More than 386 employees at e-commerce giant Amazon have broken the company’s rules by posting statements on a social media site to complain that their employer is a major factor in climate change. Read More →

Environmental HealthAs You SowFebruary 17, 2020Tony Chapelle, climate, climate change, amazon employees, amazo

Kellogg works with suppliers to phase out controversial glyphosate

As You Sow, a consumer advocacy group, filed shareholder resolutions in 2017 and 2020 asking the company to eliminate producer application of glyphosate before harvesting grains. The group said in a release it hoped other food producers would do the same. Read More →

Environmental HealthAs You SowFebruary 17, 2020Cathy Siegner, gly, Kellogg's

Kellogg to phase out glyphosate as a pre-harvest drying agent in wheat and oat supply chains by 2025

Kellogg will work with suppliers to phase out the use of glyphosate as a pre-harvest drying agent in its major wheat and oat supply chains by 2025. Read More →

Environmental HealthAsYouSowFebruary 17, 2020Mary Ellen Shoup, Glyphosate, Kellogg's

18,000 Signatures Delivered Urging SEC Not to Muzzle Voice of Shareholders

Green America, Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) and As You Sow delivered the signatures today to the SEC at its Washington, D.C., offices at 100 F Street NE. Signatures also were gathered by Public Citizen and Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR). Read More →

Activist Shareholders Set Their Sights on Pesticide Use

Most large U.S. food companies are doing little or nothing to reduce pesticide use in their supply chains, according to a recent report.

Environmental HealthAsYouSowNovember 14, 2019Adam Allington, Shareholders, shareholder proposals, Pesticides

Companies struggle to digest ‘alphabet soup’ of ESG arbiters

The future of financial reporting for environmental, social and governance investing arrived with a bang at the chicken farms of Mississippi last month.

Technology Can Help Cities Tackle Recycling Problems

The U.S. throws away about $11.4 billion worth of recyclable items and packaging every year, according to a report published by San Francisco-based As You Sow, a nonprofit organization that promotes corporate responsibility through shareholder advocacy

Environmental HealthAs You SowSeptember 6, 2019Megan Greenwalt, recycling

General Mills Takes Lead to Reduce Pesticides in Supply Chain, Avoids Proxy Fight

By stepping up to lead efforts on sustainable agriculture, General Mills Inc. has dodged a proxy fight with shareholder activist group As You Sow over the use of pesticides in the company’s supply chain.

Environmental HealthAsYouSowAugust 22, 2019Sue Reisinger, Pesticides, General Mills

Environmental group drops criticism of General Mills

An environmental group that wages shareholder resolution campaigns dropped a complaint against General Mills after the company acknowledged pesticides are a problem in food supplies and outlined steps to reduce their use.

Environmental HealthAsYouSowAugust 19, 2019Kristen Leigh Painter, Pesticides

Climate activists find warmer reception at shareholder meetings

BOSTON (Reuters) - Climate activists found companies more receptive to steps like cutting emissions or buying clean power this year, a new tally of shareholder resolutions shows, a trend proponents said undercuts the case for proxy rule changes sought by business groups.

Environmental HealthAsYouSowJuly 15, 2019Ross Kerber, climate, climate change, homepage

Courts grapple with Amazon’s responsibility for dangerous products

A tragic accident and a faulty rhinestone dog collar are at the center of a court drama that could have far-reaching effects on how products are sold online.

Amazon Won’t Stop Selling Toxic Products In the U.S.

It started in 2014, when a California-based civil enforcer Larry Lee found dangerous levels of mercury in skin-lightening creams sold on Amazon.

Environmental HealthAsYouSowJuly 4, 2019Ankita Rao, amazon, amazon skin-lightening creams

If we want antibiotics to work, consumers have to put big pressure on factory farms

On March 1, Denny’s stopped purchasing chicken treated with medically important antibiotics for its U.S. restaurants.

Environmental HealthAsYouSowJune 10, 2019Christy Spees, Antibiotics and Factory Farms, anti

General Mills project could set standard for farm-level regulations

Large food companies are increasingly worried about the broad impact they have on the environment.

Environmental HealthAsYouSowJune 3, 2019Jennifer Betzner, regenerative farming, farming

Shareholders call on Chevron, Exxon to address climate change

Shareholders 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.

Spirit of Paris gains ground with 'big oil'

It 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.

Shareholders at Exxon and Chevron reject climate resolutions

"Molecules of U.S. freedom.” “Freedom gas.”

Exxon Mobil shareholders reject independent chair proposal

Exxon Mobil shareholders Wednesday voted down a proposal that would have required the board chair be independent from the company.

General Mills Makes Regenerative Ag Commitment

A shareholder advocacy group applauds a recent announcement that General Mills is committing to advance one million acres of farmland to holistic practices by 2030.

Environmental HealthAsYouSowMarch 14, 2019Mark Dorenkamp, General Mills, agriculture

BP board will back shareholder push to align goals with Paris climate agreement

Oil major BP PLC’s board said Friday it will back a shareholder resolution at its annual meeting this year that would force the company to align its business strategy with the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Environmental HealthAsYouSowFebruary 4, 2019Ciara Linnane, BP, climate change