EQAT Press Releases
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For interviews or questions, contact:
Eve Gutman, EQAT Media and Research Coordinator, eve@eqat.org

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Quakers Pray as Protest at Pennsylvania Headquarters of Vanguard, World’s Largest Investor in Fossil Fuels
Quakers from Across the United States and Abroad Join Simultaneous Online Worship Service, Illustrating the Global Impact of Vanguard’s Investments Malvern, PA – Today, Philadelphia-area Quakers held a worship service at the entrance to Vanguard’s global headquarters, with over 30…
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Philadelphia-Area Grandparents Celebrate Grandparents’ Day With Protest At Vanguard, World’s Largest Investor In Fossil Fuels
Vanguard Opposed Almost All Environmental and Social Shareholder Resolutions At Corporate Annual Meetings In 2023 Malvern, PA — Today, almost 50 grandparents, people of faith, and Vanguard customers gathered with signs and banners at an entrance to Vanguard’s global headquarters…
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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 resolutions in the…
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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 Coast-to-Coast “Never Vanguard” climate actions…
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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’s headquarters while…
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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 pollution and climate…
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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 urgency of the…
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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. In attendance were…
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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 communities from the…