As You Sow submitted a formal comment letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission urging the agency to refrain from eliminating or materially weakening Regulation S-K.
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The As You Sow Board of Directors and staff welcome two new members to our Board of Directors: Rehana Nathoo, Founder and CEO of Spectrum Impact, and Stefan Kürbis, a sustainability executive with extensive corporate ESG leadership experience.
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Two landmark jury verdicts this week against Meta Platforms confirmed what shareholder advocates and impacted users have warned for nearly a decade: the company’s failure to address harmful content and platform design risks has created profound legal, financial, and societal consequences.
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As You Sow released its updated Pesticides in the Pantry scorecard, revealing that major food manufacturers have regressed on pesticide reduction practices and disclosure.
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As You Sow, the nation’s leading shareholder representative, today filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against global insurance giant Chubb Limited, challenging the company’s decision to exclude a shareholder proposal from its 2026 proxy materials.
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As You Sow and Corporate Knights today released the 13th edition of the Carbon Clean 200™, also known as the Clean 200™, a global list of 200 publicly traded companies leading the sustainable economy through clean energy, electrification, efficiency, and enabling technologies.
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The SEC’s recent guidance reversing its long-standing position allowing Notices of Exempt Solicitation for smaller shareholders represents a significant setback for shareholder democracy and informed capital markets.
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This week, Sunrun Inc., the nation's largest residential solar and storage company, was formally added to the growing number of businesses calling for a moratorium on deep seabed mining. The commitment comes after productive engagement between shareholder representative As You Sow and Sunrun on the environmental risks posed by this emerging industry.
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As You Sow today warned that new climate data by five major scientific organizations confirmed 2025 as marking a decisive turning point pushing the global three-year average temperature above 1.5°C for the first time. Warming temperatures and related climate change continues to have a negative and growing impact on the economy.
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A prominent scientific journal recently retracted a landmark study claiming that glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup, is safe for human health. There remains substantial research and evidence linking glyphosate to cancer exists across a range of studies.
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In resolutions filed with Travelers and Chubb, As You Sow asks insurers to explain if and how it can maintain a viable homeowners insurance business as catastrophic climate-related weather events increase payouts.
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The Trump Administration issued an executive order with mandates that will interfere with, and radically encumber, independent market transactions; and impose an irrational set of beliefs in place of well-informed investor decision making.
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Microsoft investors will get a second chance to voice their support for a proposal asking the Company to assess risks related to the use of its artificial intelligence technologies for facilitating new oil and gas development and production.
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This week, Costco Wholesale Corporation introduced new commitments in its 2025 sustainability report aimed at reducing deforestation risks in its avocado supply chain. The move comes after As You Sow withdrew a shareholder proposal.
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Today’s announcement from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it will no longer substantively review corporate no-action requests under Rule 14a-8 represents a dangerous abandonment of the agency’s longstanding role as a neutral arbiter in the shareholder proposal process.
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As You Sow today released Social Justice Funds, a free online platform scoring thousands of investment funds on racial justice, gender equality, corporate diversity, and LGBTQ+ equity.
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A Washington Post study underscores risks highlighted by a recent report and shareholder resolutions by As You Sow urging large food companies to assess and disclose pesticide and fertilizer use making farming communities and farm workers sick.
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General Mills released voting results from its 2025 Annual General meeting showing 28% support for a pesticides disclosure proposal filed by shareholder representatives As You Sow and Mercy Investment Services.
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Shareholder representatives As You Sow and Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) filed a request with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to rescind its effective approval of ExxonMobil’s “Retail Voting Program.”
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A new report authored by As You Sow and Sierra Club shows that with strategic action by tech companies and utilities, the AI boom can be a tool for progress to advance the clean energy transition.
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