Archive for August, 2006

Shareowner Activism Promotes Peace in Israel and Palestine

August 15th, 2006 Posted by

Cecilie Surasky of Jewish Voice for Peace and Michael Passoff of the As You Sow Foundation discuss the shareowner resolution they filed with Caterpillar over the Israeli Defense Forces’ use of their bulldozers to commit human rights abuses in the occupied territories. Bill Somplatsky-Jarman of the Presbyterian Church USA discusses how its Mission Responsibility Through [...]

Promoting Peace Through Collaborative Commerce Between Palestine and Israel

August 2nd, 2006 Posted by

Amber Chand discusses how the Jerusalem Candle of Hope, made collaboratively by Palestinian and Israeli craftswomen on either side of the checkpoint separating them, bridges the political divide between the two countries. Also, an update on Coca-Cola, which was recently deleted from the KLD Broad Market Social Index, prompting TIAA-CREF to dump 1.2 million Coke [...]