Taskforce on the Churches and Corporate Responsibility
Taskforce on the Churches and Corporate Responsibility
Alternate Names: KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives
Location: Toronto, Canada
Duration: 1975 - 2001
The Taskforce on the Churches and Corporate Responsibility (TCCR) was established in 1975 as an ecumenical coalition of Canadian churches to promote social and ecological responsibility in Canadian-based corporations and financial institutions. One of the Taskforce's first efforts was to assist church shareholders in influencing Canadian banks...
The Taskforce on the Churches and Corporate Responsibility (TCCR) was established in 1975 as an ecumenical coalition of Canadian churches to promote social and ecological responsibility in Canadian-based corporations and financial institutions. One of the Taskforce's first efforts was to assist church shareholders in influencing Canadian banks to stop making loans to the apartheid regime in South Africa. When banks refused to discuss the loans, the TCCR coordinated the efforts of church shareholders who began to attend the banks' annual meetings to raise their concerns in a public forum about the banks' complicity in the apartheid system. The TCCR anti-apartheid effort gained momentum as they combined public education efforts with protests and coordinating efforts with international networks such as the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility in the United States. The TCCR did not limit its efforts to banks and loans. In July 2001, TCCR, together with nine other ecumenical social justice coalitions, became part of KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives, to continue its advocacy work about corporate responsibility.
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