The Global Unions’ Committee on Workers’ Capital (CWC) has released its Baseline Expectations for Asset Managers on Fundamental Labour Rights (“CWC Baseline Expectations”). Developed by trade unions and pension fund board members as part of the Asset Manager Accountability Initiative, the CWC (...)
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Global Trade Unions Release Baseline Expectations for Asset Managers on Fundamental Labour Rights
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Spotlight on Capital Group: Opportunities to Embed Fundamental Labour Rights in Investment Stewardship
Capital Group is the world’s 7th largest asset manager. The US-headquartered firm is an active investor which often ranks as a top 10 shareholder in the companies where it invests, including priority cases among CWC participating trade unions, such as Amazon and Wizz Air. The manager has a (...)
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Trustees Driving Real World Impact: An Interview with Cheri Hearty (Canada)
The first interview from the CWC’s 2022 Trustee Leadership Profile Series features Cheri Hearty, a Canadian union-elected trustee and co-chair of the Pension Plan for the Employees of the Ontario Public Service Employees’ Union since 2019. Despite being from a smaller plan, Cheri’s knows how to (...)
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CWC 2022 Amazon proxy brief
The CWC invites investors to vote for workers at Amazon.com Inc’s 2022 Annual General Meeting.
This investor brief lists shareholder resolutions and proxy vote recommendations that the CWC encourages investors to support at the 2022 Amazon.com Inc (...) -
2022 Proxy Season Bulletin
The CWC Secretariat invites asset owners and managers to consider supporting the following shareholder resolutions related to decent work and labour rights during the 2022 proxy season.
Building on filings from 2021, there continues to be heightened shareholder interest in fundamental labour (...)