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词条 Nora Nash
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Shareholder advocacy

      Wells Fargo    Exxon Mobile  

  3. Awards and recognition

  4. References

{{Orphan|date=August 2017}}Nora Nash is a Sister of St. Francis of Philadelphia and shareholder activist.[1] She is a member of the Philadelphia Coalition for Responsible Investment as well as the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR). Nash is also a speaker at Neumann University and other universities on justice and advocacy.[2]

Early life

Nash grew up in Limerick County, Ireland. In her early life, Nash dreamed of becoming a missionary in Africa, but in 1959, she arrived in Pennsylvania to join the Sisters of St. Francis, an order founded in 1855 by Mother Francis Bachmann, a Bavarian immigrant-focused on social justice. Nash took her Franciscan vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience two years later, in 1961.[1]

Shareholder advocacy

Nash is the director of corporate responsibility for the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia.[3]

Wells Fargo

On April 24, 2017, Mercury news reported that Nash was a co-filer of a resolution that demanded that Wells Fargo's board order a comprehensive report about the root causes of the bank’s fraudulent activity in a September 2016 scandal involving unauthorized cross-selling and the creation of fake accounts, and the steps taken to improve risk management and control processes.[4]

Exxon Mobile

Nash was part of a group of investors, who in 2017, put forth a historic climate-change resolution at ExxonMobile which was passed with 62 percent of shareholders voting "yes". ExxonMobile board had recommended voting against the resolution.[3]

Awards and recognition

Nash has been recognized{{vague|date=April 2017}} by the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility as well as in a November 12, 2011 profile in the New York Times which referred to Nash as "one of the most surprising" corporate activists for her shareholder advocacy work.[1][5]

References

1. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/business/sisters-of-st-francis-the-quiet-shareholder-activists.html|title=Sisters of St. Francis, the Quiet Shareholder Activists|last=Roose|first=Kevin|date=2011-11-12|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-04-25|issn=0362-4331}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.pcgloanfund.org/profile/sister-nora-nash-osf|title=Sister Nora Nash, O.S.F. {{!}} Partners for the Common Good|website=www.pcgloanfund.org|language=en|access-date=2017-04-25}}
3. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/erin_arvedlund/exxonmobil-shareholders-vote-yes-on-climate-change-analysis-did-vanguard-help-sway-result-20170531.html|title=ExxonMobil shareholders vote 'yes' on climate-change analysis, including Vanguard|work=Philly.com|access-date=2017-06-21}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/04/24/activists-pressure-wells-fargo-before-shareholders-meet/|title=Activists pressure Wells Fargo before shareholders meet|access-date=2017-04-25}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.iccr.org/iccr-honors-2014-legacy-award-winner-sr-nora-nash-osf|title=ICCR Honors 2014 Legacy Award Winner Sr. Nora Nash, OSF {{!}} ICCR (Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility)|website=www.iccr.org|language=en|access-date=2017-04-26}}
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