“On Tuesday, two U.S. investor advocacy groups, As You Sow and the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), filed a request with the SEC asking it to reconsider. They argue that the program violates the SEC’s rules on proxy voting, which restrict shareholders from delegating voting authority beyond a single annual meeting.” Read More →
Read More“‘While the AI boom provides exciting opportunities, there are many risks to not approaching energy needs with a deliberate and informed response that takes long term impacts into account,’ Kelly Poole, lead author of the report published this month by shareholder advocacy group As You Sow and environmental organization Sierra Club, said in a briefing with reporters.” Read More →
Read More“As You Sow, a nonprofit shareholder advocacy organization, has its own ‘set it and forget it’ system that allows shareholders to direct their proxy votes toward environmental or social justice issues.” Read More →
Read More“To evaluate a fund’s voting behavior, visit the As You Sow Proxy Voting Tracker. This tool can help you determine whether your fund is engaging in real shareholder advocacy, or greenwashing from the sidelines.” Read More →
Read More“These companies fully understand the benefits of having diverse teams and leadership. For example, a review by As You Sow and Whistle Stop Capital of over 1,600 companies found that manager diversity is positively associated with key financial performance indicators, including return on equity and invested capital, revenue growth, and share price performance.” Read More →
Read More“For those seeking to consider a broader range of prison-related stocks, shareholder advocacy nonprofit As You Sow publishes a Prison-Free Funds tool that grades 3,000 US equity funds.’" Read More →
Read More“In the organization’s Diversity Dividend report, which analyzed 1,641 US companies over a period of five years (2016 to 2022), results showed a significant correlation between diverse management teams and better financial outcomes.” Read More →
Read More“Earlier this year, the tech conglomerate added a fossil-free fund to its employees' 401(k) options. Already, an analysis from Fossil Free Funds found, the Parnassus Core Equity fund has more than $710 million invested in it.” Read More →
Read More“‘We've been working for five years now filing proposals with the company and having sporadic engagements with them,’ Conrad MacKerron, senior vice president of the nonprofit group As You Sow, told Newsweek." Read More →
Read More“’We’re looking for companies to set targets directly within their supply chain so that they can track and measure the direct outcomes of their actions,’ lead author on the report and senior co-ordinator of the environmental health programme at As You Sow, Cailin Dendas, tells Sustainable Views." Read More →
Read More“A large-scale study released in 2023 by As You Sow, a nonprofit shareholder advocacy group promoting corporate social responsibility, revealed the direct correlation between DEI and bottom line results, ‘making a clear business and investor case for diversity as a material factor in financial success.’" Read More →
Read More“Danielle Fugere, president of the shareholder advocacy group As You Sow, said investors may also see U.S. assets as less relevant and more volatile if U.S. systems fail to adhere to climate regulatory frameworks.” Read More →
Read More“Conrad MacKerron, senior vice president at As You Sow, said the organization is ‘fairly hopeful’ following this year’s outcomes. Amid political pressures against ESG initiatives, vote totals appeared lower than in the past, but 'I think we know why they’re lower,’ he said." Read More →
Read More“‘As You Sow is deeply disappointed in this unexpected action by PepsiCo,” added Kelly McBee, circular economy manager at As You Sow. ‘The move appears counterintuitive to the company’s previous leadership in tackling plastic pollution and its PEP+ program to operate within planetary boundaries.’" Read More →
Read More“‘Shareholders overwhelmingly voted against resolutions to end DEI and backed management maintaining merit-based diversity programs focused on financial performance,’ said Andrew Behar, CEO of As You Sow, a nonprofit organization that advocates for environmental and social corporate responsibility." Read More →
Read More“Danielle Fugere, president of As You Sow, says: 'We thought it was fair to ask the company what we should expect as investors. Tell us what you know so we have more information on which to base our investment decisions.’" Read More →
Read More“Danielle Fugere, president of the shareholder advocacy group As You Sow, said the rollback strikes at the heart of global risk transparency." Read More →
Read More“Kelly McBee, a plastic pollution prevention specialist at As You Sow, said the group is targeting beverage and snack companies because ‘most of these companies produce goods that are designed to be consumed on the go or in small quantities, so the scale of their packaging is some of the greatest.’” Read More →
Read More“Over half of the nation’s 3,000 largest companies continue to build and expand DEI-related programs, according to Olivia Knight, racial and environmental justice manager at shareholder advocacy group As You Sow, which has advocated for corporate DEI programs." Read More →
Read More“As Andy Behar, CEO of As You Sow noted: ‘Shareholders understand that diversity and inclusion are material to profitable growth. Anyone who’s looking at the data, which the companies and shareholders are, comes to the conclusion that greater diversity leads to financial outperformance.’" Read More →
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