From a press release issued by the 275-member Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility:
“Does the U.S. Chamber of Commerce speak for [your corporation] when it opposes healthcare reform?
As members of the faith community and concerned investors we have been troubled by the efforts of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to undermine efforts to curb global warming. We are equally concerned that the same tactics seem evident in the Chamber’s attempts to undermine efforts to bring about a just health care system available to all citizens. Given the position that the Company has taken in endorsing core precepts for healthcare reform, we are asking you in this letter to communicate in a clear public voice whether or not the Chamber has your ‘proxy’ when it comes to healthcare reform policy.”
More: The list of faith-based investors communicating with the companies consists of (in alphabetical order):
Adrian Dominican Sisters; Aquinas Associates; Basilian Fathers of Toronto; Benedictine Sisters of Ridgely, Maryland; Bon Secours Health System, Inc.; Brethren Foundation, Inc./Church of the Brethren Benefit Trust, Inc.; California Province of the Society of Jesus; Capuchin Province of St. Joseph; Catholic Health East; Catholic Healthcare West; Catholic Healthcare Partners; Conference on Corporate Responsibility of IN-MI (CCRIM) and the Congregation of St. Joseph; CHRISTUS Health; Community of Detroit Charitable Trust; Congregation of Divine Providence, Inc.; Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes; Daughters of Wisdom; Dominican Sisters of Hope; Dominican Sisters of Houston; Episcopal Diocese of Olympia; Friends Fiduciary Corporatio