On Your Behalf

by Vidette Bullock Mixon,
Director, Corporate Relations

On Your Behalf is a bi-monthly feature that focuses on the General Board's recent successes and activities in socially responsible investing. We are encouraged and inspired by the ministry of our participants and strive to support this ministry by advocating on your behalf with the companies you own as participants in our pension plans.

• New: July 2008—The Expandable Reach of Responsible Investment 
• June 2008—General Conference and Socially Responsible Investing: A Closer Look 
• April 2008—Human Trafficking and Child Labor: A Continuing Scandal
• December 2007—Shareholder Advocacy 2008: a Look at Next Year's Proxy Season
• October 2007—Consumer Safety, Workers' Rights and Shareholder Values:
  the Case for Strong Vendor Standards 
• August 2007—Proxy Season 2007: A Progress Report
• June 2007—Global Warming, the Business Community and the Faith-Based Investor 
• April 2007—The Importance of Good Corporate Governance 
• February 2007—Shareholder Advocacy: The Importance of Proxy Voting
• December 2006—Advocating for Workers' Rights Around the World
• October 2006—HIV/AIDS, the Business Community and the Faith-Based Investor
• August 2006—Helping the World's Poorest Citizens
• June 2006—Reaching Out to Seminaries
• April 2006—Shareholder Resolutions: A Powerful Tool
• January 2006—Sustainability: A Pledge to Future Generations
• December 2005—Delegation Embarks on Peace Trip to Middle East
• September 2005—Hurricane Katrina Renews Shareholder Concerns Regarding Global Warming
• June 2005—Working With Companies to Promote Fair Trade Products
• April 2005—Update on Genetically Modified Organisms