Goodridge: My beef with Zuckerberg (CNBC 6/20/16)
Julie Goodridge, CEO & Founder of NorthStar Asset Management, and Ross Gerber, Gerber Kawasaki CEO, discuss Facebook in light of their annual shareholder meeting....
Facebook shareholder calls for change in share structure (FT.com; 6/7/16)
Financial Times featured NorthStar’s shareholder proposal at Facebook this year in a recent article. Read it here....
NorthStar Files Rebuttal to Facebook proxy
NorthStar filed a rebuttal with the SEC today to respond to Facebook's opposition statement to a shareholder proposal filed by the NorthStar Asset Management Pension Plan, James McRitchie, and Myra K. Young....
NorthStar Asset Management Cements the Value of Diversity with IDEXX Labs
Today NorthStar announced successful negotiations with IDEXX Laboratories (NASDAQ: IDXX) regarding proxy booklet disclosures explicitly describing the company’s focus on the diversity of the Board of Directors and senior management....
NorthStar Files Rebuttal to TJX proxy
NorthStar filed a rebuttal today with the SEC to respond to TJX Companies' management’s opposition statement to NorthStar’s shareholder proposal, which is found in this year’s proxy statement....
NorthStar Files Rebuttal to Alphabet proxy
May 3, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NorthStar Asset Management Files Exempt Solicitation Against Alphabet (Google) Proxy Statement BOSTON, MA – NorthStar Asset Management, Inc., a socially responsible investment firm, filed a rebuttal today with the SEC to respond to Alphabet management’s oppos...
NorthStar Asset Management Announces Certification as B Corporation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Boston, MA – NorthStar Asset Management, Inc., a Boston-based socially responsible investment firm, announced today that it has become a Certified B Corporation™ (B Corp) through B Lab, a nonprofit organization that empowers “a global movement of people using bus...
The rise of the CEO social activist (CNBC/April 20, 2016)
CNBC interviewed NorthStar’s Julie Goodridge about our shareholder proposal at FedEx asking the company to take a stand against state-sponsored discrimination like North Carolina’s infamous House Bill 2. In the article, Julie is quoted as stating that “A CEO’s most important ...
NorthStar Files Rebuttal to CVS Proxy Statement (4/12/16)
If Congress won't act to control gun violence, maybe investors can; they can stop supporting the manufacturers of deadly assault weapons--like the Smith & Wesson guns used in the latest mass shooting in San Bernardino....
5 Ways to Invest in LGBT Rights for Great Returns (U.S. News Money; 10/28/15)
Viewing investment decisions through an LGBT lens can pay off. An expanding body of evidence indicates that what's good for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees is also good for investors. Analysts say companies that take the high road regarding sexual orientation tend to be progressive ...