Friday, January 29, 2010

NJCIR - Where Jesuits are engaging Corporate Responsibility

According to the Swiss research group COVALENCE, the National Jesuit Committee on Investment Responsibility (NJCIR) has its work cut out for it with three of the six least ethical companies in the world in our holdings…

1 MONSANTO
2 Halliburtan Company
3 CHEVRON CORPORATION
4 Freeport McMorAn Copper & Gold
5 Philip Morris
6 OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM
7 Ryan Air
8 Syngenta
9 Grupo Mexico
10 Total
11 Mediaset
12 Barrick Gold

As a lead dialogue partner for NJCIR, the Chicago/Detroit Provinces engage OM Group, a company with corporate headquarters located in Cleveland, OH.

For more information on our work in this area, please visit:
http://www.jesuit.org/index.php/main/jesuits-worldwide/social-justice/socially-responsible-investing/

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