The George Floyd murder and the national outrage kindled an introspection at As You Sow that resulted in launching a Racial Justice initiative without dedicated funding. We as a group simply could not stand by when our expertise could move the needle, in a way that mattered.

Here’s just some of the progress you drove this year.

Banks continue to finance oil & gas companies and projects, locking in fossil fuel use for decades. When we first starting talking about “financed emissions,” banks outright denied responsibility.

For-profit firms are flooding the enormously profitable private prison and border detention industries, lobbying for harsher policing and longer sentencing, even for non-violent offenders.

Black Lives Matter is the largest social movement in the history of this country.

...while CEOs have their heads in the sand.

It’s not just oil, gas, and coal companies.

Beverage Company tackles modern slavery in its supply chain

Amazon has been pretty hostile in shareholder engagements.

Gender Equality Funds now includes a first-of-its-kind report card, grading mutual funds on six environmental and social issues.

Pesticide-based agriculture doesn’t cut it anymore. Consumers are demanding cleaner, safer foods. Companies have to step up or be left behind.

Assaults on corporate accountability continue to pour from Washington.