Proponents have filed at least 429 shareholder resolutions on environmental, social and sustainable governance issues for the 2020 proxy season, up from 366 filed at this time in 2019.
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This report serves to inform investors about the evolving risks associated with the use of natural gas within the power sector. At a time when investors are paying increasing attention to power utilities’ exposure . . .
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In 1992, we started with a bold and audacious plan to “seed” change in corporate decision-making. We envisioned a safe, just, and sustainable world for all in which environmental health and human rights are CENTRAL to a business’s bottom line.
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As we publish our 2020 report, CEO pay is receiving intense political focus. When company performance is considered, the most overpaid CEOs are disproportionately overpaid.
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We are pleased to present the 2020 Carbon Clean 200™ list of publicly traded companies that are leading the way with solutions for the transition to a clean energy future.
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Farming has not always required the intensive use of chemicals that constrains our farmers today. Humans have been growing food for over 10,000 years; it is only over the past 60 years that we have become dependent on a complicated and costly system of pesticide use.
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As You Sow® engaged with companies on 93 resolutions in the 2019 proxy season. It is with immense gratitude to YOU — our share authorizers, donors, supporters, colleagues, and community — that we offer this summary of those engagements.
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This report is the next installment in a series of scorecard reports designed to promote improved disclosure and corporate responsibility in the oil and gas sector.
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The Guidelines are designed to be handed off to your investment advisor or proxy voting service, or you can use them to help you vote your own proxies.
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Proxy Preview is the #1 resource for shareholders looking to align their values and corporate engagement.
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This 2019 study is the fifth report of our research results. During these five years, what has changed? Quite a bit, and not enough. Significantly, more large shareholders are voting against more CEO pay packages. Those who are not are more isolated and defensive.
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We are pleased to present the 2019 Q1 Carbon Clean 200™ list of publicly traded companies that are leading the way with solutions for the transition to a clean energy future.
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The emissions of the oil & gas industry collectively account for approximately half of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. If fossil fuels continue to be extracted at the same rate over the next 28 years, as they were between 1988 and 2017, global average temperatures would be on course to rise 4°C by the end of the century. Such an increase will have catastrophic consequences.
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We launched the Carbon Clean 200 in August 2016 and have updated it every six months to test a model looking at 200 global companies defining the "clean energy future."
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Methane emissions across the natural gas supply chain are a major climate concern. This paper focuses on the practices that natural gas distribution companies—the entities at the end of the natural gas supply line—can implement to reduce methane emissions.
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If you’re an investor seeking to align your voting with your environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles, download Proxy Voting Guidelines 2018 today. You will find recommendations to help you vote your shareholder proxy ballot, covering critical issues such as climate change, environmental health, and executive compensation.
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Proxy Preview 2018 is the 14th annual edition of the insider’s guide to social and environmental shareholder proposals.
This free publication is the #1 resource for shareholders looking to align their values and investments.
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The fourth report in the series, The 100 Most Overpaid CEO: Are Fund Managers Asleep at the Wheel? highlights the fund managers who continue to approve these pay packages at staggering rates (many funds approve nearly 100% of the pay packages they vote on), and contrasts them with those who take a stance against excessive pay with their votes.
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We launched the Carbon Clean 200 in August 2016 and have updated it every six months to test a model looking at 200 global companies defining the "clean energy future."
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Disclosing the Facts 2017 reports reflects rising investor concern that excessive methane emissions from oil and gas companies will undercut the potential benefits of substituting natural gas for coal in electric power generation, en route to a less fossil-fuel dependent energy future. Investors believe that oil and gas companies are not taking sufficient steps to address methane risks.
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