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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 CEO Julie Goodridge will be speaking on a panel at YW Boston’s 2019 Elevating Lives Series.
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.
NorthStar’s CEO, Julie Goodridge, was recently interviewed by a Windy City Times reporter about Julie’s career and passion for making social change.
NorthStar’s own Ivy Jack (Head of Equity Research) and Mari Schwartzer (Assistant Director of Shareholder Activism, Engagement, and Social Research) were quoted in a Bloomberg article that was also reprinted to the Chicago Tribune as well regarding the push for board diversity in the United States, including NorthStar’s significant advocacy work in this area.
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.
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 and thoughtful about other aspects of management as well.
What does the Bay of Pigs have to do with lack of diversity in boardrooms—a situation in corporate America that Morgan Stanley CFO Ruth Porat recently described as an “embarrassment”?
More than you might think.
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’s comprehensive non-discrimination policy and the Company’s benefits packages, NorthStar filed a shareholder resolution with FedEx in April of this year asking that equal benefits be extended to partners and families of LGBT senior executives.