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Hollywood Not Honoring Anti-Smoking Pledge: Lawsuit
NBC LA – April 4, 2015 – A movie star with a cigarette is a visual the film industry has promised to limit, especially when it comes to younger audiences, but a new lawsuit claims major … MORE
Climate Change 2016: As Proxy Season Arrives, Shareholder Activists File Record Number Of Environmental Resolutions
International Business Times – April 7, 2016 – As major U.S. companies head into their annual shareholder meetings this spring, firms are facing a record number of proposals to curb corporate carbon emissions and prepare for the threats … MORE
BlackRock Wields Its Big Stick Like a Wet Noodle on C.E.O. Pay
The New York Times – April 15, 2016 – For several years, Laurence D. Fink, chairman and chief executive of BlackRock, the money management giant, has been on a crusade, exhorting corporations to change their short-term ways. … MORE
These 3 Women Attend Monsanto’s Annual Shareholder Meeting Demanding Answers
EcoWatch – February 2, 2016 – Three generations of women attended Monsanto‘s shareholder meeting Friday and presented multiple reasons why Monsanto should mitigate risks from Roundup, support labeling of genetically-engineered foods and change the direction of their business.
STATEMENT: Signing of the Paris Climate Agreement Confirms That Future Carbon Reductions Are Coming
April 22, 2016 – This past December in Paris, over 190 countries reached an unprecedented international agreement to halt climate change, and As You Sow was there supporting strong action. Today in New York, the … MORE
RELEASE: Shareholders Challenge Pharmaceutical Industry To Take Back Unused Drugs
As You Sow Release – April 20, 2016 – Citing the lack of free, accessible programs for disposal of prescription drugs in contributing to the U.S. painkiller abuse epidemic, 23 shareholder groups with more than $50 … MORE
SEC Overrides ExxonMobil Efforts to Stifle Shareholder Activism on Climate
Triple Pundit – March 28, 2016 – It is widely known that the wheels of justice — and of institutional change — turn slowly, especially when they turn against the well-established forces of the status … MORE
SEC Forces Exxon to Bring Climate-Friendly Accounting to Shareholder Vote
March 25, 2016 – In a key win, the Oakland-based non-profit advocacy group, As You Sow defeated ExxonMobil’s attempt to suppress an innovative, first of its kind shareholder resolution. The resolution asks Exxon to report its energy resources in … MORE
New Shareholder Resolution Incentivizing Big Oil’s Transition to Clean Energy, Wins at SEC
March 25, 2016 – In a key win, the Oakland-based non-profit advocacy group, As You Sow defeated ExxonMobil’s attempt to suppress an innovative, first of its kind shareholder resolution. The resolution asks Exxon to report … MORE
RELEASE: Fast Food Companies Move Toward Improved Packaging Recycling After Shareholder Engagement
As You Sow Release– April 5, 2016 – Chipotle, Dunkin’ Brands, and YUM! Brands have made new commitments toward packaging recycling and composting, leading shareholder advocate group As You Sow to withdraw shareholder proposals filed … MORE
Is There Lead in Your Chocolate?
CNN – March 25, 2016 – It’s not something that will be listed among the ingredients, but chocolate contains some lead. Manufacturers say it’s trace amounts, and it makes its way into chocolate as a naturally occurring element that … MORE
Overpaid CEOs Are Being Supported by Mutual Funds
FORTUNE – February 18, 2016 – Even as executive pay continues to grow mutual funds rarely vote against executive pay plans for the companies in which they hold shares.
RELEASE: New Shareholder Resolution Incentivizing Big Oil’s Transition to Clean Energy, Wins At SEC
AS YOU SOW RELEASE – March 25, 2016 – In a key win, the Oakland-based non-profit advocacy group, As You Sow defeated ExxonMobil’s attempt to suppress an innovative, first of its kind shareholder resolution. The resolution … MORE
RELEASE: Toxic Chocolate in Easter Bunnies, Eggs, and More
AS YOU SOW RELEASE – March 23, 2016 – Consumer health watchdog As You Sow released results today showing that 35 of 50 chocolate products tested, including chocolate bunnies and eggs, expose consumers to lead … MORE
RELEASE: Shareholders ask Mondelēz to Address Health Hazards of Nanomaterials in Foods; Mondelēz Blocks As You Sow Proposal
AS YOU SOW RELEASE – March 14, 2016 – Mondelēz International successfully blocked shareholders from voting on a proposal, submitted by shareholder advocacy group As You Sow, asking the company to assess the risks of … MORE
RELEASE: Record Number of Climate and Corporate Political Spending Resolutions Dominate 2016 Shareholder Votes
With the international climate summit recently concluded and the 2016 U.S. election process now well underway, “Paris and politics” will frame much of this year’s proxy season, according to Proxy Preview 2016, a report released … MORE
RELEASE: Most Mutual Funds, Pensions Still Failing to Put the Brakes on America’s 100 Most Overpaid CEOs
AS YOU SOW RELEASE – February 17, 2015 – Leading mutual funds and pension funds so far have taken little action to curb the “extraordinary misallocation of assets” represented by the excessive compensation of America’s … MORE
RELEASE: As You Sow Congratulates Walgreens for Drug Take-Back Kiosks
AS YOU SOW RELEASE – February 11, 2015 – Walgreens has committed to provide drug disposal kiosks in 500 stores across 39 states and Washington, D.C. as part of a program to combat drug abuse, … MORE
RELEASE: Campbell Soup’s Move to Label GMOs Commended by As You Sow
AS YOU SOW RELEASE – January 12, 2016- The Campbell Soup Company, the world’s largest soup maker and owner of well-known brands like Pepperidge Farms and Spaghetti-O’s, has announced it will become the first major food … MORE
RELEASE: Fracking Scorecard: Despite Progress, 70 Percent Of Oil and Gas Companies Still Fail To Adequately Disclose Risks To Investors
AS YOU SOW RELEASE – December 17, 2015 – The 2015 edition of an annual investor scorecard ranking the 30 largest oil and gas companies engaged in hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” finds improved risk disclosure … MORE
RELEASE: As You Sow Challenges Pharmaceutical Industry to Take Back Unused Drugs
AS YOU SOW RELEASE – December 8, 2015 – Citing the lack of free, accessible programs for disposal of consumer prescription drugs, As You Sow today unveiled a new waste initiative engaging and filing shareholder … MORE
GMO-Free Baby Formula Focus of As You Sow Campaign
LEXOLOGY – Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP – June 5, 2015 – The shareholder advocacy group As You Sow has announced the success of a three-year campaign targeting baby formula purportedly made with ingredients derived … MORE
What Exxon Didn’t Tell Their Shareholders
THE HILL – October 7, 2015 – Exxon was once a world leader in climate science. More than any other company or government at the time, Exxon developed deep insight into the dangers that burning … MORE
U.S. Recycling: Green targets – Taking Charge of Recycling
ETHICAL CORPORATION – November 20, 2015 – The hodgepodge that is the US recycling landscape is being overhauled by corporate groups needing reliable and plentiful sources of recycled materials.
Tim Hortons, Starbucks Recycling Claims May Be Garbage
CBC NEWS – October 30, 2015 – Canada’s largest coffee chains are misleading customers about what happens to cups collected in their in-store recycling bins. A CBC Marketplace investigation reveals that many paper cups collected … MORE
How Some Long-Term Investors are Fighting for Sustainability
TRIPLE PUNDIT – October 23, 2015 – Last week, Ceres and its Investor Network on Climate Risk released an illuminating analysis of how some major companies are responding to shareholder engagement on environmental, social and … MORE
Oil Companies are Having a Tougher Time Making Money
GRIST – September 29, 2015 – One morning in May, Danielle Fugere tried to convince America’s second-largest oil company to get out of the oil exploration business. Standing before a room full of Chevron shareholders … MORE
Coke, Walmart Kick Off $100m Recycling Fund
THE GUARDIAN – September 25, 2015 – A consortium of 10 of the US’s largest corporations – including Walmart, Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson – has announced three new projects designed to boost dismal recycling … MORE
Starbucks and Tim Hortons in Canada May Not Actually Be Recycling Their Coffee Cups
DAILY MEAL – October 30, 2015 – Coffee chains in Canada may boast that they recycle their disposable, paper coffee cups, but a new investigation finds that that may not be the case.
Four Ways Starbucks Can Fix Its Cup Recycling Dilemma
GREENBIZ – November 9, 2015 – Starbucks’ trailblazing efforts to reduce the use of coffee cups and to recycle cups customers use hit turbulence in October with revelations that cups deposited in recycling bins in … MORE
Fossil Fuel Execs Have Little Financial Incentive To Fight Climate Change, Report Says
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES – September 2, 2015 – Marathon Oil Corp. CEO Lee Tillman took home a $1.7 million bonus last year, in part because of the company’s expansion into the Texas and North Dakota … MORE
The Fossil-Fuel Free Future of Mutual Funds
CNBC – November 2, 2015 – Investors are hungry for socially responsible mutual funds, and lately, it’s the ones that avoid fossil fuel stocks getting the most attention. It’s a trend that has gained momentum … MORE
Unearthing The Fossil Fuels In Mutual Funds
FINANCIAL ADVISOR MAGAZINE – November 2, 2015 – If you’re into green investing, do you really know what’s in your portfolio? Andrew Behar, the CEO of As You Sow, an Oakland, Calif.-based nonprofit that works … MORE
Drilling in the Amazon and Arctic [TRANSCRIPT]
CLIMATE ONE – October 13, 2015 – Big Oil spends billions to squeeze fossil fuel from every nook and cranny of the globe. But is drilling in the Arctic and Amazon as profitable as they’d … MORE
RELEASE: New Web Tool Reveals Fossil Fuel Companies Hidden in Mutual Funds
AS YOU SOW RELEASE – September 15, 2015 – FossilFreeFunds.org was unveiled today by shareholder advocacy nonprofit As You Sow, using Morningstar fund holding data, in collaboration with Fossil Free Indexes, Carbon Tracker Initiative, BrightScope, … MORE
RELEASE: As You Sow Files Notice of Legal Action Against Soylent Super Food
AS YOU SOW RELEASE – August 12, 2015 – As You Sow, a non-profit environmental-health watchdog, today filed a notice of intent to bring legal action against Soylent, a “meal replacement” powder recently featured in a … MORE
RELEASE: Clean Power Plan Means Reduced Coal Emissions, Safer Utility Business Model
AS YOU SOW RELEASE – August 3, 2015 – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released the Clean Power Plan, a landmark regulation that will benefit consumers, businesses, and the environment alike.
RELEASE: New Report Offers Cities Guidance on Accessing the Vast Green Bond Market
AS YOU SOW RELEASE – July 28, 2015 – The U.S. branch of the Green City Bonds Coalition, a group of global organizations working to facilitate green bond expansion, has released The Green Muni Bonds … MORE
RELEASE: Disney Takes Important Step Towards Eliminating Smoking from Youth-Rated Movies
AS YOU SOW RELEASE – July 13, 2015 – The Walt Disney Company has become the first major Hollywood studio to prohibit cigarette smoking depictions in films they produce with youth ratings.
RELEASE: As You Sow Applauds General Mills’ Improved Policies to Protect Bees from Pesticides
AS YOU SOW RELEASE – Jul. 8 2015 – Following engagement with investors and advocates, General Mills has become the first major packaged foods company to improve policies to protect bees and other pollinators from … MORE
