CORPORATE INTEGRITY PROJECT
Ben & Jerry’s Board Says Unilever Froze Directors’ Compensation
After a two-week attempt at mediation, Ben & Jerry's and parent company Unilever have returned their fight to the courtroom, following the subsidiary's objection to the British conglomerate's sale of its operations in Israel to its longtime franchisee, Avi Zinger....
Disney Caves to the Forces of ‘Woke’ AGAIN After Initial Resistance
It had seemed earlier this week that The Walt Disney Company finally figured out that getting in the middle of deeply divisive political issues was not in the best interest of the company and its shareholders. After all, as one financial analyst put it, the “wheels...
Unilever Boss to Ben & Jerry’s: Keep Your Politics from Causing Us Headaches
As Ben & Jerry's pauses its lawsuit against parent company Unilever to engage in mediation about its disagreement over selling the ice cream maker's operations in Israel, the British conglomerate's CEO --- who himself is a top ESG advocate --- advised the...
Mayor of Unilever’s US Home: Ben & Jerry’s/Israel Solution a ‘Cop-Out’
Last year, when Unilever cowered in fear after its renegade subsidiary Ben & Jerry's announced its planned boycott of Israel, Mario Kranjac wrote in the Jerusalem Post that the ice cream maker's "half-baked publicity stunt" was "blatant corporate hypocrisy."...
NLPC on Newsmax: Corporations’ BLM, ‘Defund the Police’ Support Has Been Deadly
Paul Chesser, director of the Corporate Integrity Project for the National Legal and Policy Center, appeared on Newsmax's "American Agenda" on July 22, 2022 to discuss NLPC's shareholder activism in holding corporations accountable for their support of the deadly...
UPDATE: Police Widow Blames BLM-Supporting ‘Woke’ Companies for Husband’s Murder
UPDATE Wed., July 20, 2022 8:35 p.m. EDT: Stephan Cannon was convicted of the murder of David Dorn after less than three hours of deliberation. Original post: Ann Dorn, widow of retired St. Louis police captain David Dorn, blames Black Lives Matter and the...
Missouri/Louisiana Lawsuit Has Big Tech on the Run
It is becoming increasingly difficult for Big Tech companies like Google, Meta (formerly Facebook) and Twitter to hide behind the Section 230 exemption under the U.S. Communications Decency Act, which gives them immunity from litigation over third-party content. A...
VIDEO: Public Companies Should Be Neutral on Abortion
7/16/22- NLPC Chairman Peter Flaherty tells One America News Network's John Hines that Corporate America should not take sides in the abortion debate.
Corporate America Should Stay Out of Abortion
From an opinion article by NLPC Chairman Peter Flaherty today on RealClear Politics: The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade is triggering a predictable reaction from various “woke” corporations – or, perhaps more accurately, from corporations intimidated...
VIDEO: NLPC’s Kamenar Blasts SEC Climate Disclosure Rule
7/5/22- Paul Kamenar, Counsel to the National Legal and Policy Center, blasts the SEC after the agency proposed a new rule requiring all registered US companies to report the estimated impacts of climate change caused by their...
Ben & Jerry’s Sues Unilever Over Sale of Business in Israel
Following last week's sale by Unilever of the rights to manufacture and sell Ben & Jerry's products in Israel to its longtime local franchisee, the "independent" board of directors for the ice cream maker is suing its parent company over the decision. From the New...
Ben & Jerry’s Foundation President Steered Funds to His Own Charity
The Washington Free Beacon's Alana Goodman reported on Friday that Ben & Jerry’s Foundation steered more than $100,000 to a charity run by its own president. From Alana's article: Social Ventures Inc., a charity run by Ben & Jerry’s board member Jeff Furman...
Unilever Tries to Save Face w/ Sale of Israeli Ben & Jerry’s Unit
British multinational corporation Unilever, parent company to progressive ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s, has sold the ice cream maker’s operations in Israel to its longtime (30 years) licensee/manufacturer/distributor in the country, Avi Zinger. The Jerusalem...
NLPC Confronts Mastercard Inc. for Support of Progressive Dark Money Groups
On Wednesday, National Legal and Policy Center presented a resolution at Mastercard Inc.‘s annual shareholder meeting that would require greater transparency and itemization by the corporation about its charitable contributions. The company’s board of directors...
SEC Asked to Withdraw Climate Disclosure Rule
NLPC is asking the Securities and Exchange Commission, chaired by Gary Gensler, to withdraw its proposed rule to force public companies to disclose climate information and “risks.” At a time when Americans are reeling from sky-high gas prices, the Biden administration...
NLPC Demands General Motors Disclose Child Labor in EV Supply Chain
On Monday, National Legal and Policy Center presented a resolution at General Motors Company’s annual meeting that would have required the company to report to shareholders the degree to which its business – which has become heavily dependent on rare earth metals...
Salesforce CEO Confronted for Using Company for His Personal Activism
On Thursday, National Legal and Policy Center presented a resolution at Salesforce, Inc.’s annual shareholder meeting that would require the board to implement a policy to require the chair of the board of directors to be an independent member from the CEO. Marc...
Reporter Misrepresented Our Facebook Shareholder Presentation
Corbin Hiar, in E&E News Climate Wire, misrepresented remarks by our Paul Chesser last week in support of our shareholder proposal at Meta (Facebook) for charitable contribution disclosure. Hiar claimed that Chesser “suggest(ed) that President Joe Biden’s election...
NLPC Blasts Google, YouTube for Secrecy Over Gov’t Censorship Requests
On Wednesday, National Legal and Policy Center presented a resolution at Alphabet Inc.‘s annual shareholder meeting that would require the company to produce a semi-annual report that itemizes requests it has received from the federal government to censor information...
Shareholder Criticizes Walmart for Pushing CRT Training on Execs, Employees
On Wednesday, National Legal and Policy Center presented a resolution at Walmart Inc.'s annual shareholder meeting that would require greater transparency and itemization by the corporation about its charitable contributions. The company’s board of directors opposed...
Comcast Confronted for Practicing Racism While Claiming to Fight Racism
On Wednesday, National Legal and Policy Center presented a resolution at Comcast Corporation's annual shareholder meeting that would require greater transparency and itemization by the company about its charitable contributions. The company’s board of directors...
