Andrew Carter: last of the fund industry elders

The UK’s messy divorce from the EU has been a source of frustration for fund management executives since the referendum nearly three years ago.

CEO PayAs You SowApril 11, 2019Owen Walker, CEO Pay, report

Companies that use non-standard metrics for executive comp are overpaying managers, study finds

U.S. companies that use nonstandard numbers to calculate executive compensation are overpaying their top managers, according to a new research report.

CEO PayAsYouSowApril 8, 2019Francine McKenna, CEO Pay, report

Companies face mini-wave of plastic pollution proposals

Petrochemical 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.

Exxon Mobil to face shareholder resolution calling for board climate committee

Investors will have the chance to vote on a proposal calling for Exxon Mobil to set up a board-level climate change committee at the oil giant’s forthcoming AGM.

EnergyAsYouSowApril 8, 2019exxon, Daniel Brooksbank, shareholder resolutions

Shareholders Press Companies Harder On Human Rights

Proxy season is underway, in which companies face their shareholders and their concerns on social issues, and there has been a surge in human rights proposals aimed at such issues as immigration rights and detention, child sexual exploitation, hate speech and privacy.

Exxon shareholders denied vote on emissions targets

ExxonMobil shareholders will not get a vote on whether the company should set targets for cutting its greenhouse gas emissions, following a ruling by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

EnergyAs You SowApril 8, 2019Ed Crooks, exxon, shareholder resolutions, car emissions

Here's how to track how well your impact investments are performing

You want to make money on your investments and put your money to work to do good in the world at the same time.

Clean200AsYouSowApril 8, 2019Lorie Konish, Clean200, report

Investors Urge Companies To Support Methane Regulations. Are They Listening?

Over the past few weeks, companies like BP, Equinor, Exxon and Shell have publicly stated their support for direct federal regulation of methane.

EnergyAs You SowApril 8, 2019methane regulations, methane, Kate Gaumond, EDF

Proxy Preview 2019

Proponents have filed at least 386 shareholder resolutions on environmental, social and sustainability issues for the 2019 proxy season, Environmental, Social & Sustainability Resolutions with 303 still pending as of February 15.

Proxy PreviewAs You SowApril 8, 2019Heidi Welsh, Michael Passoff, Andrew Behar, report, Proxy Preview

The Most Overpaid CEOs: Are Fund Managers Asleep at The Wheel?

In 2015, As You Sow embarked on a mission to identify and report on the most overpaid CEOs of the S&P 500 and whether or not pension funds and financial managers held companies accountable for such excessive compensation.

CEO PayAs You SowApril 8, 2019CEO Pay, report, Rosanna Landis Weaver

Starbucks needs to top up its reusability goals — with our help

Starbucks offers incentives to customers to use reusable cups for both in-store and to-go consumption.

Waste, Circular EconomyAs You SowApril 1, 2019Jennifer Wells, Starbucks, plastics, Starbucks plastics vote

Lyft is a Silicon Valley change-the-world, change lives, IPO moment. So was Facebook

While Lyft was preparing to go public this week in an IPO valuing the rideshare company above $20 billion, Facebook was preparing for something else: a lawsuit from the federal government over discriminatory housing ads.

EnergyAsYouSowApril 1, 2019Eric Rosenbaum, climate, climate change, lyft, Lyft IPO

YESS Addresses Forced Labor in Cotton Supply Chain

The Responsible Sourcing Network released the YESS: Yarn Ethically & Sustainably Sourced Standard and YESS Workbook.

Human RightsAsYouSowApril 1, 2019Martin Vilaboy, YESS Standard, YESS Standards, YESS, report

ExxonMobil to report pellet pollution

Following pressure from a green shareholder activist group, ExxonMobil Chemical Co. agreed March 27 to expand its public reporting around resin pellet spills from its factories.

Shareholders Go After Companies For Plastic Waste

At the urging of shareholders, ExxonMobil has agreed to report on plastics spills and management of plastics handling, As You Sow announced Wednesday.

ExxonMobil avoids shareholder resolution on plastics pollution after agreement with investors

Oil giant ExxonMobil has avoided having to face a shareholder resolution on plastic pellet pollution after an agreement with investors - though the issue will go to the vote at peer companies like Chevron and Philips 66.

ExxonMobil to report plastic pollution spills, shareholders say

ExxonMobil has agreed to start reporting plastic pellet spills from its polymer production plants under shareholder pressure to prevent ocean pollution, the shareholder group As You Sow said Wednesday.

Exxon to report plastic pellet spills, shareholder says

HOUSTON, March 27 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp agreed to start reporting spills of plastic pellets from its chemical plants this year, according to an activist shareholder group that pressed the company on the issue.

BCI to oppose proposed Goldcorp and Newmont Mining merger

The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. said on April 4, 2019 it will vote against the proposed merger of Goldcorp Inc. and Newmont Mining Corp., highlighting its disapproval of a $US12 million retirement allowance for Goldcorp’s chair.

CEO PayAsYouSowMarch 28, 2019Yaelle Gang, CEO Pay, report

Can the tools of capitalism curb climate change?

Imagine a Walmart semi-truck rolling down the interstate with its back doors open, plasma-screen televisions tumbling out onto the highway, crashing through windshields and causing chaos.

EnergyAsYouSowMarch 28, 2019Carl Segerstrom, climate, climate change, SEC ruling Goldman Sachs, SEC, Goldman Sachs