As You Sow, a non-profit focusing on corporate social responsibility, offers an online tool that compares where funds rank with regard to criteria such as deforestation, fossil fuels, gender equality, guns, weapons, tobacco and prisons. Read More →
Read MoreBeyond its habit of putting polluting infrastructure in predominantly nonwhite neighborhoods, another reason the energy sector underperformed on the scorecard was what As You Sow called a “serious lack of diversity, equity, and inclusion disclosure.” Read More →
Read MoreIn recent years, both the World Economic Forum and Business Roundtable, pre-Covid, embraced stakeholder capitalism over shareholder capitalism to the exclusion of every other interest. Andrew Behar, CEO of As You Sow, which has taken on many companies over the years in proxy battles focused on ESG issues, says the tide it not turning back to Milton Friedman’s view of the world. Read More →
Read MoreAndrew Behar, a shareholder advocate and CEO of As You Sow, which has long led climate disclosure efforts among investors pressuring companies, and who is involved in the Say on Climate initiative, says using the 2050 net-zero target as an example — which is the timeline for many companies — means a net 50% reduction by 2030, because once the low-hanging fruit is taken care of, the percentage goals get harder to reach. “That means 5% every year for the next 10 years, and it means Scope 3, and they need to actually report that.” Read More →
Read More"Too often when companies do this, it's a very small percentage of CEO annual pay. And it can become a reward for something they would do anyway," says Rosanna Landis Weaver, who tracks governance and compensation at investor advocacy group As You Sow. Read More →
Read MoreAs corporations strategize about how to create and stick to these 2025 plastics goals, they must strike a balance among being ambitious, realistic and sincere, said Conrad MacKerron, senior vice president at nonprofit As You Sow. Read More →
Read More“The company is just very much wedded to natural gas being part of reducing emissions,” said Daniel Stewart, a program manager at As You Sow, a nonprofit that works with corporate shareholders to advocate for stronger climate action. “From investors’ side, there’s just an increasing level of skepticism about what sort of role natural gas can play.” Read More →
Read MoreThe nonprofit, As You Sow, collected and analyzed data from S&P 500 companies showing what it says is the environmental impact of operations on communities of color. It said it scrutinized their products, environmental violations and fines and corporate actions. Read More →
Read More"Most employees across the nation are unaware their retirement plan investments are profiting from environmentally and socially risky companies," As You Sow said in the report. "The financial risks include stranded assets, reputational risk, and other negative impacts of unsustainable business practices that can destroy shareholder value." Read More →
Read MoreIts latest tool evaluates specific companies’ 401(k) offerings. “There’s $10 trillion of assets, owned by 100 million people, that need to be looked at,” says Andy Behar, As You Sow's CEO. Read More →
Read MoreAs You Sow will scrutinize the S&P 500, arguing that companies with big Earth-friendly pledges, including Amazon and Comcast, offer funds full of polluters or social inequity. Read More →
Read MoreDanielle Fugere, president of As You Sow, says in a statement: ‘Investors support this commitment by [GE] to take responsibility for the climate impact from use of its products and to transition to a more sustainable business model. Read More →
Read MoreIBD Senior Reporter Gillian Rich speaks with Danielle Fugere, president of the activist group As You Sow., to learn what's next after Chevron shareholders in May backed proposals for further emission cuts. Read More →
Read MoreAs You Sow’s Invest Your Values tools allow consumers to see which companies are part of their funds and decide if the holdings align with their values, such as climate issues, gender equality, guns, tobacco and more. Read More →
Read More“This is a positive trend,” said Andrew Behar, CEO of shareholder advocacy group As You Sow. “This year was probably the most extraordinary in terms of shareholder empowerment and shareholders actually showing up and using the power of their vote to express discontent with companies.“ Read More →
Read MoreThe new objective comes after GE investors in May overwhelmingly backed a shareholder proposal pushing the company to say whether it planned to reach net-zero by 2050. As You Sow, the shareholder advocacy group behind the push, also pushed the company to include emissions from the use of its products and its supply chain in its net zero goal, saying the company had been slow to address this category, undoubtedly the largest associated with the company. Read More →
Read MoreWhat the companies and large money managers did not mention is the entire ‘shareholder advocacy’ community of professionals. This includes faith-based, impact, and socially responsible investors, as well as non-profit shareholder advocates like As You Sow, the organisation of which I am CEO. Read More →
Read More“Microsoft positions itself as a leader on climate and the environment, yet facilitates premature landfilling of its devices by restricting consumer access to device reparability,” said Kelly McBee, the waste programme co-ordinator at As You Sow. Read More →
Read MoreA review of top US companies from the Sustainable Investments Institute and partners As You Sow and Proxy Impact identified 34 majority votes this year for proposals regarding environmental, social and corporate governance, or ESG, issues. That's well above last year's record of 21 (and the number could keep growing). Read More →
Read More“This was a political rulemaking not warranted by the record or the evidence,” said Danielle Fugere, president of As You Sow, a California shareholder activist group and one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. Read More →
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