Shareholder advocacy
Praxis engages directly with companies and encourages them to pursue business practices that support positive social change.

Praxis engages directly with companies and encourages them to pursue business practices that support positive social change.
We believe God calls us to be faithful stewards of all God has entrusted us. In this topic, we focus on climate change and toxic chemicals.
Modern slavery is one way to describe the coercion and human trafficking of millions of people worldwide. We focus on human rights policies and ethical labor recruitment practices.
Download the shareholder advocacy quarterly progress report (PDF) to see the regular progress we’re making. Or take a look at the chart below for an overview of our work.
Company | Issue | Objective |
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ConocoPhillips | Climate change - oil and gas companies | Set stringent greenhouse gas reduction goals; integrate carbon asset risk into scenario planning; align environmental goals with public policy. |
Noble Energy | Climate change - oil and gas companies | Set stringent greenhouse gas reduction goals; integrate carbon asset risk into scenario planning; align environmental goals with public policy. |
American Electric Power | Climate change - utilities |
Phase out coal burning generation plants; increase deployment of low-carbon electricity generation; create 2-degree scenario analyses; set net-zero carbon goals. |
Duke Energy | Climate change - utilities | Increase deployment of low-carbon electricity generation; create 2-degree scenario analyses; set net-zero carbon goals. |
The Southern Company | Climate change - utilities | Increase deployment of low-carbon electricity generation; create 2-degree scenario analyses; set net-zero carbon goals; align public policy efforts with climate goals. |
NiSource | Climate change - utilities | Implement coal phaseout plan; increase deployment of renewable electricity generation; set net-zero carbon goals. Learn more. |
AES | Climate change - utilities | Increase renewable electricity output; set long-term climate goals; deploy battery storage technology to decrease emissions and transition to low-carbon business model. |
Hasbro | Safe chemicals policy | Participate in Chemical Footprint Project; identify and remove chemicals of concern from products. Learn more. |
CVS | Safe chemicals policy | Identify and remove chemicals of concern from products. |
Target | Safe chemicals policy | Identify and remove chemicals of concern from products. |
Company | Issue | Objective |
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Alphabet | Human rights standards | Develop robust human rights policies in relation to data privacy, freedom of expression and artificial intelligence. Learn more. |
Hershey | Child labor in cocoa supply chain |
Address child labor concerns through farmer programs, certification schemes and government collaboration. |
JPMorgan Chase | Human rights standards | Implement robust human rights policies; including ending the funding of private prison companies. Learn more. |
Kroger | Human rights standards | Develop and implement comprehensive human rights policies, including supply chain vendors. Learn more. |
Amazon | Human rights standards | Develop and implement robust human rights policies. |
Company | Issue | Objective |
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NiSource | Inequality - representation | Increase board and executive diversity. |
Whirlpool | Inequality - representation | Increase board and executive diversity. Learn more. |
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