Location: Leighton 426

Time: 8:00 am

Present Chenoa Schatzki-McLain, Arjendu Pattanayak, Fred Rogers, Madeline Hagar, Paul Peterson, Shane Zerr, Stephen Kennedy, Steve Romenesko

Absent Greg Amusu, Locke Perkins

Secretary: Katherine Mateos

Going through the first half of resolutions to find committee consensus over whether or not to advise the board to support themGoldman Sachs lobbying reporting and similar request to Comcast request for a more comprehensive report on lobbying spending

  • Seems to be a reasonable request
  • Transparency
  • Good government = political contributions
  • Falls under preapprove category; supported


Indigenous Peoples’ Rights for banks (ex: Goldman Sachs) relating to DAPL lending

  • Include Indigenous Rights in official human rights statements
  • Reporting rather than business practices
  • Environmental aspect
  • Less aggressive than previous year when not approved by the board
  • Consensus to support at least some
    • Perhaps support the cleanest and best written resolutions
    • Very similar resolutions to each other


Comcast asking for an in-person meeting rather than virtual shareholder meeting

  • Supported


Philip Morris tobacco company establishing The Foundation for Smoke-free World to do research on smoke-free tobacco company

  • Though Philip Morris fund the Foundation the research should remain independent
  • Asking for statement detailing interactions between foundation and company
  • Transparency
  • Supported


Wells Fargo response to 2016 fraud

  • Calls for company-wide review of standards to be published
  • Compiling report
  • Improve company’s reputation in the eyes of public
  • Supported


Anadarko Petroleum methane emissions

  • Report on methane leakage and improvements being made
  • Greenhouse gases pre-approval category
  • Supported