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Program Highlights

Starbucks and Sustainable Packaging Coal Ash at MDU & CMS
Fracking at Exxon and Ultra 2010 BPA Report
 Our Publications
The summer issue of "Seeds of Change," As You Sow's quarterly newsletter, is here! Click here to read about our actions in the 2010 proxy season.

"Best Current Practices in Purchasing: The Apparel Industry" presents how apparel industry leaders have made changes to their internal purchasing practices and corporate structures as part of the continued efforts to improve factory working conditions. Click here to read the report.

The "2010 Proxy Preview" is a free resource for foundations, institutional investors, nonprofit organizations and others interested in aligning their values and investments in 2010. Click here to read the report.

As You Sow and Green Century find that packaged food companies aren't doing enough to protect consumers from BPA. Click here to read the report.



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News Highlights

22 Major Institutional Investors Comment on Proposed EPA Rules for Coal Ash Disposal: 09-22-2010 Watch the CSR Minute video.

Responsible Sourcing Network Launched as a Project of As You Sow: This new project of As You Sow fosters accountable value chains, at the raw commodity level. RSN is presently working to end forced child labor in Uzbekistan's cotton industry and addressing the conflict mineral trade in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Learn more at sourcingnetwork.org.

Major Investors Call on EPA to Regulate Coal Ash: 09-16-2010 Institutional investors representing $240B in assets under management delivered a letter to the EPA calling for the EPA to regulate coal ash under Subtitle C.

Investors with Combined $240B Portfolio Ask EPA to Adopt Tough Coal Ash Ruling: 09-16-2010 As You Sow continues to push for safe coal ash disposal methods and filed a joint investor letter with the EPA in support of Subtitle C.

U.S. Investors with $240 Bln in Assets Urge Strict Federal Regs on Coal Ash: 09-15-2010 A coalition of investors urges the EPA to require that utilities provide financial assurance for safety upgrades on coal ash waste storage.

Starbucks Deserves Credit for Progress on Recycling But There’s Room for Improvement:08-20-2010 Where do Starbucks’ 3 billion paper cups go every year? Our own Conrad MacKerron discusses his engagement with Starbucks on Triple Pudit.



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