2020 Strategic Plan: A Sustainable World for All


In 1992, we started with a bold and audacious plan to “seed” change in corporate decision-making. We envisioned a safe, just, and sustainable world for all in which environmental health and human rights are CENTRAL to a business’s bottom line.

We regularly engage the largest global corporations on critical issues. We use the power of shareholder advocacy, coalition building, and innovative legal strategies to promote environmental and social corporate responsibility. Our record of success speaks for itself.

Over the years, we’ve helped leading companies take courageous, positive, industry-wide steps toward sustainability and justice. We’ve publicly exposed many laggards, bringing shareholder and media attention to brands with egregious policies and practices.

We are proud of our work. We credit our tenacity for the long-term outcomes we’ve achieved benefiting shareholders and stakeholders alike. We see employees, supply chains, communities, and customers as equal partners to shareholders in corporate priorities.

We work relentlessly to create a path to a safe, just, and sustainable world for all. Our team is small and mighty. We work across a broad range of issues and collaborate with dozens of organizations to achieve our mission. We invite you to be our partner.

As You Sow’s Strategic Plan spans six connected program areas:

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