Hubbell Incorporated, a Connecticut-based electrical equipment manufacturer, and FuelCell Energy, a Connecticut-based energy company, have both agreed with a shareholder proposal urging them to ban discrimination based on gender identity. NorthStar Asset Management, Inc. in Boston asked each company...

At Hain Celestial's annual shareholder meeting on Thursday, November 30, CEO Irwin Simon had better hope shareholders drink a big mug of Celestial Seasoning's Sleepytime Tea before voting on the issues before them. Although the stock has finally broken out of years of lackluster performance, shareho...

Staples has agreed to adopt an open and transparent communications policy for the company's political donations, and Hain Celestial has agreed to document and disclose the exact pay gap between its top executives and lowest-paid workers, and evaluate whether that gap should be narrowed. These two r...

Under pressure from shareholder activists, a small but growing number of major U.S. companies have agreed to disclose their political donations on their corporate websites....

In the last three years, Goodridge has taken on the likes of Caterpillar Inc., Berkshire Hathaway Inc., and Tootsie Roll Industries Inc., with resounding success. Soon after Goodridge filed each shareholder resolution, the companies changed their policies without waiting for a vote....