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Rhode Island

Rhode Island has one main public pension fund:

  • The ERSRI board represents nearly all state and municipal employees; the board consists of 15 members: 3 Ex Officio (General Treasurer, Director of Administration, Director League of Cities and Towns); 2 appointed by the Governor; 2 appointed by the General Treasurer; 1 appointed by the Director of Administration; 7 elected members of ERSRI.
    • Rhode Island discloses its pension fund’s specific proxy voting records on this website.

The first table shows the aggregated proxy voting records of the state’s asset managers, who manage the pension’s stock market portfolio either through mutual funds or ETFs, and are therefore exercising proxy voting privileges as well. The second table shows the state’s publicly disclosed proxy voting records for public securities that it directly owns through pension fund portfolios. Both of these tables are necessary to reflect an accurate and comprehensive picture of the state’s proxy voting records.

By Asset Manager

Fidelity Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

14%

Loomis Sayles

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

25%

State Street Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

18%

State Street SSGA

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

19%

Asset Manager Voting

Pro-ESG

14.1%

Anti-ESG

1.3%

Anti-Fossil Fuels

13%

Anti-Pollution/Waste

20%

Animal Rights

13%

DEI

18%

Weapons/Defense

4%

Human Rights

20%

Income Equality

24%

Political Speech/Lobbying Spending

15%

Health Care

3%

Race/Gender targets on Boards

21%

Non-Pecuniary

2%

ESG-Focused Governance

3%

Abortion

6%

Pro-Fossil Fuel

1%

Equality not DEI

1%

Controversial Cause Support

2%

Geopolitical Rivals/China

2%

State Voting

Pro-ESG

96%

Anti-ESG

0%

Anti-Fossil Fuel

98%

Anti-Pollution/Waste

100%

Animal Rights

100%

DEI

97%

Weapons/Defense

100%

Human Rights

98%

Income Equality

100%

Political Speech/Lobbying Spending

90%

Health Care

100%

Race/Gender targets on Boards

100%

Non-Pecuniary Corporate Purpose

100%

ESG-Focused Governance

88%

Abortion

90%

Pro-Fossil Fuel

0%

Equality not DEI

0%

Controversial Cause Support

0%

Geopolitical Rivals/China

0%

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