“‘We are pleased to see the adoption of regenerative agriculture programs,’ said Cailin Vixie, As You Sow’s Senior Environmental Health Coordinator “However, companies making regenerative claims without measuring and reporting progress may fail to achieve expected outcomes and be exposed to claims of greenwashing…’” Read More →
Read More“‘We are at the beginning of this AI boom,’ said Kelly Poole, climate and energy coordinator at As You Sow. "Investors see the opportunity in intervening early so that we can have conversations with companies about sustainably developing their AI infrastructure before we find ourselves further along when more infrastructure is built, where money has been spent, and it's harder to undo the environmental and social impacts.’” Read More →
Read More“The SEC’s proposal 'has tilted the field strongly in favor of shielding management from shareholder input … creating a byzantine and difficult process which favors shareholder votes going to support management,’ Danielle Fugere, president of shareholder advocate As You Sow, said in a statement.” Read More →
Read More“‘Investor protection is at the heart of the SEC’s mission and fundamental to maintaining orderly markets and facilitating capital formation,’ said Danielle Fugere, President & Chief Counsel of As You Sow.” Read More →
Read More“‘It’s hard to understand the SEC’s rationale for proposing to shield companies from advisory shareholder input,’ said Danielle Fugere, president and chief counsel at As You Sow.” Read More →
Read More"In announcing the litigation, Danielle Fugere, president and chief counsel of As You Sow, said: 'As You Sow requested these records more than two years ago because investors have a legitimate interest in understanding the linkage between workforce composition and financial performance.'” Read More →
Read More“‘EEO-1 workforce data has long served as the bare minimum for evaluating corporate performance in creating equitable and effective workplace hiring programs,” said Danielle Fugere, president and chief counsel of As You Sow, in a statement." Read More →
Read More“‘Workforce diversity is a material business issue that investors increasingly consider in their decision-making,’ said Andrew Behar, As You Sow’s CEO.
Without this information, said Danielle Fugere, president and chief counsel, ‘investors are flying blind.’" Read More →
Read More“‘Since proposals are generally non-binding, the only real benefit of these changes appears to be shielding companies from having to consider hard issues that would be easier to sweep under the rug’, explains Danielle Fugere, As You Sow’s president and chief counsel.” Read More →
Read More“‘Insurance companies are raising rates and dropping coverage because of climate-related disasters, but the parties most responsible — the major fossil fuel producers — are not being held accountable,’ said Danielle Fugere, President and Chief Counsel of As You Sow." Read More →
Read More“As You Sow President Danielle Fugere stated: ‘Our proposal simply asks Chubb to evaluate whether recovering costs from responsible parties could help keep insurance affordable for the families and communities that depend on it.’" Read More →
Read More“As You Sow’s proposal addresses a significant policy issue—the affordability and availability of homeowners insurance in the face of climate change—that directly impacts the company’s long-term financial sustainability and carries broad societal implications." Read More →
Read More“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“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“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“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“But As You Sow, a non-profit group focused on shareholder advocacy on ESG matters, said the order “accelerates an environmentally catastrophic practice” that 32 countries and business groups have rejected until deepsea mining’s ecosystem impact is clear." Read More →
Read More“Danielle Fugere, president and chief counsel of As You Sow, an institutional shareholder representative and advocacy group, said she is ‘extremely skeptical’ that the Trump administration would be able to defend in court an executive order that arbitrarily excludes environmental groups from 501(c)(3) status due to the administration’s policy preference at the time." Read More →
Read MoreThe broad scope of his opinion seems "designed to curb any assessment of climate impact or climate risk," said Danielle Fugere, president and chief counsel of As You Sow. "[The opinion determines] just because American Airlines has adopted climate change principles and BlackRock has too, therefore one can conclude they are colluding in some way or they have conflicts of interest. That's such an enormous leap. It makes no sense in today's market where climate change is a risk, investors and companies have to address those risks, and if they don't, they will be impacted financially and negatively." Read More →
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