EQAT Press Releases
For interviews or questions, contact:
Eve Gutman, EQAT Media and Research Coordinator, eve@eqat.org
Vanguard Supported Only 2% of Environmental and Social Shareholder Resolutions in 2023
The Asset Manager’s New Stewardship Report Shows Decline Even From 2022’s Low Voting Performance; Vanguard’s Support for Environmental & Social Measures Is Even Less Than BlackRock’s Yesterday, Vanguard disclosed that it supported only 2% of environmental and social shareholder…
Quakers and Allies Say “Never Vanguard” at Concurrent Events Held Today in Oregon and Pennsylvania
For interviews or questions contact: Eve Gutman, EQAT Media and Research Coordinator, eve@eqat.org Vanguard Is The World’s Largest Investor In Fossil Fuels SALEM, OR and MALVERN, PA — Today, Earth Quaker Action Team & 350 Salem OR held concurrent…
Vanguard Customers Announce $17 Million in Investments Moved Out of Vanguard at Protest of Asset Manager’s Inaction on Climate Change
First Wave of Customers Move Their Money Out of Vanguard, Warning that Many Others Will Follow Malvern, PA – On June 14, over 50 Vanguard customers, people of faith, and climate activists gathered at the entrance to…
Vanguard Customers Join With Chester Residents at Covanta Incinerator to Announce Collectively Leaving Vanguard, Investor in Polluting Industry
Campaigners Launch New Initiative Where Vanguard Customers Move Their Money Out of the Asset Manager and Others Pledge to Not Work or Invest with Vanguard Chester, PA – On June 10, about 80 residents on the frontlines of…
Activists Shut Down Vanguard’s Global Headquarters to Highlight Asset Manager’s Dangerous Inaction on Climate, 16 Arrested by Local Police
Malvern, PA – On Wednesday, April 19, Vanguard customers, Quakers, and other climate activists blocked four driveways leading into Vanguard’s campus during the morning rush hour. They were staging an intervention to Vanguard’s business as usual to demonstrate the…
Customers, Students, and People of Faith Charge Vanguard with Short Sightedness on Climate, Assert Their Own Vision at the Firm’s Newtown Square Location
Newtown Square, PA – Yesterday, about 50 people braved the cold rain to protest outside of Vanguard’s office on West Chester Pike. With speeches and songs, demonstrators challenged the asset manager to stop backtracking on its climate commitments….
Indigenous and Fishing Community Leaders from Peru Are Refused Meeting with Vanguard, Rally Outside of the Investment Giant’s Headquarters
More than 120 people from local groups protested in support, saying Vanguard’s investments cause harm from Pennsylvania to Peru. Malvern, PA – Today, a delegation of Achuar and Wampís Indigenous people from the Peruvian Amazon and small-scale fishing…
Quakers Concerned with Climate Change Worship Outside the Main Line Home of Vanguard CEO Tim Buckley
British Quakers held their own worship service outside Vanguard’s London offices, while Quakers across the United States joined both groups over Zoom. WAYNE, PA – On Friday, October 7, almost fifty members of Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT) walked…
Eight Climate Activists Arrested at Vanguard Headquarters After Being Refused a Meeting to Discuss Vanguard’s Poor Stewardship Record
Since the asset manager has failed to put its stated stewardship values into action–and time to curb the climate crisis is running out–area groups are upping the pressure. Malvern, PA – On Wednesday, September 21, members of…