Andrew Behar, CEO of As You Sow, explains that many companies who sponsor 401(k) plans are contradicting their own stated sustainability goals. Read More →
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At Apple and John Deere, shareholder resolutions have already been filed and, thanks to the success of this one from As You Sow, more filings are likely on the way, says Wiens. Read More →
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Daniel Stewart of As You Sow compares GE in the current moment to another American industrial icon: GM. Read More →
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As You Sow represents broad social interests for shareholders, but their listed priority groups don't explicitly include right-to-repair. Read More →
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“As You Sow and the shareholders we represent believe that corporations need to disclose greater detail about their policies and practices to include material environmental, social, and governance” data, Behar said. Read More →
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“There has been this history of making big, grand promises on recycling and not following through,” says Conrad MacKerron, senior vice president of As You Sow, an organization that prods big corporations on environmental performance. Read More →
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According to As You Sow, Microsoft has committed to launching a third-party study to evaluate the matter. But perhaps more importantly, the company is also promising to “expand the availability of certain parts and repair documentation beyond Microsoft’s Authorized Service Provider network.” Read More →
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“The company has set a significant initial goal to reduce the use of virgin plastic,” says Conrad MacKerron, senior vice president of As You Sow “We encourage other companies to step forward and make bolder, larger absolute cuts in overall plastic packaging. Reducing virgin plastic use is a good start, but cuts in total plastic use have a greater impact. We need hundreds of companies to make significant cuts in single-use plastic packaging if we are to make meaningful progress in reducing the flow of plastic wastes into oceans.” Read More →
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Yesterday, Microsoft has agreed to increase consumers’ options to repair their devices by the end of 2022, and in response, As You Sow withdrew the shareholder resolution. Read More →
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As You Sow, a shareholder activism nonprofit group, brought a resolution with Microsoft about its repair restrictions. On Thursday, the group withdrew its resolution. “This is an encouraging step,” said Kelly McBee, waste program coordinator for the nonprofit. Read More →
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"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," Kelly McBee, waste program coordinator at As You Sow, wrote in the filed resolution. Read More →
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As You Sow calls Microsoft’s commitment “an encouraging step,” but it’s worth keeping in perspective that it is just a step — what Microsoft has actually done today is said that it’ll have a study done and then use it to “guide” its “product design and plans for expanding device repair options,” according to a statement emailed to The Verge by a Microsoft spokesperson. Read More →
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Kelly McBee, the waste program coordinator at As You Sow started intensively exploring the issue of electronic waste several years ago. After learning that Microsoft was actively contributing to the crisis through its restrictive repair policies, she reached out to the company to have a “good faith conversation” in May. It didn’t go well. Read More →
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“This is an encouraging step by Microsoft to respond to the upswell of federal and state activity in the right to repair movement,” Kelly McBee, waste program coordinator at As You Sow, said in a press release. “Excitingly, this agreement will begin to allow consumers to repair their Microsoft devices outside the limited network of authorized repair shops.” Read More →
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Meredith Benton, a consultant with Berkeley, Calif.-based As You Sow and a principal at Whistle Stop Capital, said “Nike is notably lagging” when it comes to releasing data on who it recruits, retains and promotes. Read More →
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“There’s a fundamental problem, which is the SEC allows you to name funds that don’t necessarily reflect what’s inside the fund,” said Andrew Behar, CEO of As You Sow, a nonprofit shareholder advocacy group. Read More →
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“What this spill does is underscore the need to move away from oil to other cleaner sources of energy,” said Danielle Fugere, president of As You Sow, a non-profit shareholder advocacy group focused on environmental and social issues. Read More →
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Danielle Fugere began her legal career as an environmental lawyer eking out a living one case at a time. Now, as chief counsel and president of As You Sow … Read More →
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As You Sow's McBee said that there is reason to push companies to follow through on their 2025 pledges and do more. Read More →
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Conrad MacKerron, senior vice president of As You Sow, said he sees Pepsi’s commitment as “a significant goal,” but the company’s timeline lags behind other major retailers and consumer brands. Read More →
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