Guest guest Posted March 21, 2006 Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 > Global warming is one of the most serious challenges > we've ever > faced. A few forward-thinking corporations have > taken steps to > address this serious threats to our health, > environment and > economy but most prefer to bury their heads in the > sand. > > Groups of concerned investors have successfully > persuaded a > handful of corporations to reduce their > heat-trapping emissions. > Unfortunately, a number of major mutual fund > companies are > holding up progress by failing to pressure the > companies in > their portfolios to address global warming. > > Will you help us reach our goal of 10,000 petition > signatures by > the end of the week? Click below to urge major > mutual fund > companies Vanguard, Fidelity and American Funds to > take a stand > against global warming today! > http://ga3.org/campaign/mutualfunds2006/wx8w658205b6x68? > > These mutual funds are out of touch with their > investors. > Seventy percent of mutual fund holders want to use > their > investments to support climate change resolutions, > yet none of > the top 100 mutual funds have voted in favor of > climate change > resolutions. > > By failing to vote for climate resolutions, mutual > funds are > neglecting their responsibility to protect investors > from > companies that expose themselves to financial > losses, lawsuits, > and insurance problems by ignoring global warming. > > Vanguard, Fidelity and American Fund are the three > largest U.S. > mutual fund families and they control seventy > percent of the > country?s mutual fund investments. That's why it's > so important > that these mutual funds join the majority of their > investors in > pressuring the companies in their portfolios to > clean up their > acts! > > Click below to help us meet our goal of 10,000 > signatures by > signing our petition to Vanguard, Fidelity, and > American Funds > today! (You don't need to be an investor to sign > this petition.) > http://ga3.org/campaign/mutualfunds2006/wx8w658205b6x68? > > Once you've taken action click below to send a free > message to > ten friends urging them to join you in urging major > mutual funds > to press companies in their portfolios to address > global > warming. > http://ga3.org/campaign/mutualfunds2006/forward/wx8w658205b6x68? > > Thanks so much for your support. > > Best, > > Katelyn Sabochik > Online Campaign Manager > info > -- > Support Our Work - Click here now to make a secure > online > donation to help support our efforts to protect our > clean water, > clean air, endangered species and wild places. > https://secure.ga3.org/03/soe_donate/nv1SgdCs1gzrl? > -- > > ----------------- > > If you received this message from a friend, you can > sign up for > SaveOurEnvironment.org at: > > http://ga3.org/soe/join.html?r=v1SgdCs1gzrlE > > ----------------- > *************************************** > Powered by GetActive Software, Inc. > Member Relationship Management Solutions > That Recruit, Engage, and Retain > http://www.getactive.com > *************************************** > > I have decided to do the 2006 CN Tower Climb for World Wildlife Fund. This link should take you to the 'sponsor a climber' page, where you can search my name (alison syer) and you should be able to find it; or the name of any other climber you know and choose to sponsor. https://wwfcentral.ca/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx? & pid=232 & srcid=232 & tab=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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