National Legal and Policy Center
Already advocating as a shareholder
Files shareholder resolutions in its own name. It has filed at 13 companies, among them Coca-Cola and Microsoft Corporation between 2023 and 2026.
Issues this organization works on
Acts ethically at the leadership level, Communicates transparently, Supports strong governance
How National Legal and Policy Center publishes its voting positions
Not yet researched. That means we have not checked, not that nothing is published.
Companies National Legal and Policy Center has engaged as a shareholder
15 recorded campaigns across 9 companies.
National Legal and Policy Center at Comcast Corp.
NLPC's proposal asked Comcast to separate the roles of CEO and board chair and appoint an independent chair, arguing that combining the roles under CEO Brian Roberts, who also controls a supermajority of votes through Class B shares, weakens board oversight.
National Legal and Policy Center at Apple
Publish an annual report assessing the risks of unethical data acquisition and use in AI development, including through partners such as OpenAI, with mitigation steps and effectiveness measures.
National Legal and Policy Center at Coca-Cola, American Express, and Merck (separate, parallel proposals)
The proposals asked each company's board to revisit its executive incentive-pay guidelines and consider eliminating what NLPC characterized as 'discriminatory' DEI-related milestones from executive compensation plans.
National Legal and Policy Center at Microsoft Corporation
Asked the company to prepare a report, at reasonable cost and leaving out proprietary or legally privileged information, assessing the risks that come from using data unethically to develop artificial intelligence, the steps it takes to reduce those risks, and how it measures whether those steps work.
National Legal and Policy Center at Microsoft
Report on the risks of unethical or improper use of external data in the development and training of the company's AI offerings and the safeguards in place.
National Legal and Policy Center at Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Asked the company to report on how much its businesses depend on China and on the risks that dependence creates.
National Legal and Policy Center at McDonald's Corporation
Asked the company to analyse whether its stated human rights commitments are consistent with how it actually operates.
National Legal and Policy Center at Deere & Company
Asked Deere to report on whether its greenhouse gas reduction and renewable energy commitments are congruent with the interests and viability of the agricultural, forestry and construction customers it serves.
National Legal and Policy Center at Apple Inc.
Asked the company to report on whether its public commitments on privacy and human rights match what it actually does, particularly where those commitments meet the demands of the governments it operates under.
National Legal and Policy Center at Comcast Corp.
NLPC petitioned Comcast's board to adopt a policy requiring director candidates to disclose their personal charitable and political campaign contributions.
National Legal and Policy Center at Walmart Inc.
Asked Walmart to report annually on the extent to which its operations depend on, and are vulnerable to, China. The filer's own title for the proposal was a Communist China audit.
National Legal and Policy Center at The Walt Disney Company
Asked the company to report on its operations in China and on the risks those operations create for the business.
National Legal and Policy Center at Apple Inc.
Asked Apple to report annually on the extent to which its operations depend on, and are vulnerable to, China. The company's own ballot title for the proposal was a Communist China audit.
National Legal and Policy Center at Alphabet Inc.
Report on vulnerabilities in Google's and YouTube's enforcement of their terms of service, covering risks from election interference, restrictions on free expression, and inequitable application of policy.
National Legal and Policy Center at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Asked the bank to publish a report, updated twice a year, on any requests it receives from government officials to close customer accounts, covering who made each request, what it involved, when it was made, what the bank decided and why.
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