Rules and steps for filing resolutions
Securities laws governing shareholder resolutions - see rule 14a-8 for rules governing shareholder proposals and rule 14a-7 for rules governing the obligation of companies to provide lists of shareholders.
NorthWest Corporate Accountability Project - some resources on how to file resolutions, with samples of social resolutions
Shareholder activists and networks (see also Shareholder Activist Allies You Should Know)
Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility - leading religious shareholder group with over $90 billion in assets.
Socialfunds.com - a socially responsible investing website with an up to date shareholder activism section co-managed by the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
Social Investment Forum - trade organization for the socially responsible investing community. See particularly As You Sow and Trillium Asset Management.
Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies - alliance of shareholders and environmental groups using shareholder activism as a means of opening dialogue with companies.
Student Alliance to Reform Corporations - a new campus-based effort to promote socially responsible proxy voting and investment at universities and colleges across the U.S.
Investment
Responsibility Research Center - tracks shareholder resolutions yearly;
provides proxy voting services and corporate social research
Proxy voting
services
Institutional Shareholder Services
Investment
Responsibility Research Center
Proxy Solicitation/
Investor Relations Services
Shareholder
Direct
Corporate Governance
Corporate Governance site - an excellent web resource for corporate governance news and analysis
Executive
Paywatch - AFL-CIO's executive pay monitoring site. Also includes some
information on directors.