Shareholder Proposals & Engagement with Corporations

Since 2000, NorthStar has initiated over 425 engagements with companies in our client portfolios as an integral part of the socially responsible investment process at our company. We consider it a fiduciary duty to engage with the companies in which we invest to improve the company’s standing on such issues as systemic racism, human rights, the environment and climate change, board and senior management diversity, employee voice and power, the rights of migrant workers, LGBTQ+ equality, and more. Each year, we file innovative new proposals at companies in our clients’ portfolios with the goals of protecting communities, encouraging better corporate behavior, and progressing forward on a variety of social issues. Below is a sampling of our engagements over the past two decades.