Michael Darnaud Joins As You Sow Board of Directors

Today, the As You Sow Board of Directors and staff welcome Michael Darnaud to our board of Directors.

Ryon HarmsMarch 11, 2025board

SEC Rules In Favor of Shareholder Proposal at Goodyear on Tire Wear Shedding Reduction

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has determined that shareholder representative As You Sow’s shareholder proposal with Goodyear Tire, which addresses microplastic pollution, should remain on the Company’s proxy.

Circular EconomyRyon HarmsMarch 7, 2025plastic pollution, microplastics, Circular Economy

Travelers Insurance Attempts to Block a Shareholder Proposal Asking It to Disclose the Impact of Climate-Related Price Increases and Coverage Reductions to Its Continued Profitability

Today, the SEC released shareholder representative As You Sow’s response to Travelers’ “No Action” challenge to its climate related resolution.

Climate ChangeRyon HarmsMarch 6, 2025insurance, travelers, climate change, climate risk

Wells Fargo’s Rollback of Financed Emissions Goals Raises Investor Concern

Wells Fargo recently announced a poorly reasoned decision to end its greenhouse gas reduction targets, setting the stage for the financing of high carbon companies unbounded by greenhouse gas limits or goals – an outcome likely to contribute significantly to climate harm.

Climate ChangeRyon HarmsMarch 4, 2025wells Fargo, shareholder advocacy

98% of John Deere & Apple Shareholders Reject Anti-Diversity Proposals

Today, shareholders of Deere & Co (NYSE:DE) sent a strong signal to the Board and management by voting nearly unanimously against a shareholder proposal from a conservative think-tank looking to undermine the company’s diversity and inclusion programs.

Social JusticeRyon HarmsFebruary 26, 2025social justice

As You Sow Withdraws Meritocracy Shareholder Resolution at Deere

Today, shareholder representative organization As You Sow announced that it has withdrawn Proposal 05 from the proxy statement of Deere & Co (NYSE: DE), which sought greater transparency and disclosure of the Company’s efforts to build a productive and meritocratic workforce.

Racial Justice, Social JusticeRyon HarmsFebruary 24, 2025social justice

Despite Trump Attacks, Carbon Clean 200 Companies Financially Outperform Fossil Fuel and All-World Benchmarks

As You Sow and Corporate Knights today released the 12th cohort of the Carbon Clean200™, a global list of 200 publicly traded companies leading the global sustainable clean energy economy.

Ryon HarmsFebruary 20, 2025Carbon Clean 200

University Employees Worsen Climate Crisis by Investing in Fossil Fuels Through Retirement Funds from TIAA CREF and Vanguard

A new analysis from shareholder representative As You Sow found a combined $2 billion in fossil fuel investments by faculty and staff at high profile universities, including Harvard, Princeton, and Northwestern.

Invest Your ValuesRyon HarmsFebruary 6, 2025climate risk, Climate, climate change

First Solar Adopts First of its Kind Deep Sea-Mined Mineral Exclusion Policy in the Solar Power Sector

Today, As You Sow announced that First Solar Inc. (NYSE: FSLR) committed to exclude minerals mined from the deep seabed from its supply chain until scientific findings are sufficient to assess the environmental risks of this potentially devastating new mining process.

BiodiversityAs You SowFebruary 3, 2025biodiversity, deep sea mining, First Solar, clean tech

Amazon to block sales of skin lightening creams containing mercury in response to lawsuit under Proposition 65’s Toxic Enforcement Act

Today, Plaintiffs Larry Lee and As You Sow reached a settlement with Amazon concluding a nearly decade-long lawsuit addressing the sale on Amazon.com of brightening and lightening skin creams containing mercury.

Toxic EnforcementGuest UserJanuary 31, 2025Amazon, Prop 65, toxic enforcement, Toxic metals, lawsuit

Federal Judge Threatens Ability of Asset Managers to Invest for Long-Term Value

Judge Reed O’Connor, a federal judge in Texas, ruled that American Airlines violated its fiduciary duty to retirement plan participants by failing to prevent Blackrock from engaging in investment actions to address long-term risk and value-creation.

Invest Your ValuesAs You SowJanuary 14, 2025blackrock, American Airlines, ESG

SEC Rejects Deere’s Attempt to Block Shareholder Resolution Addressing Company’s Rollback of Diversity Policies

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ruled against Deere & Co’s “no-action” request to exclude a shareholder proposal filed by As You Sow on behalf of shareholder Amalgamated Bank, asking the company to address the effectiveness of the Company’s policies in creating a meritocratic workplace, especially in the face of Deere’s recent diversity policy rollbacks.

Social JusticeAs You SowJanuary 7, 2025DEI, Deere, ESG

Palo Alto Networks Shareholders Support Accounting for Climate Risk When Making Retirement Investments for Employees

On Friday, Palo Alto Networks’ (NYSE: PAN) reported that 12.2% of shareholders voted in support of a proposal asking the company to report on how it is protecting employees from growing climate portfolio risk.

Invest Your ValuesGuest UserDecember 16, 2024401k, palo alto, Invest Your Values, Fossil Free Funds

Microsoft Faces Shareholder Vote Over Controversial Role in Producing Advanced Technologies for Fossil Fuel Extraction Despite Global Sustainability Commitments

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) shareholders will vote on a resolution calling on the company to address the risks associated with its deployment of advanced technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), for the fossil fuel industry.

Invest Your ValuesAs You SowDecember 10, 2024Microsoft, Fossil Free Funds

Oracle Shareholder Vote to Protect Employees’ Life Savings from Climate Risk

Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) shareholders will cast their vote on a proposal asking the company to report on actions it is taking to protect employees’ retirement savings from the growing economic consequences of climate change.

Climate Change, Invest Your ValuesAs You SowNovember 14, 2024Oracle

New Report Demonstrates How Climate Change is Making Groceries More Expensive Due to Reduced Food Supply

Today, as part of its Climate Finance Day event, with a live audience and livestream, the shareholder representative organization, As You Sow released a new report titled, Climate Inflation - How Extreme Weather is Driving Up the Price of Food.

Climate Change, Climate InfationAs You SowSeptember 24, 2024

28% of General Mills Shareholders Vote in Support of Pesticide-Related Regenerative Agriculture Proposal at Company’s Annual General Meeting

General Mills released shareholder voting results today from its 2024 annual general meeting. Shareholders strongly supported a proposal filed by shareholder representative As You Sow, calling on the company to disclose success in reducing pesticide use through regenerative agriculture practices which brings a range of benefits including soil carbon sequestration.

PesticidesAs You SowSeptember 24, 2024General Mills, regenerative agriculture

As You Sow Launches “My Money My Vote” Proxy Voting for its Company 401(k)

As You Sow, a leading shareholder representative, in collaboration with investment advisor Carbon Collective and shareholder voting platform iconik, today announced a new program integrated into its 401(k) employer-sponsored retirement plan that enables every employee to direct fund managers how to vote proxies according to their preferences.

Invest Your ValuesAs You SowSeptember 17, 2024Carbon Collective, iconik

Coca-Cola, Mastercard, Meta, And Doordash’s Sponsorship Of Conference Featuring Anti-LGBTQ+ Crusader Prompts Shareholder Backlash

Today, over 20 shareholders with more than $63 billion in assets sent letters to Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO), Mastercard (NYSE:MA), Meta (NASDAQ:META), and DoorDash (NASDAQ:DASH) asking that they publicly disassociate their brands from the Canada Strong & Free conference that they are currently sponsoring and publicly refute the divisiveness, homophobia, hate speech, and far-right activism embodied by Chris Rufo, who is a featured keynote speaker at the conference.

Social JusticeAs You SowSeptember 13, 2024coca-cola, Coca-cola, Meta, Doordash, Mastercard

Constellation Brands Earns Strong 25% Shareholder Support to Reduce Plastic and Climate-Related Pollution at Annual General Meeting

Constellation Brands released vote totals showing that approximately 25% of shareholders voted in support of stronger emissions goals and a transition towards a circular economy for packaging, two primary and urgent concerns for shareholders and the company.