The list of Shareholder Engagement Leaders is comprised of 30 schools that earned “A” grades in this category. Below is a sample of ten very different institutions that all qualified for the list. These summaries are based on data from each school’s profile page.
Amherst College has a Committee on Shareholder Responsibility that includes students, faculty, and staff. This committee makes proxy voting recommendations to the board of trustees.
Carleton College has a committee of five students, two faculty members, and two staff members that makes recommendations to the proxy subcommittee of the board of trustees on votes involving social issues.
Students, faculty, and trustees serve on the shareholder committee of Clark University’s board of trustees, which makes proxy voting recommendations to the full Board.
At Colorado College the director of investments refers relevant proxy votes for review and recommendation to a subcommittee of the college’s shareholder committee, composed of faculty, staff, trustees, alumni, and students.
Students, faculty, and alumni serve on Columbia University’s Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing, which makes proxy voting recommendations to the board. The committee also hosts an annual town hall meeting at which the school community can voice its opinion on issues facing the committee or issues that the committee should address.
At Dickinson College four students, four faculty members, one alumnus, and two administrators serve on the Socially Responsible Investment Discussion Group, which makes recommendations on proxy voting and studies socially responsible and sustainable investment alongside the college’s current policies and portfolio.
Earlham College has a committee with three students, two faculty members, and three trustees that makes recommendations to the proxy subcommittee of the board of trustees on some votes involving social issues.
At Harvard University the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR) is composed of four faculty members, four students, and four alumni. The ACSR makes recommendations for voting on proposals involving social issues to the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility, which is responsible for voting the university’s shares.
At Oberlin College a committee of three students, one faculty member, and one staff member makes recommendations to the proxy subcommittee of the board of trustees on votes involving social issues.
At Pomona College a committee of three students, three faculty members, and two staff members advises the proxy subcommittee of the board of trustees on votes involving social issues.