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The most important thing we can do is to take informed action and maintain, as Sir Winston Churchill put it, a spirit of calm determination . . . because setbacks are inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.

Whenever money moves it has an impact. To make the impact of your wealth more humane, fair, and sustainable, as an investor you need to know these 5 things.

Newground filed a shareholder proposal with Tesla that calls for disclosure of its corporate political spending. Transparency on "dark money" spending would foster trust with shareholders, improve oversight, and protect democracy.

Newground filed a shareholder proposal that calls on Amazon to address misalignment between its public commitments on climate action, versus the company's political and "dark money" lobbying that undermine those commitments.

To reduce risk and improve oversight related to pollution and human rights abuses, Newground filed a shareholder proposal that calls on Chevron to lower the threshold needed to convene a special meeting of shareholders.

Responding to Hurricane Helene – 13 nonprofits focused on delivering immediate assistance to those most in need.

Investors sent Goldman Sachs a strong message in favor of broad-based and standardized Pay Gap reporting, with a 30% vote FOR a shareholder proposal sponsored by Newground Social Investment at today's annual meeting.

I signed up for the discounts, but I'm staying for the advocacy AARP does to ensure no one ends up living in a chicken coop.

Amazon talks a good game on climate, but supports anti-climate lobbying. A Newground shareholder proposal calls on Amazon to investigate this misalignment.

Newground has filed a shareholder proposal at Goldman Sachs that asks the Board to report on inequities in race and gender-based compensation among its employees.

This week Newground Social Investment joined a coalition of 45 institutional investors, fiduciaries, faith groups, and labor unions to strongly endorse a set of proposed revisions to the SEC’s rules that govern the shareholder proposal process.

Actor / Activist Scottie Thompson urges Chevron shareholders to vote FOR a proposal that will benefit shareholders, help indigenous people in the Amazon rainforest, and curb climate change pollution.

Newground joined a broad coalition of financial reform, labor, democracy, and environmental justice organizations in support of the new Minnesota Climate Innovation Finance Authority (MNCIFA) – an innovative state-run “green bank” that could become a national model for how to finance the critical transition to a clean energy economy.

Whenever money moves it has an impact. To make the impact of your wealth more humane, fair, and sustainable, as an investor you need to know these 5 things.

Biden's 1st veto defends ESG investing – which protects capitalism, leads to better outcomes, and humanizes wealth in pursuit of shared prosperity.

Lucy Lawless urges Chevron stockholders to vote FOR Proposal #10 on the 2022 proxy – because it will help indigenous people in the Amazonian rainforest of Ecuador, clean up devastating pollution, and prevent future human rights abuses.

With a ruling against Shell & majority votes against Exxon & Chevron, May 26th was a really big (bad) day for Big Oil.

Actress Susan Sarandon addresses two shareholder proposals up for a vote at Chevron that address Climate Change, Rainforest Destruction in Ecuador, and the Company's support of a Genocidal Military Government in Myanmar.

Van Jones – As I survey the landscape the morning after, and as millions of votes are still being counted, I see 5 points of optimism.

Shareholders challenge Nike's use of Dark Money spending. In our 15+ year experience, America's least transparent disclosure policies.