Shareholder HIV/AIDS activists connected to the Interfaith Center
on Corporate Responsibility have successfully worked with companies such
as Ford Motor Company and Coca-Cola to expand the response of
companies in the automotive and beverage sector to HIV, tuberculosis
and malaria. Now the investors are bringing their message to Dell,
Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Lucent, Motorola and Texas Instruments.
The HIV/AIDS caucus of the Interfaith Center on Corporate
Responsibility represents a broad cross-section of institutional
investors. Roman Catholic religious orders, Protestant
denominations, faith-based pension funds and major health care
providers are joining mutual funds, professional money managers and
organized labor in the effort. Members of the Interfaith Center on
Corporate Responsibility boast a combined $110 billion in assets
under investment. Many of the organizations have staff on the ground
in developing countries fighting the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
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