In the run up and during Climate Week, more than 80 companies moved to address systemic climate risk by setting targets in line with the Paris goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
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Duke Energy, the largest U.S. power utility, announced today a major commitment to address climate change by setting a target to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, with an interim target of 50 percent carbon emission reductions by 2030.
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A notice of appeal was filed last week challenging a California trial court decision that exempted online retail giant Amazon.com from California consumer protection mandates.
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Think-tank Carbon Tracker released Sept. 5 its latest report on Sept. 5 analyzing the degree to which oil and gas companies are continuing to invest in climate-threatening projects.
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Following engagement with As You Sow and other investors, General Mills has published new information outlining strategies for reducing pesticide use in its agricultural supply chains.
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Anadarko Petroleum Corp shareholders voted today to approve the oil and gas producer’s $38 billion sale to Occidental Petroleum Corp — the largest merger seen in the oil and gas industry since Royal Dutch Shell Plc acquired BG Group Ltd. in 2016.
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A superior court judge in California recently issued a proposed ruling that would exempt Amazon.com (Amazon) from the responsibility to ensure that products sold on the mega-retailer’s website provide warnings to consumers when those products contain harmful chemicals.
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Eighty three investors representing more than $1.47 trillion in assets under management are asking companies to increase public access to information related to workplace equity policies and practices across gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and other diversity types.
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his week Devon Energy announced a new commitment to reduce the intensity of its methane emissions from 0.32 percent in 2018 to 0.28 percent by 2025. This announcement comes recently after the company’s sale of its high-carbon oil sands assets in Canada.
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Nearly $15 billion of shareholder value supported As You Sow shareholder proposals at two iconic U.S. fast food brand companies in recent votes seeking reduced plastic pollution by banning polystyrene foam packaging and plastic straws, and providing on-site recycling.
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This week’s Monster Beverage Corporation (“Monster”) annual meeting will not see a repeat of last year’s shareholder resolution on slavery in the supply chain. Why? Because Monster responded to the As You Sow shareholder resolution that earned 20 percent in 2018 by expanding its disclosure and making commitments to become a leader on this critical issue.
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Today, 33% of investors at Chevron Corporation’s annual meeting voted in support of a shareholder resolution asking the company to report on how it plans to reduce its full range of greenhouse gas emissions and transition its business model to align with a decarbonizing energy market. Also today, at Exxon’s annual meeting, 25% of investors voted in support of a shareholder resolution asking the company to issue a report assessing the public health risks of expanding petrochemical operations in areas increasingly prone to climate change-induced storms, flooding, and sea level rise.
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Twenty-six percent of Skechers shareholders voted Thursday on a first-time resolution from Amalgamated Bank and non-profit shareholder advocacy group As You Sow, requesting the company to report on steps to enhance board diversity.
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Shareholder proposals brought by As You Sow will challenge two of the world’s largest oil and chemical producers, ExxonMobil and DowDuPont at annual meetings on May 29 and June 25, respectively, to issue a report assessing the public health risks of expanding their petrochemical operations and investments in areas increasingly prone to climate change-induced storms, flooding, and sea level rise, and the risks such operations pose to public health.
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Today, 99 percent of BP shareholders voted in support of a resolution drafted by Climate Action 100+, a group of 300 investors with more than $33 trillion in assets under management, calling for the oil giant to align its business strategy with the 2015 Paris Agreement.
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