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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BOSTON, MA — July 24, 2026 — A shareholder proposal filed by NorthStar Asset Management asking Linde plc to disclose a renewable electricity procurement strategy has won public support from major institutional investors ahead of the company’s...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 22.5% vote signals growing investor concern over AI’s water demands at one of the world’s largest data center REITs Boston, MA, June 9, 2026. A notable 22.5% of Digital Realty Trust (“DLR”) shareholders voted Wednesday in favor of a NorthStar...
Lead Author: Whitney Nguyen, CFA, Director of Impact Research Co-Authors: Tenzing Tashishar, Investment Research Analyst; Madison Krieger, MBA, Activism & Impact Research Analyst In 2024, the OECD warned: “The world faces a growing water disaster. For the first...
NorthStar is pleased to share that we have published our 2023-2024 Social Change & Activism Report!
We approach activism and advocacy from the perspective of our five pillars: Racial Justice and Gender Equity, Environmental Justice, Economic Equality, Human Rights, and Corporate Governance.
NorthStar is proud to announce that it has been honored as a Best for the World company by B Lab, the “non-profit that certifies B Corporations, companies using the power of business to solve social and environmental problems” list by scoring in the top 10 percent of all B Corps in the “Customers” category due to our impact-driven business model.
After engagement with shareholders, two California-based water utilities, California Water Service Group (NYSE: CWT) and American States Water (NYSE: AWR), have adopted policies confirming a commitment to support the human right to water (HRTW).
On the eve of World Water Day (March 22), Boston portfolio management company NorthStar Asset Management, Inc. is pleased to announce successful negotiations with Intel Corporation on the creation of an official Intel policy that supports the human right to water. Intel Corp. is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of semiconductor chips, the creation of which requires the ongoing use of large amounts of water.
NorthStar Asset Management, Inc., a socially responsible investment firm, is pleased to announce successful negotiations with PepsiCo, worldwide food and beverage manufacturer, of an official PepsiCo policy in support of the human right to water. PepsiCo is the first publicly traded, multinational corporation to create such a policy.
In the face of increasingly alarming statistics about the global availability of clean drinking water, PepsiCo shareholders and human rights activists have teamed up to demand that PepsiCo create and follow a policy that respects the Human Right to Water.
“Water scarcity is a serious modern-day reality,” says Julie Goodridge, CEO of NorthStar Asset Management, Inc., a wealth management firm based in Boston.