“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 →
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 More“‘We’re a little bit in a pause mode,’ said Andy Behar, As You Sow’s CEO. He said a ‘right-wing crusade’ against socially responsible investing has left shareholders in limbo as they figure out how to navigate the shifting political climate.” Read More →
Read More“As You Sow, a shareholder advocacy group, chose to make flexibles a focal point this year following the relative lack of achievement on 2025 plastics targets set via groups such as the U.S. Plastics Pact and Ellen MacArthur Foundation.” Read More →
Read More“According to the shareholder advocate group As You Sow, Travelers has continued to stay profitable even with disasters like wildfires and hurricanes sharply increasing rates or pulling out of high-risk markets altogether.” Read More →
Read More“‘The political situation in the US is deepening trust between companies and their shareholders “as there is a common enemy trying to harm businesses,’ Andrew Behar, CEO of As You Sow, has told Responsible Investor.” Read More →
Read More“A lot of people, if you ask them, say, ‘Yes, I would love to have my investments align with my values,’” said Andrew Montes, director of digital strategies at As You Sow. “But then we also see a low adoption of sustainable funds within 401(k) plans that offer them.” Read More →
Read More“‘First Solar can confidently make a commitment to keep seabed minerals out of its supply chains because the Company understands the power of circularity,’ said Elizabeth Levy, biodiversity program coordinator at As You Sow." Read More →
Read More“In another positive sign for those concerned about human health and ocean pollution, the SEC sided with As You Sow over Pepsi Co on a shareholder resolution urging the soda and food giant to reduce plastic pollution." Read More →
Read More“As You Sow Senior Vice President Conrad MacKerron said in a statement that car tires are ‘a growing source of toxic microplastic pollution that harms ecosystems and fish, and may pose danger to human health.’ The group said tire wear particles account for an estimated 78% of microplastic leakage into oceans, and that tire wear emissions become airborne and can pose ‘serious human health risks.’" Read More →
Read More“Shareholder advocacy group As You Sow, which filed the resolution, responded this week by saying shareholders were not demanding disclosures requiring the kind of ‘intricate detail’ outlawed by SEC guidance.” Read More →
Read More“Danielle Fugere, president and chief counsel for the shareholder advocacy nonprofit As You Sow, said disclosure is a prerequisite for holding banks to their climate goals. ‘We want to understand what it is they’re doing,’ she said. Laws like California’s bring to light the financial instability wrought by fossil fuel-driven climate change and — in theory, at least — discourage financing that would exacerbate it.” Read More →
Read More“According to Cole Genge, director of programs of As You Sow, the emerging deep sea mining (DSM) industry embodies one of the most significant new threats to global biodiversity.
‘As the green transition, including electric vehicle deployment, speeds up, companies like The Metals Company plan to strip-mine the seafloor for nodules containing battery-related minerals,’ said Genge. ‘Supporters of DSM argue that mining deep sea nodules poses fewer risks to climate and biodiversity compared to terrestrial mining.’” Read More →
Read More“Another report released last week by the shareholder advocacy group As You Sow and the sustainable economy research organization Corporate Knights identified the world's top 200 Clean Tech companies and measured their economic performance.” Read More →
Read More“In a recent interview with Fortune, Behar explained that his group has spent months meeting with the heads of businesses caught in the crosshairs of DEI critics determined to blame everything from wildfires to plane crashes on diversity efforts. As You Sow has also proposed pro-DEI resolutions at companies like John Deere, Berkshire Hathaway, and Ford.” Read More →
Read More“In 2016, we created the Clean200 in response to investors saying, ‘If we divest fossil fuels, there is nothing to invest in,’” says Andrew Behar, CEO of As You Sow and co-author of the Carbon Clean 200 report that accompanies the ranking. “The Clean200 has consistently demonstrated that the ‘clean energy’ future of eight years ago is now the clean energy present. This year, the scale and global diversity of leading companies continue to expand and redefine the term ‘cleantech’ to be any company with products and services that will reduce demand for fossil fuels and water.” Read More →
Read MoreThe term "Prison Free" may mean different things to different people. As You Sow’s Prison Free Funds provides a range, with the lowest grades going to private prison operators. They then calculate the percentage of holdings of support companies including suppliers of food, laundry, IT, power, banking, and other services and products needed to run the prison industry and the militarization of borders and immigration policing. Read More →
Read More“First Solar’s commitment leads the way to ensuring that we don’t unwittingly create yet another globally destructive practice,” said Elizabeth Levy, biodiversity program coordinator at As You Sow. “Companies that promote deep sea mining insist that we need deep seabed minerals now to fuel the energy transition; First Solar’s insistence on a precautionary process challenges this false narrative and shows others in the renewable energy industry that we don’t need to exploit the deep sea, potentially irrevocably, for the energy transition to continue.” Read More →
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