NY comptroller says companies to push human rights

Published March 29, 2013 2:24pm ET



ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The state comptroller has withdrawn two corporate shareholder resolutions after Best Buy and Bed Bath & Beyond agreed to encourage their suppliers to take workplace safety, human rights and environmental compliance seriously.

Thomas DiNapoli is the trustee of New York’s $152 billion pension fund for public workers. It owned 770,945 shares of Best Buy worth about $17.6 million and 703,193 shares of Bed, Bath & Beyond recently valued at $45.4 million.

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