Recent Press Releases

• As You Sow Statement on Dunkin’ Brands Phase out of Foam Cups — 02/07/2018
• As You Sow Challenges Chevron to Take Immediate Action on Methane Emissions — 01/24/2018
• As You Sow Statement on McDonald’s Recycling Goal Announcement — 01/16/2018
• McDonalds’s Promises to Eliminate Foam Packaging by 2019 in Response to As You Sow Challenge — 01/10/2018
• RELEASE: As You Sow Challenges McDonald’s on Environmentally Hazardous Polystyrene Use — 12/20/2017
• RELEASE: Oil & gas companies begin plugging methane leaks to retain social license to operate — 12/14/2017
• RELEASE: Investors Challenge FirstEnergy to Evaluate Carbon Asset Risks Associated With Climate Change — 12/05/2017
• Investors Demand Action from Hollywood on Smoking in Youth-Rated Films to Save 1,000,000 lives — 10/03/2017
• Release-Sanderson-Farms-Antibiotics — 09/13/2017
• RELEASE: Updated Clean200 List From As You Show and Corporate Knights Shows New Energy Bests Old Energy Regardless of Trump — 08/15/2017
• RELEASE: As You Sow Commends Restaurant Brands’ New Policy Restricting Antibiotic Use — 06/22/2017
• RELEASE: As You Sow Report: Glyphosate Poses Threat to Human Health and the Food System — 06/05/2017
• RELEASE: High Investor Support for As You Sow, Arjuna Capital’s Resolution for Carbon Transition Planning, Maintains Shareholder Sweep on Carbon-Related Proposals — 05/31/2017
• RELEASE: As You Sow Earns Strong Shareholder Support in Climate-Related Fugitive Methane Proposal — 05/31/2017
• RELEASE: Nearly one-third of McDonald’s shareholders support As You Sow proposal to phase out polystyrene foam — 05/25/2017
• RELEASE: Investors Send Strong Signal to Southern Company: Align Operations with Low-Carbon Future — 05/24/2017
• RELEASE: As You Sow’s 2 Degree Climate Resolution Receives 42% Vote at FirstEnergy — 05/17/2017
• RELEASE: $11 Trillion in Fund Holdings Screened for 50 Largest Coal-Fired Utilities — 04/24/2017
• RELEASE: As You Sow Withdraws Proposal; Commends KFC’s New U.S. Policy Restricting Antibiotic Use — 04/07/2017
• RELEASE: Target Agrees to Engage Corporate Peers on Phase out of Polystyrene Foam Packaging in E-Commerce — 04/05/2017
• RELEASE: Proxy Season 2017 To Highlight Big Gaps Beween Investor Expectations and New Administration Goals — 03/08/2017
• RELEASE: China Leads the Clean Energy Future with 35 Percent of the Updated Clean200 List — 02/20/2017
• RELEASE: S&P 500 Companies with Overpaid CEOs Underperformed the Benchmark by Nearly 3% — 02/13/2017
• RELEASE: Historic Shareholder Vote on Antibiotics Challenges Sanderson Farms — 02/09/2017
• RELEASE: As You Sow asks four global brands to phase out polystyrene foam — 02/06/2017
• RELEASE: Consumer Goods Giant Unilever Commits to 100% Recyclable Packaging — 01/19/2017
• RELEASE: Fracking scorecard: Even with industry downturn, improvement seen in risk reporting, but failing marks still dominate — 12/14/2016
• RELEASE: $11 Trillion in Mutual Funds Analyzed for Carbon Risk — 10/13/2016
• RELEASE: As You Sow’s Shareholder Inquiry on Nanomaterials Fought by Walgreens — 09/21/2016
• RELEASE: Green Companies Outperform Dirty Energy Companies 3 To 1, Report Finds — 08/15/2016
• RELEASE: As You Sow Files Proposal with Yum! Brands on Antibiotics Misuse — 08/09/2016
• RELEASE: American Retirement Funds are Destroying Rainforests — 07/25/2016
• STATEMENT: Recent Police Killings of Black Suspects and Lethal Retaliation Against Police — 07/19/2016
• RELEASE: Oil Industry Fundamentals "Weakening" Under Structural Pressure — 07/13/2016
• RELEASE: Shareholders Urge Freeport-McMoran to Reduce Impacts of Urban Fracking — 06/08/2016
• RELEASE: Shareholders Repudiate Dr Pepper Snapple’s Weak Recycling Goal — 05/25/2016
• RELEASE: Groundbreaking As You Sow Shareholder Resolution Pushes Oil Companies to Drop Barrel Based Reporting — 05/25/2016
• RELEASE: Shareholders to Southern Company: Transition from Coal to Low-Carbon Business Model — 05/25/2016
• RELEASE: Nearly 40 Percent of Entergy Shareholders Demand Clean Energy Transition — 05/11/2016
• RELEASE: Hershey Shareholders Vote on Nanomaterials Proposal at Annual Meeting; As You Sow Proposal Addresses Health Concerns — 05/04/2016
• STATEMENT: Signing of the Paris Climate Agreement Confirms That Future Carbon Reductions Are Coming — 04/22/2016
• RELEASE: Shareholders Challenge Pharmaceutical Industry To Take Back Unused Drugs — 04/20/2016
• RELEASE: Fast Food Companies Move Toward Improved Packaging Recycling After Shareholder Engagement — 04/05/2016
• RELEASE: New Shareholder Resolution Incentivizing Big Oil’s Transition to Clean Energy, Wins At SEC — 03/25/2016
• RELEASE: Toxic Chocolate in Easter Bunnies, Eggs, and More — 03/23/2016
• RELEASE: Shareholders ask Mondelēz to Address Health Hazards of Nanomaterials in Foods; Mondelēz Blocks As You Sow Proposal — 03/14/2016
• RELEASE: Record Number of Climate and Corporate Political Spending Resolutions Dominate 2016 Shareholder Votes — 03/08/2016
• RELEASE: Most Mutual Funds, Pensions Still Failing to Put the Brakes on America’s 100 Most Overpaid CEOs — 02/17/2016
• RELEASE: As You Sow Congratulates Walgreens for Drug Take-Back Kiosks — 02/11/2016
• RELEASE: Campbell Soup's Move to Label GMOs Commended by As You Sow — 01/11/2016
• RELEASE: Fracking Scorecard: Despite Progress, 70 Percent Of Oil and Gas Companies Still Fail To Adequately Disclose Risks To Investors — 12/17/2015
• RELEASE: As You Sow Challenges Pharmaceutical Industry to Take Back Unused Drugs — 12/08/2015
• RELEASE: New Web Tool Reveals Fossil Fuel Companies Hidden in Mutual Funds — 09/15/2015
• RELEASE: As You Sow Files Notice of Legal Action Against Soylent Super Food — 08/13/2015
• RELEASE: Clean Power Plan Means Reduced Coal Emissions, Safer Utility Business Model — 08/03/2015
• RELEASE: New Report Offers Cities Guidance on Accessing the Vast Green Bond Market — 07/28/2015
• RELEASE: Disney Takes Important Step Towards Eliminating Smoking from Youth-Rated Movies — 07/14/2015
• RELEASE: As You Sow Applauds General Mills’ Improved Policies to Protect Bees from Pesticides — 07/08/2015
• RELEASE: In a First, Shareholders Vote on Tobacco Depictions in Movies with As You Sow/Trinity Health Proposal at Time Warner — 06/19/2015
• RELEASE: Calling for Climate Action, $5 Billion in Southern Co. Shares Vote for Proposal Seeking Greenhouse Gas Reductions — 06/01/2015
• RELEASE: Pinnacle West Investors Representing $1.4 Billion Support As You Sow Proposal for Political Spending Disclosure — 05/29/2015
• RELEASE: Abbott’s Decision to Offer GMO-Free Baby Formula Applauded by As You Sow — 05/27/2015
• RELEASE: Chevron Shareholders with $7.75 Billion in Stock Vote to Increase Dividends to Protect Investor Capital in the Face of Risky Investments in Costly Carbon Reserves — 05/27/2015
• RELEASE: Shareholders Vote for Greenhouse Gas Reductions at Midwest Utilities — 05/22/2015
• RELEASE: In Wake of Major Climate Votes at BP and Shell, How Will Chevron Shareholders Respond Next Week? — 05/21/2015
• RELEASE: Investors Send Message to Kraft Foods on Recyclable Packaging – 29% Support for As You Sow Proposal — 05/08/2015
• RELEASE: Abbott Laboratories Shareholders to Vote on GMO Transparency — 04/20/2015
• RELEASE: Despite Chevron’s Legal Challenge, Shareholder Resolution on Economic Risks of Climate Change Going to Vote — 03/18/2015
• RELEASE: Coalition of NGOs Releases Nanotech Recommendation Reflecting Concern About Use of Nanotech In Foods — 03/12/2015
• RELEASE: Record Number of Social and Environmental Shareholder Resolutions Filed in 2015 — 03/10/2015
• RELEASE: Dunkin’ Donuts to Remove Nanomaterials from Powdered Donuts — 03/05/2015
• RELEASE: New Report Shines Light on the 100 Most Overpaid CEOs in S&P 500 — 02/13/2015
• RELEASE: Toxic Chocolate Valentine Surprise — 02/11/2015
• RELEASE: British Petroleum Recommends Support for Climate-Related Shareholder Proposal — 02/10/2015
• RELEASE: Shareholders Press Monsanto to Disclose Political Lobbying — 02/04/2015
• RELEASE: Royal Dutch Shell Endorses Shareholder Resolution on Climate Change — 01/30/2015
• RELEASE: Consumer Packaging and the Environment - Report Finds Few Leaders and Many Laggards in Fast Food, Beverage, and Consumer Goods Industries — 01/29/2015
• RELEASE: EPA Issues First-Ever Rule Regulating Toxic Coal Ash, But is it Enforceable? — 12/19/2014
• RELEASE: Fracking Scorecard - 2014 Investor Report Shows Few Energy Companies Willing To Disclose Practices — 12/11/2014
• RELEASE: New Proxy Resolution Urge ExxonMobil to Return Capital to Shareholders in the Face of Global Climate Change & Carbon Asset Risk — 11/25/2014
• RELEASE: Shareholders Representing $35bn Press Procter & Gamble for Recyclable Packaging — 10/21/2014
• RELEASE: Shareholders Challenge Major Hollywood Studios to Account for 1,000,000 Smoking Deaths — 09/30/2014
• RELEASE: Carbon Tracker Report Debunks ExxonMobil’s Denial of Carbon Asset Risks — 09/10/2014
• RELEASE: Investor Coalition Successfully Urges Natural Gas Companies to Address Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing Operations — 06/10/2014
• RELEASE: Investors Press Mondelez International for Recyclable Packaging — 05/23/2014
• RELEASE: Record-Breaking Support for ‘Carbon Risk’ Resolution at Anadarko Petroleum — 05/22/2014
• RELEASE: Dunkin’ Brands Shareholders Deliver Strong Call for Disclosure on Nanomaterials in Food Products — 05/08/2014
• RELEASE: Carbon Tracker Initiative Launches New Research Series Highlighting Risk of Stranded Assets — 05/08/2014
• RELEASE: Abbott Laboratories Shareholders Call for Action on Genetically Modified Ingredients — 05/01/2014
• RELEASE: Colgate Commits to 100% Recyclable Packaging by 2020 for Three of Four Product Categories — 04/17/2014
• RELEASE: NYC Comptroller Stringer and As You Sow Reach Agreement with ExxonMobil on Fracking Disclosure — 04/03/2014
• RELEASE: Shareholders: ExxonMobil Takes Crucial Step of Acknowledging Carbon Asset Risk ... But More Is Needed — 03/31/2014
• RELEASE: Southern Company Agrees to Report on Its Actions to Capture Value from Renewable Energy Investments — 03/27/2014
• RELEASE: Ameren Improves 2013 Corporate Social Responsibility Report — 03/24/2014
• RELEASE: Landmark Agreement with Shareholders: ExxonMobil Agrees to Report on Climate Change & Carbon Asset Risk — 03/20/2014
• RELEASE: Shareholders Target Companies’ Failure to Measure and Reduce Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing — 02/04/2014
• RELEASE: Surgeon General 50th Anniversary Smoking Report Links Hollywood to Youth Deaths — 01/17/2014
• RELEASE: DiNapoli and Investor Group Reach Shareholder Agreement With FirstEnergy — 01/15/2014
• RELEASE: Hydraulic Fracturing Report Card: Industry Scores "F" On Risk Disclosures to Investors — 11/07/2013
• RELEASE: Beyond Wind and Solar: New Report Shows Cleantech Market Expanding, Fundamentals Robust — 10/23/2013
• RELEASE: Investors Call For Food Companies to Stay out of Washington State GMO Battle — 10/09/2013
• RELEASE: McDonald's Agrees to Phase Out Harmful Foam Cups — 09/25/2013
• RELEASE: Investors Ask General Mills to Step Up Packaging Responsibility — 09/19/2013
• RELEASE: Dunkin’ Donuts Moves to More Sustainable Coffee Cups — 06/19/2013
• RELEASE: ExxonMobil Shareowners Deliver Strong Call for Fracking Data — 05/29/2013
• RELEASE: Shareholders Push Fracking Companies to Manage and Measure Their Impacts — 05/21/2013
• RELEASE: Investors Representing Over $1 Billion Ask CONSOL to Address Risks of Carbon Bubble — 05/15/2013
• RELEASE: Environmental Health Group Urges Governor to Prioritize Citizen's Health by Strengthening California's Environmental, Consumer Protection Law — 05/08/2013
• RELEASE: Investors Ask CONSOL Energy to Report the Risk that 2/3 of Its Coal Reserves May Become Unusable — 05/07/2013
• RELEASE: Investors Ask Abbott Labs to Take GMOs Out of Similac Baby Formula — 04/23/2013
• RELEASE: Corporate Political Spending, Climate Risks Are Major Focus of 2013 Shareholder Resolutions, Says New Report — 03/07/2013
• RELEASE: Dunkin' Donuts Products Contain Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles, New Report Says — 02/06/2013
• RELEASE: Liu, Pension Funds to Exxon: Release Your Fracking Data — 02/05/2013
• RELEASE: Carbon Divestment Does Not Increase Portfolio Risk, New Report Shows — 01/29/2013
• RELEASE: Media Shareholders Tell Major Studios, "Quit Smoking in Youth-Rated Movies" — 12/19/2012
• RELEASE: Financial Risks Continue to Mount for Coal‐Dependent Companies — 10/22/2012
• RELEASE: Procter & Gamble Shareholders Vote on Producer Responsibility Resolution — 10/09/2012
• RELEASE: $11.4 Billion in Recyclable Materials Landfilled Every Year, New Report Finds — 07/18/2012
• RELEASE: ExxonMobil and Chevron Shareholders Pressure Companies to Come Clean on Fracking — 05/30/2012
• RELEASE: Shareholders Ask Kraft Foods to Increase Recycling, Reduce Carbon Pollution, and Save Millions with Better Packaging — 05/24/2012
• RELEASE: Investors to Challenge ExxonMobil and Chevron to Disclose and Minimize Environmental & Community Impacts of Fracking — 05/23/2012
• RELEASE: Investors to Challenge Ultra Petroleum on Hydraulic Fracturing at Shareholder Meeting - Tuesday May 22 — 05/17/2012
• RELEASE: Shareholders Press Utilities to Reduce Financial Risks of Coal — 05/16/2012
• RELEASE: As Duke Become Nation's Largest Utility, Shareholders Raise Questions About Continued Reliance on Coal — 04/26/2012
• RELEASE: Shareholders Challenge Ameren to Disclose Plan to Reduce Costs and Risks of Coal — 04/17/2012
• RELEASE: SEC Overrules ExxonMobil's Attempt to Block Shareholder Resolution on Fracking — 04/04/2012
• RELEASE: Solar Energy Production Much Cleaner then Fossil Fuel, But Industry Can Still Improve, New Report Says — 03/28/2012
• RELEASE: McDonald's to Test Replacing Foam Cups with Paper in 2,000 Restaurants — 03/21/2012
• RELEASE: Corporate Political Spending Is Major Focus of 2012 Shareholder Resolutions, Says New Report — 02/28/2012
• RELEASE: Nanotechnology in Food: In the Absence of Regulations, Nonprofit Releases New Framework for Companies to Evaluate Safety — 12/06/2011
• RELEASE: Carl Pope Joins As You Sow Board of Directors — 10/13/2011
• RELEASE: Major Beverage Companies Willing to Take Responsibility for Post-Consumer Packaging, Study Finds — 08/10/2011
• RELEASE: Coal Investors Face Increasing Financial Risks, New Report Says — 06/15/2011
• RELEASE: Exxon, Chevron Shareholders Send Strong Message Today About Need to Disclose Environmental and Financial Risks of 'Fracking' — 05/25/2011
• RELEASE: Shareholder Advocates Declare ‘Fracking’ Not Sustainable for Environment or Investment — 05/19/2011
• RELEASE: Investors Withdraw Shareholder Resolution Against Yum! Brands After Major Fast-Food Operator Transitions Away from Toxic BPA Receipt Paper — 05/16/2011
• RELEASE: Shareholder Advocates Expose Coal Industry's Financial Erosion — 05/04/2011
• RELEASE: Shareholder Resolutions Ask Major Packaged Goods Companies to Adopt Extended Producer Responsibility — 04/28/2011
• RELEASE: Coca-Cola Investors Strongly Support Shareholder Resolution Addressing Toxic Chemical BPA in Can Linings — 04/27/2011
• RELEASE: Coca-Cola Investors to Vote on Shareholder Resolution Addressing Toxic Chemical BPA in Can Linings — 04/19/2011
• RELEASE: Shareholder Advocates Poised for Continued Success in 2011 As More Foundations Vote Proxies, New Report Predicts — 02/23/2011
• RELEASE: Levi’s, Wal‐Mart, and Gap Top Apparel Supply Chain Compliance Survey — 11/16/2010
• RELEASE: BPA Hazard Spurs Industry Innovation — 10/21/2010
• RELEASE: FTC to Mandate Mercury Warnings on Compact Fluorescent Bulbs — 10/06/2010
• RELEASE: Toxic Toys - Investors Call on Toys R Us to Phase Out and Label — 09/30/2010
• RELEASE: Coal Ash Should be Better Regulated by EPA, Say Investors — 09/15/2010
• RELEASE: Investor Statement Regarding Suicides and Working Conditions at Electronics Manufacturing Facilities — 07/22/2010
• RELEASE: International Investor Coalition Urgently Calls for Improved Working Conditions in Electronics Manufacturing Facilities — 07/22/2010
• RELEASE: Apparel Companies Reveal Best Practices in Purchasing — 07/20/2010
• RELEASE: Strong Votes on Hydraulic Fracturing Send Clear Message to Natural Gas Drillers — 06/23/2010
• RELEASE: Ultra Petroleum Shareholders Call for Disclosure of ‘Fracking’ Risks — 06/14/2010
• RELEASE: ExxonMobil Shareholders Question Risks of Natural Gas ‘Fracking’ — 05/20/2010
• RELEASE: Shareholders Urge CMS to Come Clean on Coal Ash — 05/17/2010
• RELEASE: Google Stockholders Voting on Privacy Shareholder Proposal — 05/10/2010
• RELEASE: First­ever Shareholder Vote on Coal Ash Risks — 04/27/2010
• RELEASE: MDU Resources Targeted on Coal Ash — 04/23/2010
• RELEASE: As You Sow Applauds PepsiCo’s Commitment To Increase Recycling Using Dream Machine Kiosks — 04/22/2010
• RELEASE: Shareholders Challenge Coca-Cola Over Bisphenol-A in Cans — 04/20/2010
• RELEASE: Investor Statement Regarding Conflict Minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo — 04/09/2010
• RELEASE: Why Can’t Apple Make Greenhouse Gas Curbing Commitments? — 02/25/2010
• RELEASE: Investors Speak Out Against Fueling of Congo War by Conflict Minerals — 01/11/2010

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