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NorthStar’s CEO honored as a 2019 Academy of Women Achievers Awardee
Julie Goodridge, NorthStar's founder and CEO, will be honored this June as one of YW Boston's 2019 Academy of Women Achievers Awardees. Read more here....
Costco Shareholders Affirm the Importance of Oversight and Disclosure for Prison Labor
At the recent annual meeting of shareholders for Costco, nearly 29% of shareholders voted in favor of a NorthStar shareholder proposal related to prison labor....
CNBC: “Zuckerberg has no clue about what it means to protect user privacy…”
NorthStar's CEO Julie Goodridge recently appeared on CNBC to discuss the most recent news of the tech giant's "mismanagement of user data." Click through to watch the video....
Facebook’s tipping point: Tech giant grapples with slower growth, calls for major leadership shakeup
As Facebook continues to struggle against "scathing reports," NorthStar's CEO Julie Goodridge was quoted in a recent Fox News article regarding the governance issues at Facebook. Read more....
CNBC: “Facebook investors sound off about Zuckerberg after stock plunges 40 percent in four months”
Coupled with Julie’s appearance on CNBC, NorthStar’s CEO joins other investors “sounding off” about Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg after a series of missteps continue to push the stock price lower. Through its shareholder proposals, NorthStar pushes Facebook to improve gove...
NorthStar’s CEO talks about Facebook on CNBC and Bloomberg
On November 19, 2018 NorthStar's CEO Julie Goodridge was invited to speak on Bloomberg TV as well as CNBC related governance issues at Facebook. Click through for links to both videos. ...
Windy City Times features Julie’s lifetime work in SRI
NorthStar's CEO, Julie Goodridge, was recently interviewed by a Windy City Times reporter about Julie's career and passion for making social change....
Green America features NorthStar’s work on prison labor
NorthStar's extensive work on understanding and mapping prison labor in the corporate supply chain of U.S. companies was featured in the most recent issue of Green American Magazine, the quarterly print publication of Green America. NorthStar has been a longtime member of Green America, an organiza...
NorthStar quoted in Reuters on issue of directors missing shareholder meetings
Shareholders that attend the company's annual meeting generally expect the board of directors to do the same, especially since it's the only annual opportunity for shareholders to voice concerns and hear a reply directly from the CEO and board. However, a recent Reuters article indicates that "small...
NorthStar is again honored as “Best for the World”
NorthStar Asset Management is pleased to announce that for the second year in a row it has been honored by B Corp as a “Best for the World” company in the customers category. According to B Corp, “Every business worth its salt aims to please its customers. The Best For The World: Customers hon...
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NorthStar paper on corporate political contributions (revised) released
NorthStar is proud to release a February 2014 revision to its pinacle paper, "Fiduciary Responsibility in Corporate Political Spending: TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY & STEWARDSHIP ." ...
2012 NorthStar Voting Report Released
NorthStar Asset Management is happy to announce the release of its newest report describing the firm’s proxy voting activity for the calendar year 2012. Click on the image below or here to access the report. ...
Letters to the Editor: The Cost of Divestment (Swarthmore Daily Gazette and the Swarthmore Independent; 9/26/13)
Letters to the Editor written by Swarthmore Mountain Justice, a divestment student group at Swarthmore College, and the Swarthmore Independent...
Letter to the Editor (Advisor Perspectives: 7/16/13)
Advisor Perspectives published a letter to the editor by NorthStar’s CEO, Julie Goodridge. Click here to see the article....
To Paraphrase Mark Twain: The Cost of Fossil Fuel Divestment Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
Recently there has been a lot of talk about the role of fossil fuels and divestment of these types of investment holdings. At NorthStar, our contemplations on these issues led us to a paper by Mark Kritzman and Tim Adler that uses mathematical simulations “to quantify the expected cost of divestme...
Political Disclosure Won’t Inhibit Corporate Speech (Wall Street Journal: 11/23/11)
Mr. Smith's claim that NorthStar Asset Management is trying "to persuade corporations to voluntarily surrender their First Amendment rights" is mistaken. This is not and has never been NorthStar's position. NorthStar shareholder proposals asking companies to provide shareowners with a nonbinding vot...
Speech given at 2011 First Solar Shareholders Meeting
As shareholders and socially responsible investors, we are concerned that Senate Bill 1070, entitled “Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act” and other subsequent legislation regarding stringent immigration laws may negatively affect our Company and its potential growth. When it ...
Home Depot: Let the Shareholders Vote
On June 2nd, Home Depot shareholders will vote on a shareholder resolution brought by NorthStar Asset Management, Inc, a Boston-based socially responsible investment firm, to allow shareholders a say on political contributions made by their company, a direct response to the 2010 Citizens Unit...
The Supreme Court Had Its Say. Now Let Shareholders Decide. (New York Times: 5/14/11)
Should Home Depot’s board report each year on the company’s political policies and spending? In a groundbreaking vote at the company’s June 2 annual meeting, Home Depot’s shareholders will have the chance to vote on a nonbinding resolution of support for the company’s policies on, and f...
FedEx Delivers LGBT Benefits
After seven months of dialogue with FedEx Corporation, NorthStar Asset Management, Inc. is pleased to report that FedEx has committed to extending health benefits to domestic partners of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees in every state. Prompted by a discrepancy between FedEx...
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