Yearly Archives: 2014
Bank of America
2014 Annual Meeting: 10:00 AM EDT, Thursday, May 8, 2014 Charlotte Marriott City Center, 100 West Trade Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Bank of America has two pending ESG shareholder proposals in 2014. ENVIRONMENT: Financing … MORE
ADVOCACY POSITION: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Risk and Opportunity of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) Reductions Aaron Ziulkowski Senior ESG Analyst, Walden Asset Management In September 2013, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s leading scientific authority on climate change, … MORE
ADVOCACY POSITION: Proxy Access
Enhancing Shareholder Democracy Through Proxy Access Laura Campos Director of Shareholder Activities, Nathan Cummings Foundation When the SEC released its final proxy access rule in November 2010, investors hailed the development as a significant step … MORE
PepsiCo
2014 Annual Meeting: 9:00 AM EDT, Wednesday, May 7, 2014 North Carolina History Center at Tryon Palace, 529 South Front Street, New Bern, North Carolina 28562 Pepsi has one pending ESG shareholder proposal in 2014. … MORE
Kraft Food Group
2014 Annual Meeting: 9:30 AM EDT, Tuesday, May 6, 2014 The Glen Club, 2901 West Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60026 Kraft has four pending ESG shareholder proposals in 2014. ENVIRONMENT: Non-Recyclable Packaging As You Sow … MORE
ADVOCACY POSITION: Recyclable Packaging
Strong Shareholder Vote Leads McDonald’s to Abandon Foam Cups Conrad MacKerron Senior Program Director, As You Sow A shareholder resolution filed in 2011 by As You Sow at McDonald’s, the world’s largest chain of hamburger … MORE
ADVOCACY POSITION: Land Grabs
Land Grabs by Food and Beverage Companies Michelle Katz Policy Advisor, Private Sector Department, Oxfam America Oxfam’s Behind the Brands, an initiative evaluating the social and environmental policies of the ten largest food and beverage … MORE
ADVOCACY POSITION: Palm Oil
Palm Oil a Major Source of Greenhouse Gases Rob Berridge Senior Manager of Investor Programs, Ceres Investors are working to slow the rate of tropical deforestation and promote sustainable agriculture for three main reasons: 1) … MORE
Dunkin’ Brands Group
2014 Annual Meeting: 10:00 AM EST, Tuesday, May 6, 2014 Boston Marriott Quincy, 1000 Marriott Drive, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169 Dunkin’ has one pending ESG shareholder proposal in 2014. ENVIRONMENT: Nanomaterials in Food As You Sow … MORE
EXPERT INSIGHT: Nanomaterials in Food
Questions Arise in Widespread Use of Nanotechnology Austin Wilson Environmental Health Program, As You Sow Susan Williams Analyst, Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2) Nanotechnology is the science of manipulating matter at the molecular scale to create … MORE
Occidental Petroleum
2014 Annual Meeting: 11:30 AM EST, Friday, May 2, 2014Bravo Ballroom, Hotel Derek, 2525 West Loop South, Houston, Texas Occidental has three pending ESG shareholder proposals in 2014. ENVIRONMENT: Methane Accounting The explosion of domestic … MORE
Verizon Communications
2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: 11:00 AM EST, Wednesday, April 30, 2014Conference Center Auditorium, Marathon Oil Tower, 5555 San Felipe Street, Houston, Texas 77056 Verizon has two pending ESG shareholder proposals in 2014. POLITICAL ACTIVITY: … MORE
Marathon Oil Corporation
2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: 11:00 AM EST, Wednesday, April 30, 2014Conference Center Auditorium, Marathon Oil Tower, 5555 San Felipe Street, Houston, Texas 77056 Marathon has two pending ESG shareholder proposals in 2014. ENVIRONMENT: Methane … MORE
ADVOCACY POSITION: Methane Accounting
International Business Machines (IBM)
2014 Annual Meeting: 10:00 AM EST, Tuesday, April 29, 2014Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center, Jacksonville, Florida IBM has one pending ESG shareholder proposal in 2014. POLITICAL ACTIVITY: Lobbying This resolution asks for annual reports … MORE
AT&T
2014 Annual Meeting: 9:00 AM EDT, Friday, April 25, 2014Rivermill Event Centre, River View Room, 3715 1st Ave., Columbus, GA, 31904 AT&T has three pending ESG shareholder proposals in 2014. POLITICAL ACTIVITY: Lobbying This resolution … MORE
ADVOCACY POSITION: Political Spending
Corporate Political Spending Disclosure Bruce FreedPresident, Center for Political Accountability “Dark money” spending by third-party political organizations poses an even more serious risk to companies as they face growing pressures to contribute. To address the … MORE
Abbott Laboratories
2014 Annual Meeting: 8:00 AM EDT, Friday, April 25, 2014Abbott Laboratories, 100 Abbott Park Road, Abbott Park, Illinois 60064 Abbot Laboratories has two pending ESG shareholder proposals in 2014. ENVIRONMENT: Genetically Modified Foods As You … MORE
E.I. DuPont de Nemours
2014 Annual Meeting: 10:30 AM EDT, Wednesday, April 23, 2014DuPont Theatre in the DuPont Building, 1007 Market St., Wilmington, DE 19898 DuPont has two pending ESG shareholder proposals in 2014. ENVIRONMENT: Genetically Modified Foods and … MORE
ADVOCACY POSITION: GMOs
GMOs: Why is this Still Investor-Worthy News? Margaret WeberCorporate Responsibility Director, Congregation of St. Basil of Toronto The mantra from the seed and the food industries goes like this: “Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have been … MORE
ADVOCACY POSITION: Lobbying
Lobbying Disclosure Request Highlights ALEC Controversy John KeenanCorporate Governance Analyst, AFSCME Capital Strategies For 2014, the investor call for corporate lobbying disclosure remains a top shareholder topic, with 60 investors filing 50 proposals asking for … MORE
Proxy Season Updates: Get Alerts on Key Upcoming Votes
If you own shares in a company, you have a voice. Shareholder advocacy leverages the power of stock ownership to promote social change. In the past 30 years, thousands of resolutions filed with companies by … MORE
Talk Divest-Invest: Investors Mentor Network Launched
Superstorms like Hurricane Sandy and Typhoon Haiyan, which has killed thousands of people in the Philippines, are sobering reminders of the immediate seriousness of climate change. Students around the world are challenging their university endowments … MORE
139 Brands Worth Over $1 Trillion Sign Slave-Free Cotton Pledge
As Uzbekistan’s annual cotton fair wrapped up, a mounting number of international apparel brands and retailers declared their refusal to source cotton from the country until the forced labor of children and adults is eliminated. … MORE
Shareholder Advocate and Donor Profile – Cari Rudd
Last fall I was introduced to As You Sow through a good friend. We were discussing how to “own what you own” in our investment portfolios. I knew I wanted to invest in responsible companies, … MORE
Nanoparticles Found in M&M’s, Pop-Tarts
Following our spring release of Slipping Through the Cracks: An Issue Brief on Nanomaterials in Food, As You Sow successfully ran an online crowdfunding campaign to test M&Ms and Pop-Tarts, among other foods, for potentially … MORE
Investor Expectations for Conflict Mineral Reports
As companies prepare their first required reports disclosing their use of conflict minerals – tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold – the Responsible Sourcing Network has partnered with the Enough Project to release a paper setting … MORE
New Report Optimistic About Cleantech
McDonald’s and Dunkin’ – No More Styrofoam
After dialogues with As You Sow’s Waste program, McDonald’s and Dunkin’ Donuts have taken steps to phase out polystyrene foam beverage cups and replace them with more eco-friendly options. After As You Sow filed a … MORE
GMO Labeling is Inevitable in USA
The state of Washington’s GMO labeling ballot initiative (I-522) lost by a narrow margin in the November 5th vote after agribusiness giants spent over $25 million to defeat it, with only $550 coming from Washington … MORE
Fracking Companies Fail on Disclosure to Investors
The hydraulic fracturing industry lacks transparency when it comes to environmental and community safety, according to As You Sow’s new scorecard report. The report, Disclosing the Facts: Transparency and Risk in Hydraulic Fracturing Operations, grades … MORE
Welcome from our CEO
Read about our new energy reports on transparency in the fracking industry and opportunities in the cleantech sector. Learn about our work on labeling GMOs and nanoparticles in food. Meet Cari Rudd, a shareholder activist … MORE
