At the higher end, proxy advisory firms may offer official guidelines on what they believe are minimum actions a company should take with respect to Racial Equity Audits in order to receive the advisors support. Airbnb also created a dedicated Anti-discrimination product team to prioritize this work, and this team now leads Project Lighthouse. Currently, neither the SEC nor the major U.S. securities exchanges mandate publicly traded companies to make disclosures regarding Racial Equity Audit initiatives. It will not happen overnight. [121] Comptroller DiNapoli described the vote as an immense success for a first-time proposal . (go back), 31Webinar, Susan Baker, Director of Shareholder Advocacy, Trillium Asset Management, supra note 23; supra note 27. (go back), Posted by Ron S. Berenblat and Elizabeth R. Gonzalez-Sussman, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, on, Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, on Racial Equity Audits: A New ESG Initiative, The Illusory Promise of Stakeholder Governance. (go back), 27Racial Equity Audit Proposal Q&A CtW Investment Group and the Service Employees International Union, available at https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d374de8aae9940001c8ed59/t/605cdec4e6861277202f0b46/1616699076603/Racial+Equity+Audit+QA_CtW_SEIU+%28002%29.pdf. The following proposals will be put to shareholders at its May 25, 2022 annual meeting: Atlanta-based Home Depot, the largest home improvement retailer in North America, faced a shareholder proposal in 2021 that requested a political contributions congruency analysis. (go back), 74Big US companies pushed to tally progress on racial justice, Yahoo! Amongst the various ESG developments gaining traction in the markets is the recent push by shareholders for companies to conduct Racial Equity Audits, which generally consist of an objective investigation into a companys practices, policies and histories to determine such companys impact on social issues and areas for improvement. [108] Amazon argued that, regardless of the proposal being framed in the form of a request for a report, this did not change the fact that the subject matter of the proposed report is within [Amazons] ordinary business and thus excludable under Rule 14a-8(i)(7). (go back), 128SEIU and Change to Wins investment funds pushing for racial diversity in financial institutions, available at https://www.seiu.org/blog/2021/4/seiu-and-change-to-wins-investment-funds-pushing-for-racial-diversity-in-financial-institutions. Racial Equity Audits can focus on various aspects of a companys business, including the treatment of customers at a companys physical locations, the diversity of senior management, the targeting of products, and even political contributions. She described the products and policies Airbnb has pioneered to reduce racism on its platform. The Staff has stated that substantial implementation under the rule does not require the company to have implemented the proposal in full or exactly as proposed by the shareholder. Recently, investors and companies have also begun to appreciate that positive financial returns are often associated with investing in initiatives working towards racial equality. Racial Equity Audits are the practice of independently reviewing an organisation's policies and ascertaining how well they encourage and promote inclusion, diversity, and racial equality. In 2020 and 2021, at least 12 public companies received shareholder proposals to conduct a racial equity audit from pension funds and other shareholder supporters. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. [115] The companys environmental impact has also been called out for allegedly disproportionately affecting minority communities. By staying in the project, users will be helping to create a new benchmark to uncover, measure, and fight discrimination on Airbnb. While we witnessed an increase in shareholder proposals related to Racial Equity Audits in the 2021 proxy season, all such proposals were either withdrawn or defeated. Cacace actively holds the position of Director of Anti-Discrimination & Equity Programs for Airbnb. For more information on the study please see Edelman, Benjamin, Michael Luca, and Dan Svirsky. (go back), 46Best ESG Funds: High-Rated and Low-Cost Options, NerdWallet, Alana Benson, May 9, 2021, available at https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/investing/best-esg-funds. [98] Wells Fargo also said it is making efforts toward expanding [its] diversity and inclusion commitments with a focus on hiring, promotions, and turnover, with increased accountability across all of those areas and [is] taking specific actions in support of these commitments. [99] The board of directors of Goldman recommended that shareholders vote against the shareholder proposal on a Racial Equity Audit, saying it has taken additional steps toward racial equity in the past year, including assessing its shortcomings and committing to hiring more analysts from historically Black colleges and universities, while maintaining [its] existing programs focused on other diverse populations. [100] Goldman also pointed out that it is [b]uilding upon more than $200 million of grants in minority communities and to minority-owned businesses over the past two decades and in 2020 [Goldman] created the Fund for Racial Equity to support the vital work of leading nonprofits that are addressing racial injustice, structural inequity and economic disparity, which has committed $10 million from GS Gives in addition to matching employee contributions to recipient organizations. [101]. Exxon faces proxy fight launched by new activist firm Engine No. Resolutions calling for racial equity or civil rights audits at major corporations have received substantial shareholder support. [105] Comptroller DiNapoli was joined by other Amazon shareholders [106] in requesting Amazons board of directors to commission a Racial Equity Audit that would analyze two main issues: (1) Amazons impacts on civil rights, equity, diversity, and inclusion, and (2) the impacts of those issues on Amazons business. [107] In response, Amazon sent a letter to the SEC seeking to exclude the proposal from its 2021 proxy materials. [126] The resolution included in SEIUs proposal also noted that: A 2020 report on proxy voting found that BlackRock did not use its clout as a significant owner to advance racial justice. After a notice period, the data analysis will begin. (go back), 34Starbucks Steps Up Its Racial Justice Outreach With $100 Million Pledge, Forbes, Kori Hale, January 20, 2021, available at https://www.forbes.com/sites/korihale/2021/01/20/starbucks-steps-up-its-racial-justice-outreach-with-100-million-pledge/?sh=53b94b63389c. What's more, BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, and Citigroup have conducted . Trilinc Global, November 4, 2013, available at https://www.trilincglobal.com/what-is-esg/. (go back), 23Racial Equity Audits: A Critical Tool for Shareholders, CtW Investment Group, available at https://www.socinvestmentgroup.com/critical-tool-for-shareholders [hereinafter Webinar]. (go back), 122NYS Comptroller DiNapoli Statement on Major Support for Racial Equity Audit at Amazon, Office of the New York Comptroller, May 28, 2021, available at https://www.osc.state.ny.us/press/releases/2021/05/nys-comptroller-dinapoli-statement-major-support-racial-equity-audit-amazon. According to Laura Murphy, a prominent civil rights leader and civil rights auditor, a civil rights audit is an independent, systematic examination of significant civil rights and racial equity issues that may exist in a company and provides a plan of action to address those issues in a thorough, deliberate, timely, and transparent manner. Companies and in turn shareholders face significant risks if civil rights problems are not remedied, including reputational, regulatory, and litigation risks. Clear guidance from proxy advisory firms would also be beneficial to companies considering implementing Racial Equity Audit policies by offering indications on what parameters constitute best practices and how frequently these audits should occur. In a recent review of federal mortgage data from 2020 by Bloomberg, the outlet found that Wells Fargo has the worst record among major lenders when it came to disparities in approvals of refinancings by Black homeowners, approving fewer than half of Black homeowners refinancing applications in 2020. In addition to Starbucks, Airbnb and Facebook have completed audits. Firstenvironmental criteria, which considers a companys actions as a steward of the environment, such as what steps a company is taking to address the depletion of the planets resources, pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, or the effects of climate change. [38] Racial Equity Audits can be designed to help identify if and where these issues exist within a company so that management can address them most effectively. [139] The draft legislation would also require banks to investigate what ties they may have to slavery and disclose steps such institution would take to reconcile profits it may have received from slavery. (go back), 22Supra note 10. There are three essential features of an effective racial equity audit: The audit should be independent, and conducted by a firm with civil rights expertise; There must be robust stakeholder engagement to uncover issues across a company's products and services, workforce practices, and corporate policies; and Shareholders hope an Alphabet audit would cover a range of topics including: A National Labor Relations Board complaint alleged that the company enforced its dress code selectively and disparately against workers that displayed the slogan and engaged in other related protected concerted activities.. The chart below lists the proponents who submitted Racial Equity Audit proposals to public companies pursuant to Rule 14a-8 during the 2021 proxy season and the number of proposals they submitted: Source: ISS Corporate Solutions and SEC Filings, Boards of directors of public companies are [i]ncreasingly . Airbnb has consistently engaged in fighting bias and discrimination on its platform since 2016, after its first civil rights audit, authored by Laura Murphy, former Director of the American Civil Liberties Unions Washington Legislative Office and President of Laura Murphy & Associates. Google has blocked companies from using racial justice, Alphabets business practices are enabling racism and discrimination, posing legal, financial, and reputational risk., Shareholder proposal requesting additional reporting on lobbying, Item 9, Shareholder proposal requesting additional reporting on gender/racial pay, Item 11, Shareholder proposal requesting a report on customer due diligence, Item 5, Shareholder proposal requesting a report on customer use of certain technologies, Item 13, A Racial and Gender Board Diversity Report, Item 7, A report on Respecting Indigenous Peoples Rights, Item 8, Shareholder proposal relating to a racial equity audit, Item 7, Shareholder proposal relating to insuring law enforcement, Item 8, Shareholder proposal relating to lobbying, Item 4, Shareholder proposal regarding political contributions congruency analysis, Item 7, Shareholder proposal regarding gender and racial equity on the board of directors, Item 8, Shareholder proposal regarding racial equity audit, Item 10, Stockholder proposal regarding a lobbying report, Item 5, Stockholder proposal regarding a racial equity audit, Item 9, Stockholder proposal regarding a report on concealment clauses, Item 10, Stockholder proposal regarding a human rights assessment of data center siting, Item 13, Stockholder proposal regarding a report on data collection, privacy, and security, Item 14, Stockholder proposal regarding algorithm disclosures, Item 15, Stockholder proposal regarding misinformation and disinformation, Item 16, Stockholder proposal regarding a report on external costs of disinformation, Item 17, Stockholder proposal regarding a report on board diversity, Item 18, Stockholder proposal regarding the establishment of an Environmental Sustainability Board Committee, Item 19. [136] As the general publics views evolve on ESG issues, public pressure for certain actionsin this case, increased diversity in public boardroomsoften influence not just shareholder advocacy but legislative action. 1 grew impatient with Exxon after years of declining financials and long-continued dependency on fossil fuels, with no indication of future change. (go back), 78Rule 14a-8 No-Action Letter re: Stockholder Proposal to Citigroup Inc. from CtW Investments Group, Citigroup Inc., December 23, 2020, available at https://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/cf-noaction/14a-8/2021/ctwcitigroup022621-14a8.pdf [hereinafter Citigroup No-Action Letter]; Rule 14a-8 No Action Letter re: Johnson & Johnson2021 Annual Meeting, Omission of Shareholder Proposal of Christopher and Anne Ellinger and co-filers, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, December 16, 2020, available at https://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/cf-noaction/14a-8/2021/ellingeretaljohnson021221-14a8.pdf [hereinafter J&J No-Action Letter]. Airbnb is setting an important precedent by taking measurable steps to examine and dismantle discriminatory online systems. Airbnb will never sell the perceived race information used in this research project. In the U.S. market there are now over 600 ESG funds and exchange-traded funds for investors to choose from with approximately $161 billion in assets under management (AUM), which is more than double the AUM of ESG funds in 2010. Others in the tech industry can dive deeper into Twitters tactics around building an inclusive workplace by reading the companys May 2020 Inclusion & Diversity Report. The most wishlisted Design and Creative Space stays for inspiring retreats, Visit North Carolina and Airbnb relaunch partnership to boost rural tourism, Get to know your Host community in Europe: Meet Katerina from Greece. BlackRock, with $8.7 trillion of assets under management, said in a memo to employees Thursday that an external review of how its diversity, equity and inclusion policies impact stakeholders will. 1s unprecedented victory, with three of its director nominees being elected to Exxons board at its 2021 annual meetingsending a clear message that environmental concerns and proactive planning are deeply important to Exxons shareholders. (go back), 40Delivering through Diversity, McKinsey, Vivian Hunt, Sara Prince, Sundiatu Dixon-Fyle and Lareina Yee, January 2018, available at https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/business%20functions/organization/our%20insights/delivering%20through%20diversity/delivering-through-diversity_full-report.ashx. The audit was led by Laura W. Murphy, a civil rights advocate, with help from a civil rights law firm. Patagonias environmental mission hasnt just been good for the planet its also boosted the bottom line, Business Insider, Richard Feloni, December 21, 2018, available at https://www.businessinsider.com/patagonia-mission-environmentalism-good-for-business-2018-12. While the company opposed all seven, at least four of those resolutions, including the first racial equity audit proposal at the company, two proposals for reports on the human rights implications of certain surveillance products, and a lobbying disclosure proposal received substantial support of over 30 percent. (go back), 35The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2021 Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement, Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on March 19, 2021, available at https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886982/000119312521087020/d88664ddef14a.htm [hereinafter Goldman Sachs Proxy Statement]. (go back), 30Webinar, Cyrus Mehri, Founding Partner of Mehri & Skalet, PLLC, supra note 23. What is a racial equity or civil rights audit? Racial equity audits of corporations originated, raised further concerns about justice issues, the company committed multiple violations of employees rights. 2008 with the best of intentions, but were not fully conscious of racial bias when they designed the platform. For example, in the supporting statement submitted by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) to its Racial Equity Audit proposal included in the proxy statement for The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.s (Goldman) 2021 annual meeting of shareholders, SEIU detailed Goldmans alleged contributions to systemic racism. Shareholder Proposal of CtW Investment Group Securities Exchange Act of 1934Rule 14a-8, Gibson Dunn, January 25, 2021, available at https://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/cf-noaction/14a-8/2021/nyscrfamazon012521-14a8-incoming.pdf [hereinafter Amazon No-Action Letter]; J&J No-Action Letter, supra note 78. [18] Concurrently with shareholder activists nominating an increasing number of diverse director candidates, the voting policies of many institutional investors, such as BlackRock, Inc. (BlackRock), have been updated to reflect a desire to enhance boardroom diversity, [19] as have the voting guidelines of many prominent proxy advisory firms, such as ISS. The two leading proxy advisory firms, ISS and Glass Lewis & Co. LLC (Glass Lewis), have generally taken opposing views on Racial Equity Audits. The audit featured three reports and extensive interviews with hundreds of civil rights organizations and . [34]. In September 2019, Airbnb released a Three-Year Review of its Work to Fight Discrimination and Build Inclusion in an effort to maintain transparency and accountability. Airbnb was born in 2007 when two Hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 4 million Hosts who havewelcomed 1.4 billionguest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Airbnb has consistently engaged in fighting bias and discrimination on its platform since 2016, after its first civil rights audit, authored by Laura Murphy, former Director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Washington Legislative Office and President of Laura Murphy & Associates. (go back), 43Webinar, Vivian Gray, SEIU Pension Fund Trustee, supra note 23. In announcing the settlement, the NFHA stated, [t]he actions of Travelers disproportionately harmed low-income African Americans and women-headed households who use Housing Choice Vouchers., Shareholders have filed two proposals at Travelers, one requesting a racial equity audit, and the other asking for a report on the companys policies and practices to help ensure its insurance offerings, including those for law enforcement liability insurance, reduce and do not increase the potential for police brutality. There are three essential features of an effective racial equity audit: The audit should be independent, and conducted by a firm with civil rights expertise; There must be robust stakeholder engagement to uncover issues across a company's products and services, workforce practices, and corporate policies; and. Most companies who may have been unsuccessful in seeking no-action relief from the SEC to exclude the proposal or in negotiating a resolution with a shareholder to withdraw the proposal have recommended that shareholders vote against the proposals. Some companies are turning to law firms like Covington to do the work. Home Depots PAC donated more than $450,000 in the 2019-20 election cycle, and more than $1.5 million in the past three cycles to the Members of Congress who objected to certifying the election results on January 6, 2021. Below is a chart listing the shareholder proposals submitted at various companies during the 2021 proxy season, the proponent, the regulatory basis to exclude the proposal invoked by the company and the SECs response to the companys request for exclusion. [33] The public announcement of the Racial Equity Audit and related diversity, equity and inclusion efforts appeared to not only rehabilitate Starbucks public image after the incident, but helped the company become the most popular restaurant stock on the S&P 500 with actively managed funds that are dedicated to ESG investing, according to RBC Capital Markets. [123], While the financial institutions that have received Racial Equity Audit proposals have recently made philanthropic and strategic investments, along with other commitments to racial equity, CtW has stated that the only way to effectively address racial injustice and economic inequality is careful study of how the industrys products and services have contributed to this imbalance, [124] which includes analyzing mortgage issuances, the number of bank branches in minority neighborhoods or banking deserts and whether charitable contributions are fully aligned with . [116] Comptroller DiNapoli expressed concern with Amazons alleged lack of transparency, stating that while the company has put policies in place to address this issue, it has not reported to investors the effectiveness or the process for completing its ongoing policy review. [117] In 2020, Amazon conducted its first human rights assessment, which it referenced to support its position that there was no need to conduct a Racial Equity Audit. Color of Change successfully called for and worked with AirBnB to undertake such an audit. (go back), 82See Final Rule: Amendments to Rules on Shareholder Proposals, Release No. This years racial equity audit proposal highlights the companys Corporate PAC giving, as well as high profile incidents at stores such as the suspension and forced resignation of an employee who refused to remove a Black Lives Matter (BLM) logo from his apron. 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