Campus Israel-Gaza Protests Invigorate Company Disclosure Bids

Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war and its effect on Palestinians are reawakening a divestment push not just in colleges but in corporate America.

Investor advocates have lost traction in the last five years on seeking greater disclosure and divestment by targeting military suppliers in particular. The latest example—a pair of similar proposals urging RTX Corp. and Lockheed Martin Corp. to provide a human rights impact assessment of their operations, including those on Palestinians—both failed Thursday by a wide margin.

But those investor groups see the emerging push at Israel divestiture and disclosure and student protests as a complementary way ...