Author Archives: Cody Mitcheltree

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 >

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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 >

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Looking back…

On twenty-five years of impact Click the image above to see details of our impact over the past twenty-five years.

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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 >

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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 >

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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 >

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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 >

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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 >

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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 >

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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!

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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 >

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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 >

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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 >

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#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 >

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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 >

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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 >

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More Highlights

The Shareholder Action Guide Last month saw the release of “The Shareholder Action Guide,” our proud work distilling 25 years of experience into practical knowledge for every shareholder and investor who wants to create a … MORE >

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Welcome, Zoey!

Last month, we welcomed new Communications Associate Zoey Olbum to As You Sow. A graduate of the University of Puget Sound, an athlete, and a brand-new East Bay resident, Zoey joins our staff with a … MORE >

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Dakota Access Pipeline Action

The North Dakota Access Pipeline, intended to carry oil from the Bakken oil fields in North Dakota to a tank farm in Illinois, has become an important symbol of Indigenous people’s rights to protect their … MORE >

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Shareholder Advocate and Donor Profile

Eugene “Rod” Roddenberry The Roddenberry Foundation President & Director “In the 1960’s, a time of civil and social uncertainty and unrest, Gene Roddenberry created Star Trek, offering a vision for a future where diversity and … MORE >

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Continuing the Quest for Transparency in Minerals and Cotton Sourcing

By Patricia Jurewicz, Director, Responsible Sourcing Network (RSN) Conflict in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains one of the most salient humanitarian crises in the world, and minerals mined in the region continue … MORE >

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The 100 Most Overpaid CEOs Goes International

By Rosanna Landis Weaver, Manager, Power of the Proxy: Executive Compensation Program As we begin work on our third 100 Most Overpaid CEOs report with its expanded focus on how institutional funds vote on egregious … MORE >

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Big Oil and the Need to Adapt or Perish

By Danielle Fugere, President and Chief Counsel and Amelia Timbers, Manager, Energy Program After years of ignoring climate change science, in October, ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson finally admitted that climate change was both “real” and … MORE >

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Fossil Free Funds’ Game – Changing Carbon Footprinting

By Andrew Montes, Director, Digital Strategies Since we launched Fossil Free Funds a little over a year ago, over 25,000 visitors to the site have executed 100,000 searches; socially responsible fossil free funds have nearly … MORE >

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Ocean Plastics – Our Newest Initiative

By Conrad MacKerron, Senior Vice President With the findings from a recent study projecting that oceans will contain more plastic than fish by 2050, our long-running Waste Program is taking on the critical issue of … MORE >

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Taking on Antibiotics in our Food

By Austin Wilson, Manager, Environmental Health Program Antibiotics mismanagement, particularly at factory farms, is causing a rise of dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria in humans, raising the specter of a deadly post-antibiotic era. This past summer, we … MORE >

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Welcome from our CEO

In the 1960s, when Gene Roddenberry created Star Trek, he envisioned a world in which diversity, tolerance, and empathy are celebrated. That is the world we believe in. That is the world we demand — … MORE >

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2015 Annual Report

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Welcome, Taraneh and Cody!

In April, As You Sow welcomed two new full-time staff members to the team. Taraneh Arhamsadr came on as Communications Director with over a decade of diverse experience in communications and outreach, focused primarily on … MORE >

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COMING SOON:

Glyphosate Report This summer, As You Sow will publish a report on the world’s most controversial herbicide. Our report will tell the story of glyphosate (sold by Monsanto under the brand name Roundup) and expose … MORE >

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CEO Pay: Those Who Rubber Stamp Pay are on Notice

By Rosanna Landis Weaver, Manager, Power of the Proxy: Executive Compensation Program As You Sow’s exposure of overpaid CEOs and the funds that support them gained traction with the publication of our second report, The 100 … MORE >

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Slavery-free Supply Chains

By Patricia Jurewicz, Director, Responsible Sourcing Network We’re happy to report that for the 2015 cotton harvest, the youngest children ages 7-15 in Uzbekistan were again kept out of the fields! Unfortunately, over a million … MORE >

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Incentivizing Big Oil to Transition to a Clean Energy Future

by Amelia Timbers, Manager, Energy Program This year, the Energy Program filed 27 shareholder resolutions and negotiated agreements with nine companies to move the extraction and utility industries to more quickly transition toward a clean … MORE >

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Shareholder Advocate and Donor Profile: George and Amanda Hanley, The Hanley Foundation

“Both personally and through our foundation work, we’ve been committed to doing our part in contributing to a better, more sustainable world for decades. Whether by promoting a stable climate, the transition to a clean … MORE >

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2016 Proxy Season Year-to-Date

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Is Your 401(k) Full of Climate Risk?

By Andrew Montes, Director, Digital Strategies Since we launched Fossil Free Funds – our online app allowing you to measure the climate risk of your mutual fund investments – we’ve seen a tremendous response from people … MORE >

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Chipotle and YUM! Deliver Leading Recycling Commitments

By Conrad MacKerron, Senior Vice President A lot more fast food packaging will be taking a circular trip for recycling, rather than a one-way trip to the landfill, thanks to our Waste program efforts. Fast … MORE >

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Lead in our Chocolate: Cleaning up the Food System

By Danielle Fugere, President and Chief Counsel As our nation grapples with entire towns exposed to lead in their drinking water, and experts agree that there is no safe amount for children, As You Sow’s … MORE >

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