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.
Read MoreIf 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.
Read MoreSince 2019, As You Sow and allied investors have filed resolutions on child safety and content governance documenting the exact risks that produced this week’s record settlement.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreWhat 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.
Read MoreAs 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.
Read MoreAs 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.
Read MoreAs You Sow condemns the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) submission of the proposed, "Rescission of Climate-Related Disclosure Rules.”
Read MoreNew open-access platform at ProxyOpenExchange.org (POE) enables all shareholder proponents to publish exempt solicitations in the form of proxy memos related to their shareholder proposals.
Read MoreProxy Preview 2026, a comprehensive annual review of environmental, social, and sustainable governance (ESG) shareholder proposals was released by As You Sow and Proxy Impact.
Read MoreAs 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreTwo 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.
Read MoreLawsuit Seeks to Block Change by SEC that Encourages Companies to Exclude Shareholder Proposals from Company Proxy Materials
Read MoreAs 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreToday’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.
Read MoreShareholder 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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