| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 55.95 |
| Liaison | Jonathan Lantz-Trissel |
| Submission Date | Jan. 22, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Eastern Mennonite University
PAE-16: Committee on Investor Responsibility
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Daryl
Bert Vice President of Finance Business Affairs |
Does the institution have a committee on investor responsibility or similar body that meets the criteria for this credit?:
The charter or mission statement of the CIR or other body, which reflects social and environmental concerns, or a brief description of how the CIR is tasked to address social and environmental concerns :
Mennonite Education Agency Investment Fund LLC: Provides a perpetual source of support (within the parameters of socially responsible investing) to the endowed and scholarship programs of Mennonite Church USA institutions.
Members of the CIR, including affiliations:
Mennonite Education Agency Investment Fund LLC Board of Managers
Phil Rich, Chair
Tom Bishop, appointed
Lowell Herr, appointed
James Histand, appointed
Allon Lefever, appointed
John Liechty, appointed
Bart Miller, appointed
Karen Thompson, appointed
Paul Johnson, appointed
Recent examples (within the past 3 years) of CIR actions:
Shareholder Advocacy Q2 & Q3 of 2013:
Safe Chemicals Policy- investor letters sent to Target, Walmart and Kroger asking companies to phase out potentially toxic chemicals in products it sells that have not been restricted by the government.
Forced Child Labor - met with Hershey management to discuss benchmarks for company's 100% certified cocoa commitment by 2020.
Financing of Cluster Munitions - Participated in a letter to nine major banks encouraging banks to establish a policy regarding the financing of cluster munitions and landmines.
The website URL where information about the committee is available:
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