
PDF Format Sustainability Report to Shareholders - YUM Brands, 2004
PDF Format Sustainability Report: Environmental Performance, 2005
Violence in Our World
PDF Format Ethical Criteria for Military Contracts, 2007
PDF Format Foreign Military Sales, 2007
PDF Format Inclusion and Violence in the Workplace, 2006
PDF Format Report on Implementation of Retail Policies, 2005
PDF Format Violent Video Games - Children and Video Game Developers, 2006