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BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request Monster Beverage to issue a report containing the criteria and analytical methodology used to determine its conclusion of “minimal risk” of slavery and human trafficking in its sugarcane supply chain. … MORE
Apple, Intel Carry on as SEC Relaxes Conflict Minerals Scrutiny
Bloomberg BNA- April 13, 2017- Relaxed regulatory scrutiny won’t stop companies like Apple Inc. and Intel Corp. from reporting as usual next month about efforts to keep minerals that fund conflict in Africa from ending up … MORE
FEATURE – Can going green help pick the slavery out of cotton?
Wearing thick gloves and a shawl wrapped around her face, Kanchen Kanjarya is busily picking cotton in the midday sun on her small farm in Mayapur in India’s western state of Gujarat. Kanjarya, 42, works … MORE
Levi’s Wants to Convert Social Ambition to Cash
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE – Mar. 13, 2015 – One year ago, Levi Strauss & Co. CEO Charles “Chip” Bergh said the iconic San Francisco apparel maker would launch a major “productivity initiative” to wring profit … MORE
As You Sow Reports on Supply Chain Compliance Programs of Apparel Companies
SOCIAL FUNDS – Nov. 17, 2010 – The report surveys the supply chain compliance programs of 15 US‐based apparel companies, and finds that most have codes of conduct and audit their suppliers, but few hold … MORE
Sweatshop Scorecard
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE – Nov. 17, 2010 – SF Fed Official Expects Recovery to Be a Slog: Patience, as a virtue, is going to be tested for a while longer.
RELEASE: Levi’s, Wal‐Mart, and Gap Top Apparel Supply Chain Compliance Survey
AS YOU SOW RELEASE – November 16, 2010 – Levi Strauss and Co., Wal‐Mart Stores, The Gap Inc., Hanesbrands Inc., Gildan Activewear, Inc., and Nordstrom Inc. scored highest on a survey of global supply chain … MORE
Retailers Named for Safe U.S. Workplace
AP – Nov. 16, 2010 – Levi Strauss and Co., Wal‐Mart Stores Inc., The Gap Inc., Hanesbrands Inc., Gildan Activewear Inc. and Nordstrom Inc. garnered top scores for safe workplaces in a survey of U.S. … MORE
Nike, Gap, Levi’s Reveal Best Practices In Apparel Industry Purchasing
REUTERS – Jul. 23, 2010 – A new report issued by As You Sow in partnership with Gap, Timberland, Nike and more shares examples of how policy changes made in apparel industry boardrooms can result … MORE
RELEASE: International Investor Coalition Urgently Calls for Improved Working Conditions in Electronics Manufacturing Facilities
AS YOU SOW RELEASE – July 22, 2010 – In light of a series of suicides at the Foxconn Electronics Facility in China, a broad coalition of over 40 European, Australian and U.S. investors have … MORE
RELEASE: Investor Statement Regarding Suicides and Working Conditions at Electronics Manufacturing Facilities
AS YOU SOW RELEASE – July 22, 2010 – The undersigned investors are deeply troubled by the recent suicides at the Foxconn Technology Group factories in China which manufacture consumer electronics for global companies held … MORE
RELEASE: Investor Statement Regarding Conflict Minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
AS YOU SOW RELEASE – April 09, 2010 – “For over two decades, faith-based institutional investors, socially responsible investors and others in the investment community have addressed some of the most egregious human rights violations … MORE
RELEASE: Investors Speak Out Against Fueling of Congo War by Conflict Minerals
AS YOU SOW RELEASE – January 11, 2010 – This week a group of investors, including faith-based and global institutional investors with assets close to $200 billion, released a statement calling on companies to be … MORE
