Canada: Thomson Reuters
In 2021, a majority of independent shareholders (70%+) of Thomson Reuters voted in favor of a proposal that would have the company assess and report on the potential human rights abuses of its work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Campaign Timeline: 2020 – 2022
After 3 years of shareholder pressure, over the past three years led by the British Columbia Government Employees’ Union (BCGEU) and Latinx and Chicanx organising movement Mijente, Thomson Reuters has committed to a human rights assessment of its contracts with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which will be published publicly. This is a huge win as the company had refused to concede to any of the campaigners requests for nearly 3 years.
In 2021, a majority of independent shareholders (70%+) of Thomson Reuters voted in favor of a proposal that would have the company assess and report on the potential human rights abuses of its work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). A similar resolution last received 30% of the vote in 2020. The resolution was backed by Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), Glass Lewis and UK-based Pension and Investment Research Consultants. This resolution built on the critical work by Mijente whose high profile #NoTechForICE campaign exposes the growing links between tech companies and government departments.
Thomson Reuters commits to human rights assessment of ICE contracts after union investor push https://t.co/pR5W7Uif9B pic.twitter.com/LKJPhFKZVv
— The Verge (@verge) April 29, 2022
