U.S. Chamber/Health Care Reform -- Faith-Based Investors Asking Top U.S. Companies to Clarify If Chamber's Opposition Reflects Their Views

U.S. Chamber/Health Care Reform -- Faith-Based Investors Asking Top U.S.
Companies to Clarify If Chamber's Opposition Reflects Their Views

Efforts Focusing on 30 Companies That Have Agreed to Health Care Principles
That Are Inconsistent With Chamber Position; The Question: Does the Chamber
Speak For You?

In the face of an aggressive U.S. Chamber of Commerce lobbying blitz to kill
health care reform legislation in Congress, faith-based institutional
investors belonging to the 300-member Interfaith Center on Corporate
Responsibility (ICCR) will announce that they are formally asking 30 major
publicly traded companies to clarify whether or not the Chamber speaks for
them on health care reform.

According to ICCR, all of the companies -- including American Express, DuPont,
Eli Lilly and Xerox -- have agreed as a result of shareholder engagement to
embrace health care principles that are at odds with the anti-reform efforts
of the U.S. Chamber. The companies in question are being asked to clarify if
their position on health care reform is being reflected by the U.S. Chamber
and, if not, to make a public statement to that effect.

News event speakers will be:
-- Laura Berry, executive director, Interfaith Center on Corporate
Responsibility;
-- Edward Gerardo, director, Community and Social Investments, Bon
Secours
Health System, Inc.; and

-- Donna Meyer, Ph.D., former senior system director, Community Health,
CHRISTUS Health.

TO PARTICIPATE: You can join this live, phone-based news conference (with
full, two-way Q&A) at 11 a.m. EST on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 by dialing 1
(800) 860-2442. Ask for the "health care/U.S. Chamber" news event.

CAN'T PARTICIPATE?: A streaming audio replay of the news event will be
available on the Web at http://www.iccr.org as of 6 p.m. EST on November 10,
2009.
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The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (http://www.iccr.org) is a
coalition of nearly 300 faith-based institutional investors, representing well
over $100 billion in invested capital. ICCR members bridge the divide between
morality and markets by envisioning a civic economy that integrates ethical,
environmental and social values. Inspired by faith, committed to action, ICCR
members work to build a just and sustainable global community.

CONTACT: Ailis Aaron Wolf, +1-703-276-3265, aawolf@hastingsgroup.com, for the
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), New York City and
Washington, D.C.

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- Nov. 9/

SOURCE Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), New York City
and Washington, D.C.