“The big fund companies have a massive aggregation of power that comes from the investments of their shareholders,” said Andrew Behar, chief executive of As You Sow. “At the very least, the fund companies shouldn’t be allowed to vote if they have conflicts of interest.” Read More →
Read MoreThe amount of plastic flowing into the world’s oceans is set to surge and businesses’ efforts to reduce plastic waste will do little to stop it, according to a new study in the journal Science. Read More →
Read MoreCompanies including Goldman Sachs and BlackRock will be forced to confront accusations of hypocrisy at their upcoming shareholder meetings from investors challenging commitments made by corporate America to consider the environment and their workers alongside profitability. Read More →
Read MoreThree titans of US banking and investment had their requests to omit shareholder proposals on implementing the Business Roundtable Statement of the Purpose of a Corporation slapped back by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday. Read More →
Read MoreGreen America, a not-for-profit membership organization focused on the economic power of consumers, investors and businesses to create an environmentally sustainable economy, along with Americans for Financial Reform and As You Sow, delivered the petition. Read More →
Read MoreGreensboro, North Carolina-based Unifi Inc. has launched a new sustainable product that it says enables customers and consumers to play a role in solving the problem of ocean plastic.
Read MoreLarge investors in General Motors Co. are urging the company to take a stronger stance against President Trump's efforts to unravel a key Obama-era climate policy.
Read MoreShareholders at two of the world’s biggest oil and gas producers are urging the companies to adopt polices to reduce their impact on climate change.
Read MoreInvestors have been stepping up efforts to prod companies to advance their commitments to environmental, social and governance (ESG) activities.
Read MoreShareholders at two of the world’s biggest oil and gas producers are urging the companies to adopt polices to reduce their impact on climate change.
Read MoreIt is a new sound. In the last month of May, the period in which the oil sector holds its annual meetings for shareholders, climate change was high on the agenda almost everywhere.
Read More"Molecules of U.S. freedom.” “Freedom gas.”
Read MoreExxon and Chevron shareholders rejected a series of climate change-related proposals at the companies’ annual investors meetings on Wednesday.
Read MoreExxon Mobil shareholders Wednesday voted down a proposal that would have required the board chair be independent from the company.
Read MoreOakland, California—May 14, 2019—The biggest Dutch investor, Aegon Netherlands and Aegon Asset Management Netherlands, announced this week its support for nine shareholder climate resolutions, including As You Sow’s Chevron Paris-aligned business transition proposal and a petrochemical resiliency proposal filed with Exxon.
Read MoreIn deal news, shares of Anadarko Petroleum are trading sharply higher in pre-market trading after Occidental Petroleum put out a rival bid for the company worth $57 billion.
Read MorePresident Trump signed a pair of executive orders at a training center for petroleum industry workers near Houston last Wednesday.
Read MoreIf you’re like many of those I’ve introduced the word “nurdle” to in the last week or so, you giggled the first time you heard it.
Read MoreShareholders filed proposals on nearly 400 environmental, social and sustainability issues at U.S. companies through mid-February.
Read MorePetrochemical companies are facing pressure to disclose incidents where they have spilled plastic into the ocean, which leads to what is said to be a major source of pollution.
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