Yearly Archives: 2017
Celebrating a smashing 25 years, October 2017
Thanks to all who joined us for a SMASHING evening celebrating our 25th anniversary! It was an exuberant celebration of shareholder impact, and an acknowledgement that the shareholder voice is one of the few remaining … MORE
Looking forward…
Our committed program teams continue to take on issues like climate change, ocean plastics, toxins on our food system, inequitable pay, modern slavery, forced labor in supply chains, and gender inequality. Fossil fuel companies continue … MORE
Looking back…
On twenty-five years of impact Click the image above to see details of our impact over the past twenty-five years.
Welcome from our CEO
As we celebrate 25 years of deep impact in getting BIG corporations to make BIG changes, I want to express the sheer gratitude from all of our staff and Board for the unrelenting support we … MORE
Clean200
Our inaugural Clean200 list, ranking the largest publicly listed companies by their total clean energy revenues, enjoyed global media coverage last August. In February we published the first update, with 25 countries represented. 70% of … MORE
Antibiotics and GMO Updates
By Austin Wilson, Manager, Environmental Health Program Antibiotic use on factory farms is a major contributor to the rise of antibiotic-resistant “superbugs,” a potentially devastating public health crisis. In a major victory for public health, … MORE
Pushing the Low-Carbon Energy Transition
By Danielle Fugere, President and Chief Counsel As You Sow has been a leader in flagging risk and prompting energy companies to re-evaluate their business models as the energy market moves inexorably toward low carbon, … MORE
Overpaid for Underperforming
By Rosanna Landis Weaver, Manager, Executive Compensation Program February marked the release of our third annual 100 Most Overpaid CEOs report. The biggest takeaway from our research is that overpaid CEOs appear to be a … MORE
Slavery in Cotton
By Patricia Jurewicz, Director, Responsible Sourcing Network Modern slavery is shockingly rampant — estimates of people trapped in forced labor range from 21 million to as many as 46 million. Slavery is embedded in the … MORE
As You Smash!
On October 5, we’ll be gathering friends, fans, and colleagues for a giant ping pong party at SPiN San Francisco, celebrating 25 years of protecting people and planet. Come SMASH with us!
Shareholder Advocate and Donor Profile: Carl Pope
Former executive director and chairman of the Sierra Club, now principal advisor at Inside Straight Strategies and As You Sow Board member “Through my decades at the Sierra Club and in the environmental movement, I’ve … MORE
So Long, Styrofoam
By Conrad MacKerron, Senior Vice President As You Sow’s Waste program is on a mission to phase out polystyrene and its toxic impact on the world’s oceans — and we are getting big companies to … MORE
Keep Your Money Clean from Coal-fired Power
By Andrew Montes, Director, Digital Strategies In April, our Fossil Free Funds project combined forces with investment group Macroclimate to highlight 50 of the largest, most carbon-intensive coal-fired utilities. We’re making it even easier for investors and institutions to measure the … MORE
#WrongCHOICEAct
The Financial CHOICE 2.0 Act, passed in June by the House and now advancing to the Senate, not only guts the Dodd Frank measures designed to protect consumers and prevent another 2008 financial meltdown, it … MORE
Proxy Season Wrap-up 2017: Shareholders are Stepping Up
This proxy season was nothing short of historic, with the most environmental and social resolutions ever filed and investor support at record levels. Shareholders achieved majority votes on climate change resolutions at Exxon and Occidental … MORE
Welcome from our CEO
As You Sow is the nation’s leading nonprofit practitioner of corporate engagement and shareholder advocacy. Founded in 1992, we believe shareholders are a powerful force for creating positive, lasting change in corporate behavior, and we … MORE
