The largest global oil and gas companies are quietly planning multi-billion dollar investments in new fossil fuel production, including 195 “carbon bombs” or projects that would each release more than a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over the life of each project, according to an investigation by The Guardian.
Read MoreIn a win for climate, biodiversity, and environmental justice, 33.7% — representing more than $13 billion in assets — of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) shareholders supported an environmental health resolution filed by shareholder representative As You Sow.
Read MoreIn a resounding vote of support for climate action, 91% — representing more than $43.7 billion in assets — of Boeing shareholders supported a Say on Climate resolution filed by As You Sow.
Read MoreToday, Microsoft Corp. published findings from a third-party study — “Summary of Sustainability Benefits of Microsoft Device Repair” — that evaluated the benefits of the company improving repairability of its devices.
Read MoreThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Friday ruled against Amazon.com’s “no-action” motion to exclude the As You Sow shareholder resolution asking the company to prepare a report on why the company operates under one set of climate policies for its operations and the opposite in its employee retirement investments.
Read MoreOn March 31, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ruled that As You Sow’s shareholder proposal to Travelers insurance company, asking the company to address its Scope 3 financed emissions, can move forward to a vote at the company’s annual general meeting.
Read MoreChurch & Dwight Co., maker of Arm & Hammer, Orajel, and other popular consumer brands, has shared with As You Sow its commitment to set a total virgin plastic use reduction goal. In response, As You Sow has withdrawn its shareholder proposal with the company.
Read MoreFast Company has released its 10 most innovative not-for-profit organizations of 2022. As You Sow’s inclusion on Fast Company’s top 10 list for its Racial Justice Scorecard shows the importance of actionable data on corporate racial justice accountability, monitoring environmental justice, diversity, equity, inclusion, and other metrics as all stakeholders seek an end to systemic racism.
Read MoreFollowing engagement with As You Sow, Restaurant Brands International (RBI), owner of Burger King, Popeyes, and Tim Hortons, today committed to eliminating PFAS from its food packaging by 2025 in all stores worldwide.
Read MoreThe long-awaited U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) draft rule on climate disclosure was released today requiring companies to provide Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions disclosures; any climate-related goals and progress; climate transition plans, if any; climate-related risk assessment information, including transition risk; and climate governance information, among others.
Read MoreShareholder advocacy group Majority Action last week filed an exempt solicitation asking investors to oust two board members — chairman Michael Wirth and board member Ronald Sugar — at oil major Chevron due to the company’s failure to sufficiently cut its carbon emissions.
Read MoreProxy Preview 2022, today released by As You Sow, the Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2), and Proxy Impact, takes a comprehensive look at a record-breaking 529 shareholder resolutions on environmental, social, and sustainable governance issues.
Read MoreIn an effort to further reduce its use of single-use plastic packaging, PepsiCo has agreed to set a time-bound goal by the end of 2022 for a percent of volume of beverages to be delivered via strategies that avoid or minimize single-use packaging.
Read MoreSeventy-five investors with $4.7 trillion of assets under management Monday sent a letter to the commissioners at the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to express increasing concern about climate change and the systemic and material risk it builds into the global economy.
Read MoreRepresentatives from 175 nations endorsed a historic resolution at the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya today to end plastic pollution and negotiate a global, legally binding agreement by 2024.
Read MoreToday, shareholder representative As You Sow released “Road to Zero Emissions: 55 Companies Ranked on Net Zero Progress,” a report ranking companies on their progress in aligning emissions reductions with the 1.5-degree Paris Agreement goal.
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