We live in a world of limited resources. A cornerstone of our work is that companies must do a better job of taking responsibility for the environmental impact of their products into the overall costs of doing business. Wasteful corporate operations are still pervasive - low recycling and recycled content rates for common products such as plastic containers and paper, over logging of forests worldwide, and growing threats to water supplies from overuse of aquifers.

Our work promoting resource efficiency and sustainability engages companies in electronics, beverage containers, paper recycling and other areas to move them towards responsible practices emphasizing:

• Maximizing the efficiency and productivity of all resources used
• Designing products with fewer toxic components
• Quantifiable efforts to eliminate waste and harmful emissions
• Responsible disposal and recycling practices at the end of a product's useful life

There are hopeful signs of progress and As You Sow plays a leadership role moving corporations towards greater sustainability.