2008 Annual Meeting of TIAA-CREF
On July 15, CREF held its annual shareholder meeting in Denver. The location necessitated suspending our usual demonstration. But we worked hard to get 8 folks to attend and speak, and dominated discussion! Our press release (you saw) brought little media, given not in New York (see one story here-- http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jul/15/issue-of-sudan-on-table-for-ceo/ ). But the release was widely distributed to media via internet and we are sure led to TC releasing its own piece on their social responsibility activities. In his opening remarks, their new CEO stressed social concerns, specifically mentioning only two companies, Coke and Wal-Mart, and their efforts with them. We are still catching their attention. We also pushed our new three stage approach for their engaging companies (discuss, tougher tactics, divest). Finally, one of our speakers kept extensive notes on the meeting (see attached outline).