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Accurate Reporting Of Biofuels' Impact Needed
Accurate Reporting Of Biofuels' Impact Needed

Environmentalists want more transparency for investors on the ecological impact of bio-fuels, which are promoted as an alternative to fossil fuels.

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EnergyAsYouSowFebruary 28, 2019biofuels, Karen DeMasters
Canada lagging behind on ‘say on pay’
Canada lagging behind on ‘say on pay’

While more shareholders have been putting their foot down on excessive chief executive officer pay, not enough progress has been made, according to a new report by U.S.-based non-profit foundation As You Sow.

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CEO PayAsYouSowFebruary 28, 2019Yaelle Gang, report
Take these 3 steps to climate-proof your stock-market investments
Take these 3 steps to climate-proof your stock-market investments

It has been raining in Nashville. I don’t mean a little rain, I mean 13.47 inches of rain through Feb. 23, a mere 3 inches shy of the record monthly rainfall we received in 2010, which unfortunately flooded my home and many others in the area. Needless to say, I’ve been more than a little worried about the weather.

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Invest Your ValuesAsYouSowFebruary 28, 2019Meredith Jones, Fossil Free Funds
Carbon Clean 200: The Companies Leading us to a Clean Energy Future
Carbon Clean 200: The Companies Leading us to a Clean Energy Future

As You Sow and Corporate Knights released today its sixth update of the Carbon Clean 200™, a list of the 200 publicly traded companies that are leading the way among their global peers to a clean energy future.

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Clean200AsYouSowFebruary 28, 2019Andrea Bertoli, report
More large shareholders vote against excessive CEO pay [updated]
More large shareholders vote against excessive CEO pay [updated]

More large shareholders – including large asset managers and pension funds – are voting against CEO pay packages, according to US non-profit As You Sow.

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CEO PayAsYouSowFebruary 28, 2019report, Leen Preesman
This Year's List of the Most Overpaid CEOs in America Is Out
This Year's List of the Most Overpaid CEOs in America Is Out

The disparity between executive salaries and those of the workforce has been an issue of increasing scrutiny for a while as the gap has continued to widen. Now, a nonprofit shareholder advocacy group has assembled a list of the CEOs it says are the most overpaid in America.

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CEO PayAsYouSowFebruary 28, 2019report, Chris Morris
Electronic Arts and Activision Blizzard CEOs Among Most Overpaid New Report Reveals
Electronic Arts and Activision Blizzard CEOs Among Most Overpaid New Report Reveals

Amid massive layoffs, the CEOs of Electronic Arts and Activision Blizzard have been named among the 100 most overpaid CEOs by a non-profit shareholder advocacy group.

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CEO PayAsYouSowFebruary 28, 2019report, Andrew Whalen
The 25 CEOs whose pay has been most wildly out of sync with their company's performance
The 25 CEOs whose pay has been most wildly out of sync with their company's performance

Most CEOs make a lot of money. No surprise there.

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CEO PayAsYouSowFebruary 28, 2019report, Shana Lebowitz
Dem leaders fundraise, and profit, from fossil fuel industry
Dem leaders fundraise, and profit, from fossil fuel industry

Progressive lawmakers are currently pushing a bold resolution on climate change that they hope will set a course for Democratic presidential candidates and legislative efforts after the 2020 elections.

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Invest Your ValuesAsYouSowFebruary 28, 2019Corbin Hiar, Niina Heikkinen, Fossil Free Funds
Activision's Bobby Kotick and EA's Andrew Wilson among most overpaid CEOs in US
Activision's Bobby Kotick and EA's Andrew Wilson among most overpaid CEOs in US

A new report shows that the heads of Activision Blizzard and Electronic Arts are among the United States' most overpaid CEOs.

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CEO PayAsYouSowFebruary 25, 2019report, James Batchelor
Activision and EA Both Appear On "Most Overpaid CEOs" List
Activision and EA Both Appear On "Most Overpaid CEOs" List

The non-profit advocacy group As You Sow has released its 2019 "Most Overpaid CEOs" report and it includes two notable companies from the games industry. Both Activision's Bobby Kotick and Electronic Arts' Andrew Wilson appeared on the top 100 list, which is intended to promote corporate responsibility.

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CEO PayAsYouSowFebruary 25, 2019report, Steve Watts
Activision Blizzard’s Bobby Kotick and EA’s Andrew Wilson Appear in List of ‘100 Most Overpaid CEOs’
Activision Blizzard’s Bobby Kotick and EA’s Andrew Wilson Appear in List of ‘100 Most Overpaid CEOs’

As You Sow, an organization dedicated to promoting corporate accountability, has published its annual list of top 100 “Most Overpaid CEOs,” which includes Activision Blizzard’s Bobby Kotick and Electronic Arts’ Andrew Wilson.

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CEO PayAsYouSowFebruary 25, 2019Zarmena Khan, report
Bag pre-emption laws show 'questionable ethics'
Bag pre-emption laws show 'questionable ethics'

It is ironic that the letter from by Patty Long, interim CEO of the Plastics Industry Association, seeks to invoke ethics.

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Waste, Circular EconomyAsYouSowFebruary 25, 2019plastics, Conrad MacKerron, Tim Smith
Here’s one ranking of the 25 most overpaid CEOs in the S&P 500
Here’s one ranking of the 25 most overpaid CEOs in the S&P 500

Rising income inequality has put CEO pay into sharp focus in recent years, at the same time that new regulations have forced public companies to disclose the ratio of top executive pay to that of their median worker.

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CEO PayAsYouSowFebruary 25, 2019report, Chris Matthews
Report: The 100 ‘Most Overpaid’ CEOs
Report: The 100 ‘Most Overpaid’ CEOs

More than one third of the largest companies in the country overpay their chief executives, according to one of the authors of a report that annually ranks executive compensation and reviews say-on-pay votes cast by mutual fund companies.

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CEO PayAs You SowFebruary 25, 2019report, Tony Chapelle
The average S&P CEO makes 273 times more than its median employee
The average S&P CEO makes 273 times more than its median employee

Thanks to the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform bill, shareholders gained access to new information this year.

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CEO PayAs You SowFebruary 25, 2019report, Dion Rabouin
1 big thing: The most overpaid CEOs
1 big thing: The most overpaid CEOs

Who is the most overpaid CEO? It's Ronald Clarke of Fleetcor Technologies, or so says a new study that analyzes performance and pay.

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CEO PayAs You SowFebruary 25, 2019report, Dion Rabouin
Pension funds getting more involved with CEO pay – report
Pension funds getting more involved with CEO pay – report

More pension funds and other large shareholders are voting against CEO pay packages considered excessive, but it will take more involvement to fix the problem, according to a report released Thursday by As You Sow, a non-profit shareholder advocacy organization in Oakland, Calif.

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CEO PayAs You SowFebruary 25, 2019report, Hazel Bradford
Fund groups nod through huge CEO pay deals, says non-profit group
Fund groups nod through huge CEO pay deals, says non-profit group

Big asset managers stand accused of rubber-stamping exorbitant executive pay deals in the US, as the income gap between bosses and staff grows even wider.

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CEO PayAs You SowFebruary 21, 2019Owen Walker, report
European Investors Oppose CEO Pay More Than Vanguard, BlackRock
European Investors Oppose CEO Pay More Than Vanguard, BlackRock

Large asset managers oppose executive compensation plans at a higher rate than ever before, and European firms tend to reject CEO pay more often than their U.S. peers.

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CEO PayAsYouSowFebruary 21, 2019Anders Melin, report
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