The role of a Board of Directors is to provide leadership, high-level oversight, and make critical decisions about the company’s future. As the key decision makers, it is essential that boards be composed of diverse talent capable of bringing multiple perspectives to foster innovation and problem-solve effectively. At Nia, we believe that adopting policies that require women and people of color to be up for consideration in board selection enhances the nomination process and assists nominating committees in developing a diverse Board, and by extension a stronger company. Our investing criteria requires that all companies in our portfolios have diversity in their board make up and in executive leadership.
Intercontinental Exchange
The resolution requested that the Board of Directors issue a public report omitting confidential information and at reasonable expense, reporting on the sufficiency of employees’ access to timely, quality healthcare, and discusses the company’s strategy to ameliorate any insufficiencies identified.
We withdrew our resolution as a result of ICE's commitment to explicitly check-in with their employees about their experiences of the current healthcare offerings.
Trinity Industries
The resolution requested that the Board of Directors issue a public report omitting confidential information and at reasonable expense, reporting on the sufficiency of employees’ access to timely, quality healthcare, and discusses the company’s strategy to ameliorate any insufficiencies identified.
Sprouts Farmers Market
The resolution requested that the Board of Directors issue a public report omitting confidential information and at reasonable expense, reporting on the sufficiency of employees’ access to timely, quality healthcare, and discusses the company’s strategy to ameliorate any insufficiencies identified.
We withdrew our resolution as a result of Sprouts's commitment to ongoing conversation about its understanding of its employees’ access to affordable, quality and timely medical care.
Alphabet
The resolution requested public reporting, assessing operational, reputational, regulatory and legal risks to Alphabet, Inc. arising from gaps in policies, controls, and oversight systems of customer and user data processed through Google Services and Google Cloud.
Our resolution went to vote.