ICCR 2026 Spring Conference
- Dates
- March 24–26, 2026
- Venue
- Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10027
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Schedule
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM | Session Welcome and Fireside Chat with Former SEC Commissioner Robert J. Jackson, Jr.Robert Jackson |
| 10:40 AM – 11:40 AM | Session Navigating a Rapidly Changing Policy LandscapeNatalia Renta, Andrew Collier, Beth Young |
| 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Session Investing Through the Storm: Turning Climate Risk into ResilienceShahbano Soomro, Gillian Mollod, Danielle Fugere |
| 2:20 PM – 4:20 PM | Session ICCR Annual General Meeting for Members |
| 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM | Session Welcome Reception (In-Person Only) |
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM – 12:00 AM | SessionCanceled Same Industry, Different Geographies: Worker Organizing in the Seafood Sectors in the US and Thailand |
| 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM | Session Transforming Debt Markets: An Update on Bondholder Engagement Approach and Pilot EngagementsErica Lasdon, Emma Harper, James Malone, Roraj Pradhananga, Mary Beth Gallagher |
| 10:35 AM – 11:50 AM | Session Military AI - The Hidden (and Growing) Risk in Your PortfolioMeredith Veit, Audrey Mocle, Aaron Lackowski, Gayatri Khandhadhai, Whitney Nguyen |
| 1:10 PM – 2:25 PM | Session Transitioning to a Toxic Free Future: IEHN Investor Guidance on Safer Chemical ManagementLaura Krausa, Stacy Glass, Marcy McCullaugh, Larisa Ruoff, Ali McPherson, Caroline Boden |
| 2:45 PM – 4:00 PM | Session The Cost of Excess: Executive Pay and Systemic RiskRosanna Weaver, Erin Markiewitz, Matthew Illian, Tatiana Parrott, Natalia Renta |
| 4:10 PM – 5:00 PM | Session The Fight to Free Ben & Jerry’s: Churning Up Change Through Shareholder ActivismBen Cohen, Whitney Nguyen |
| 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM | Session Council Meeting (Optional and In-Person) |
| 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM | Session Next Gen Happy Hour - Cosponsored by Racial Justice Investing (In-Person Only) |
Thursday, March 26, 2026
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Session Engagement with the Critical Minerals SectorDana Barnes, Edwin Rekosh, Erica Lasdon, Alexandra Aulianta Sahadi, Julie Tanner, Freek van Til, Maxwell Homans |
| 10:20 AM – 11:20 AM | Session The Challenge and Dilemma for the Business Community - How and When to Speak Out During a Time of National CrisisMichael Posner, Caroline Boden, Marcela Pinilla |
| 11:40 AM – 12:40 PM | Session Pregnancy Accommodation and Worker Protections at AmazonErica Smiley, Renaye Manley |
| 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM | Session Expanding the Advocacy Toolkit: New Investor and Legal Strategies Amid the Shifting 14a-8 LandscapeDiana Kearney, Rewan Al-Haddad, Ruthly Cadestin, Hamsa Mahendranathan, Caitlin Seznec |
Speakers
Rewan Al-Haddad
Senior Campaign Director
Ekō
Alexandra Aulianta Sahadi
Campaigner
Satya Bumi
Dana Barnes
Assistant Manager - Engagement
EOS at Federated Hermes Limited
Caroline Boden
Director of Shareholder Advocacy
Mercy Investment Services
Caroline Boden
Director of Shareholder Advocacy
Mercy Investment Services
Ruthly Cadestin
Executive Director
Investor Advocates for Social Justice
Ben Cohen
Co-Founder
Ben & Jerry's
Andrew Collier
Director, Freedom to Invest
Ceres
Danielle Fugere
President & Chief Counsel
As You Sow
Mary Beth Gallagher
Director of Engagement
Domini Impact Investments
Stacy Glass
CEO
ChemFORWARD
Emma Harper
Vice President, Institutional Research and Client Relations
Sage Advisory
Maxwell Homans
Shareholder Advocacy Manager
Mercy Investment Services
Matthew Illian
Director of Responsible Investing
United Church Funds
Robert Jackson
Nathalie P. Urry Professor of Law, Co-Director of the Institute for Corporate Governance and Finance
New York University School of Law
Diana Kearney
Legal and Shareholder Advocacy Lead
Oxfam
Gayatri Khandhadhai
Head of Tech Accountability
Business and Human Rights Centre
Laura Krausa
System Director Advocacy Programs
CommonSpirit Health
Aaron Lackowski
Research Coordinator
Empower
Erica Lasdon
Director, Climate Change & Environmental Justice
ICCR
Hamsa Mahendranathan
Partner
Whistleblower Partners LLP
James Malone
Chief Financial Officer
Community Capital Management, LLC
Renaye Manley
Fellow
Harvard Center for Labor and a Just Economy
Erin Markiewitz
Senior Analyst
AFL-CIO
Marcy McCullaugh
Director, Sustainability Research and Director, Sustainability and Stewardship
Parnassus Investments
Ali McPherson
Director, Investor Environmental Health Network
Clean Production Action
Audrey Mocle
Executive Director
Open MIC (Open Media and Information Companies Initiative)
Gillian Mollod
Senior Principal Product Manager
Intercontinental Exchange
Whitney Nguyen
Director of Impact Research
NorthStar Asset Management, Inc.
Tatiana Parrott
ESG Analyst
Vancity Investment Management
Marcela Pinilla
Director of Sustainable Investing
Zevin Asset Management
Michael Posner
Director
NYU irector of the Center for Business and Human Rights at the School,
Roraj Pradhananga
Chief Investment Officer
Veris Wealth Partners
Edwin Rekosh
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Rights CoLab
Natalia Renta
Associate Director of Corporate Governance and Power
Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund
Larisa Ruoff
Director of Shareholder Advocacy
The Sustainability Group of Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge
Caitlin Seznec
Program Director
Investor Advocates for Social Justice
Erica Smiley
Executive Director
Jobs with Justice
Shahbano Soomro
Sustainable Investment Research & Strategy
Impax Asset Management
Julie Tanner
Managing Director, Responsible Investments
Christian Brothers Investment Services (CBIS)
Freek van Til
Senior Project Manager, Sustainability & Responsible Investment
Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO)
Meredith Veit
Tech & Human Rights Consultant
Business & Human Rights Centre
Rosanna Weaver
Consultant
Beth Young
Attorney