Q2 was an active quarter for Zevin Asset Management as we summed up our work participating in critical shareholder advocacy and joining investor coalitions on pressing policy issues. Our work continues to be centered on a recurring theme: corporate governance is not keeping pace with the infrastructure it is meant to oversee.
Home Depot Investors Asking for Answers
Reuters covered Zevin's shareholder proposal urging Home Depot to assess the privacy and civil rights risks associated with sharing customer data through third-party surveillance vendors. The proposal highlights the potential financial, legal, and reputational risks related to data privacy and corporate governance.
Alphabet's AI Accountability Gap
Who's accountable for the risks when AI powers your business? That's the question Marcela Pinilla raises with Lydia Kuykendal of Mercy Investment Services in an ImpactAlpha op-ed — and the same question behind the shareholder proposal Zevin filed at Alphabet alongside 34 co-filers representing more than $2.2 billion in shares. Here's why we're asking Alphabet's Board to report on the risks of being an infrastructure provider for governments, militaries, and security systems worldwide.
Alphabet Vote Gains Momentum
Zevin leads a coalition of more than 40 investors, including Norges Bank Investment Management, the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, pressing Alphabet for greater transparency into how governments use Google's cloud and AI tools. Marcela Pinilla frames the concern as "a real concern about systemic risk and human rights violations," not a campaign against any single company or contract. Here's what we're asking for, and why.
SpaceX IPO - Governance without Guardrails
As SpaceX moves toward its IPO, a growing number of sustainability-focused fund managers are flagging concerns over the unprecedented degree of control Elon Musk would hold over the company. Our own Marcela Pinilla told Bloomberg the governance structure is "too, too risky" for the kind of long-term company stability investors should look for. Here's why concentrated control at this scale matters to long-term investors — and what we're watching as the IPO unfolds.
Impact Report 2026
Our Stance: Technology and Human Rights
Technology companies touch nearly every dimension of human life, and with that scale comes outsized potential for harm, and an equally outsized obligation to account for it. We believe the intersection of technology and human rights is one of the most consequential, and most underexamined risks in contemporary investing.