Press Releases — As You Sow

New Report Finds Critical Gaps Remain in Major Food Companies’ Regenerative Agriculture Programs

New Report Finds Critical Gaps Remain in Major Food Companies’ Regenerative Agriculture Programs

Some food companies made measurable progress in adopting regenerative agriculture programs, but major gaps remain in demonstrating outcomes according to As You Sow’s latest report From the Ground Up.

Environmental HealthAsYouSowOctober 15, 2026regenerative agriculture, pesticides, GMOs and Pesticides, fertilizer, Big Food, McCain Foods, Pepsi, Nestle, Danone, Conagra

SEC Vindicates Shareholders that Saved Exxon

SEC Vindicates Shareholders that Saved Exxon

After investigating ExxonMobil’s 2021 annual meeting in which three new board members were elected, the Commission brought no charges and found no evidence of collusion that had been alleged.

Climate ChangeAs You SowOctober 8, 2026SEC, ExxonMobil, shareholder advocacy

PepsiCo and Procter & Gamble Join Initiative to Replace Nonrecyclable Flexible Plastic Packaging Following Engagement with As You Sow

PepsiCo and Procter & Gamble Join Initiative to Replace Nonrecyclable Flexible Plastic Packaging Following Engagement with As You Sow

Two large consumer goods companies that As You Sow previously engaged to find alternatives to non-recyclable flexible plastic packaging have taken positive steps in that direction as charter members of a new initiative aimed at developing recyclable and biodegradable packaging materials.

Guest UserOctober 1, 2026

SEC Proposals to Silence Shareholders Would Undermine Property Rights and Trust in Public Markets

SEC Proposals to Silence Shareholders Would Undermine Property Rights and Trust in Public Markets

The SEC today proposed to rescind Rule 14a-8, the rule that has governed the inclusion of shareholder proposals in company proxy materials since 1942. The proposals would remove one of the most effective and least expensive risk-detection mechanisms in American capital markets, at a cost borne every investor who owns a share of a public company.

Shareholder RightsGuest UserSeptember 16, 2026SEC, Resolution

Shareholder Representative As You Sow Raises Deep Concern About SEC Initiation of a Process to Eliminate Rule 14A-8

Shareholder Representative As You Sow Raises Deep Concern About SEC Initiation of a Process to Eliminate Rule 14A-8

If enacted, ending 14A-8 would put an end to 83 years of federal enforcement of shareholders’ right to raise issues of concern about corporate risk.

Shareholder RightsGuest UserSeptember 1, 2026SEC, Resolution

SEC Decision to Permanently Abandon No-Action Process Leaves Companies and Shareholders in Uncharted Waters

SEC Decision to Permanently Abandon No-Action Process Leaves Companies and Shareholders in Uncharted Waters

The SEC’s announcement that its Division of Corporation Finance will permanently end its process for deciding no-action request challenges under Rule 14a-8, leaves both companies and investors in uncharted waters.

Shareholder RightsGuest UserAugust 19, 2026SEC, shareholder rights, shareholder democracy

As You Sow Condemns EEOC Proposal to Eliminate Collection of Workforce Composition Data Investors Need to Assess Risk

As You Sow Condemns EEOC Proposal to Eliminate Collection of Workforce Composition Data Investors Need to Assess Risk

As You Sow raised deep concern about the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s vote to issue a notice of proposed rule-making, rescinding the requirement that employers file annual EEO-1 and related reports summarizing workforce demographic data.

Social Justice, Racial JusticeRyon HarmsJuly 24, 2026EEO-1, EEOC, DOL, Soc, Raci, BIPOC, All White Management, shareholder rights, shareholder advocacy

National Academy of Science Confirms Climate Attribution Science Can Now Assign Responsibility for Climate-Related Extreme Weather Damage

National Academy of Science Confirms Climate Attribution Science Can Now Assign Responsibility for Climate-Related Extreme Weather Damage

As You Sow, the nation’s leading shareholder representative, today welcomed the release of Attribution of Extreme Weather and Climate Events and Their Impacts, a landmark consensus report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Climate ChangeRyon HarmsJuly 21, 2026National Academies of Sciences, Subrogation, Insurance, climate risk, climate change, climate disclosure

SCOTUS Protects Bayer with Legal Immunity from Roundup Cancer Claims; Investors Are Last Line of Defense

SCOTUS Protects Bayer with Legal Immunity from Roundup Cancer Claims; Investors Are Last Line of Defense

Supreme Court ruling for Bayer in Monsanto v. Durnell limits state-law cancer-warning lawsuits against pesticide manufacturers by holding that federal pesticide-labeling law preempts certain failure-to-warn claims — preventing states from protecting their own citizens.

Environmental HealthRyon HarmsJune 25, 2026Bayer, Monsanto, Pesticides in the Pantry, pesticides, SCOTUS

Good Trouble Using Forbidden Words: Kathie Florsheim’s UNSPEAKABLE Opens at Hera Gallery June 27

Good Trouble Using Forbidden Words: Kathie Florsheim’s UNSPEAKABLE Opens at Hera Gallery June 27

What happens to a document when words like women, climate, vaccines, and elderly are struck from it? Photographer and artist Kathie Florsheim answers that question in UNSPEAKABLE, a new installation from her ongoing Redline Project.

Shareholder RightsRyon HarmsJune 23, 2026Unspeakable, Free Speech

As You Sow Condemns SEC’s Proposal to Rescind Climate Disclosure Rule, Warns Legal Rationale Threatens All Investor Protections

As You Sow Condemns SEC’s Proposal to Rescind Climate Disclosure Rule, Warns Legal Rationale Threatens All Investor Protections

As You Sow today condemned the SEC’s formal proposal to rescind the previously approved climate-related disclosure rule, calling it the most damaging action in a systematic campaign to strip investors of the material information they need to evaluate risk.

Shareholder RightsRyon HarmsMay 29, 2026SEC, Climate Disclosure Rule, climate risk, climate change

Proxy Open Exchange Surpasses 100 Postings, Far Exceeding SEC’s EDGAR Exempt Solicitation Submissions

Proxy Open Exchange Surpasses 100 Postings, Far Exceeding SEC’s EDGAR Exempt Solicitation Submissions

Proxy Open Exchange (POE), the community-driven platform launched in response to new SEC restrictions on EDGAR filings, has surpassed 125 proxy memo submissions in its first few weeks of operation.

Shareholder RightsRyon HarmsMay 28, 2026POE, Exempt Solicitations, SEC, EDGAR

Schwab Investors Controlling $4.3 Trillion Demand Answers re: DAF Funding Prohibition

Schwab Investors Controlling $4.3 Trillion Demand Answers re: DAF Funding Prohibition

As Charles Schwab convened its 2026 Annual General Meeting today, a coalition of investors representing more than $4.4 trillion in assets delivered a sharp rebuke to the firm's leadership over its abrupt decision to stop honoring client funding directives for Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) accounts.

Shareholder RightsRyon HarmsMay 21, 2026Charles Schwab, DAF, Fidelity, Vanguard

Investor Concerns Mount As Big Tech’s AI Power Race Threatens Credibility on Climate

Investor Concerns Mount As Big Tech’s AI Power Race Threatens Credibility on Climate

Shareholders are asking the world’s largest AI companies - Amazon, Meta, and Alphabet – how they are ensuring compatibility between skyrocketing electricity use at data centers and their climate commitments.

Climate ChangeRyon HarmsMay 13, 2026Meta, alphabet, Amazon, AI, Data Centers, shareholder advocacy

SEC to Rescind Climate Disclosure Rule in Direct Contradiction to Investor Demand

SEC to Rescind Climate Disclosure Rule in Direct Contradiction to Investor Demand

As You Sow condemns the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) submission of the proposed, "Rescission of Climate-Related Disclosure Rules.”

Shareholder RightsRyon HarmsMay 12, 2026SEC, Climate Disclosure Rule, climate change, climate risk