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 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 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 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 MoreLawsuit Seeks to Block Change by SEC that Encourages Companies to Exclude Shareholder Proposals from Company 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.”
Read MoreToday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ruled that Travelers Companies must face a shareholder resolution on climate risk filed by shareholder representative As You Sow.
Read MoreToday, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted its long-awaited Climate Disclosure Rule which requires disclosure of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, risk analysis, and other climate-related information from publicly registered companies.
Read MoreToday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published new rules to prevent misleading or deceptive use of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) terms in mutual fund names. The new rules modernize the Investment Company Act “Names Rule” to ensure that the name of a fund adequately and accurately represents the investment strategy of the fund, as part of the SEC’s efforts to fight greenwashing in the sustainable investment industry.
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