2023 was a rollercoaster year, with record-setting shareholder impact. Twenty-three companies committed to release EEO-1 forms and at least two of the three inclusion factors by 2025, including Bank of America, Bank of NY Mellon, eBay, Ford, General Dynamics, Honeywell, Raytheon, Southern Co, and Target. Additionally, we launched our new Biodiversity Program, which focuses on corporations’ contribution to global biodiversity loss.
Read MoreShareholders are paying attention and are ready and able to use their power and responsibility to secure action that supports a livable planet.
Read MoreCorporations are responsible for many – even most – of the seemingly intractable social and environmental problems we face today. We believe corporations can and must be part of the solutions, and we know shareholders can be a powerful force for creating positive, lasting change in corporate behavior.
Read MoreThe oil lobby, the far right, and corporations unwilling to accept and adapt to changing times are attacking shareholder advocacy and sustainable investing. They’re seeking to stop, and even reverse, progress on climate change and social justice.
Read MoreLast March, the Attorneys General of 21 red states wrote major asset managers like BlackRock and Vanguard, seeking to intimidate them into voting against Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) shareholder resolutions. The 21-page letter mentions As You Sow an astounding 38 times.
Read MoreFor over 30 years, our theory of change has focused the power of finance and shareholders to compel corporations to create a sustainable future for all stakeholders, people, and the planet.
Read MoreIn May 2020, George Floyd was murdered by police for the alleged crime of using a counterfeit $20 bill. Civil society erupted in sustained protest. By summer, corporations were making public statements of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.
Read MoreWe are emphasizing in every corporate engagement that environmental justice is part and parcel of racial justice and must be explicitly addressed.
Read MoreThe residents of Dutchtown, on the Mississippi River in St. Louis, have long been plagued by adverse health effects from a nearby Kinder Morgan facility.
Read MoreThe federal government requires employers with 100+ employees to file an annual EEO-1 report, showing workforce data by race/ethnicity, sex, and job categories.
Read More2022 was a remarkable year for shareholder voices. 38 companies, including Nike, Procter & Gamble, Uber, and Charles Schwab, took explicit steps to improve their racial justice and workplace equities policies and practices.
Read More157 of the world’s 200 richest entities are corporations, not sovereign countries. Corporations must be an active part of the solutions to climate change, systemic racism, and environmental justice. You’re making that happen.
Read MoreHere’s how we know you’re making a difference: There is a stunning amount of alarm and orchestrated pushback from the radical right this year, including attacks directly targeting As You Sow.
Read MoreGeneral Electric, after 98% vote, commits to net-zero by 2050, including Scope 3 emissions. Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, BofA, Citi, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, US Bank, Truist agree to set net-zero targets for their financed emissions
Read MoreWendy’s, KFC, Burger King, Denny’s disallow antibiotics in their chicken supply chains, compel Tyson, Purdue, Sanderson to raise chicken without medically important antibiotics.
Read MoreThrough CA Prop 65 enforcement actions, As You Sow has reduced / eliminated or is reducing / eliminating:
• Lead and cadmium in chocolate and spinach
Netflix, Nike, Salesforce, Uber, Martin Marietta, Chase, Morgan Stanley, MasterCard, Proctor & Gamble, Oracle + multiple additional companies agree to racial justice and DEI policies, DEI metrics disclosures, plans to increase board diversity, and/or plans to promote racial equity.
Read MoreMcDonald’s, Dunkin’ Donuts, YUM! eliminate demand for 3 billion foam cups per year.
Read MoreAs You Sow began its Waste Program over 20 years ago, pushing companies on recyclability, recycled content, and waste. The massive proliferation of plastic packaging and single use plastics has far outstripped recycling’s ability to contain the waste and the problems the waste creates. We are transitioning to a circular economy perspective focused on minimizing extraction, designing for reuse and repair, and eliminating waste entirely.
Read MoreShareholder advocates have delivered significant corporate progress on climate, including recordbreaking shareholder votes, agreements from major corporations on Paris transition plans, and success in running dissident board slates
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