About Mercy Investment Services
Mercy Investment Services, the asset management program for the endowment, operating, and other funds of the Sisters of Mercy and Mercy Ministries, works for systemic change in the areas of non-violence, racism, environment, concern for women, and immigration through socially responsible investing.
Mercy Investment Services’ multifaceted approach includes corporate engagement, proxy voting, portfolio screening and community investments, maximizing our impact on our community, nation and world. Guided by the mission, Critical Concerns, and Direction Statement of the Sisters of Mercy, Mercy Investment Services offers its participants greater investment returns, thus sustaining the mission of the Sisters of Mercy and their ministries.
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ULTRA PETROLEUM CORP.
Voting deadline: 5/21/2012Shareholder Resolution Regarding Report on Hydraulic Fracturing
RESOLVED: Shareholders request that the Board of Directors prepare a report to investors by September 2012, at reasonable cost and excluding confidential or legally prejudicial data, on the short-term and long-term risks to the company’s operations, finances and gas exploration associated with community concerns, known regulatory impacts, moratoriums, and public opposition to hydraulic fracturing and related natural gas development.
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MCDONALD'S CORPORATION
Voting deadline: 5/23/2012Shareholder Resolution Requesting Nutrition Report
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Shareholders request that the Board of Directors issue a report, at reasonable expense and excluding proprietary information, within six months of the 2012 annual meeting, assessing the company’s policy responses to growing evidence of linkages between fast food and childhood obesity, diet-related diseases and other impacts on children’s health. Such report should include an assessment of the potential impacts of public concerns and evolving public policy on the company’s finances and operations.
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EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION
Voting deadline: 5/29/2012Shareholder Proposal Regarding Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goals
RESOLVED: Shareholders request that the Board of Directors adopt quantitative goals, based on current technologies, for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions from the Company’s products and operations; and that the company report to shareholders by November 30, 2012, on its plans to achieve these goals. Such a report will omit proprietary information and be prepared at reasonable cost.
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CHEVRON CORPORATION
Voting deadline: 5/29/2012STOCKHOLDER PROPOSAL REGARDING COUNTRY SELECTION GUIDELINES
RESOLVED: The shareholders request the Board to make available by the 2013 annual meeting a report, omitting proprietary information and at reasonable cost, on Chevron’s criteria for (i) investment in; (ii) continued operations in; and, (iii) withdrawal from specific high-risk countries, including Burma.
STOCKHOLDER PROPOSAL REGARDING HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
RESOLVED: Shareholders request that the Board of Directors prepare a report to investors by September 2012, at reasonable cost and excluding confidential or legally prejudicial data, on the short-term and long-term risks to Chevron Corporation’s operations, finances and gas exploration associated with community concerns, known regulatory impacts, moratoriums, and public opposition to hydraulic fracturing and related natural gas development.
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CATERPILLAR INC.
Voting deadline: 6/12/2012Shareholder Resolution Regarding Review of Corporate Global Standards
RESOLVED: Shareholders request the Board of Directors to review and amend, where applicable, Caterpillar’s policies related to human rights that guide international and U.S. operations, extending policies to include franchisees, licensees and agents that market, distribute or sell its products, to conform more fully with international human rights and humanitarian standards, and that a summary of this review be posted on Caterpillar’s website by October 2012.
