CHAPTER 3 What You Can Ask a Corporation to Do

In 1971, the British blues-rock band Ten Years After had a Top-40 hit with the lyrics “I’d love to change the world / But I don’t know what to do / So I’ll leave it up to you.”

The song may reflect the frustration and confusion of the time. Ironically, perhaps, it also surrenders to confusion and leaves it up to others to take action.

Fortunately, hundreds of thousands of people have chosen to not leave the work up to others and have taken action themselves. Whether you are voting your proxies, contacting legislators, calling and writing to corporate leaders, signing petitions, participating in demonstrations, boycotting certain products or companies, filing or co-filing a resolution, or divesting, your participation in bringing about positive reforms has an impact around the world and across the global economy.