REPORT: RETAILERS MAKE PROGRESS ON KEEPING VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES OUT OF HANDS OF YOUTHS, BUT STILL NEED TO IMPROVE DISCLOSURE TO PARENTS, INVESTORS
Christian Brothers Investment Services Joins ICCR in Major Initiative; Target and Best Buy Lauded For Strongest Response in U.S. Retailer Group.
[quote]NEW YORK CITY///December 11, 2006///Leading U.S. retailers -- particularly Target and Best Buy -- are doing a better job of controlling sales of violent video games to children. But all retailers still need to improve disclosure of their related sales policies and the results of those policies, according to a new report from members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), a coalition of 275 faith-based institutional investors with combined assets over $110 billion.
ICCR members are in dialogues with some of the largest video game retailers in the country, asking them to adopt and enforce video game sales policies to ensure that Mature (“Mâ€