Press Releases

Today, over 20 shareholders with more than $63 billion in assets sent letters to Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO), Mastercard (NYSE:MA), Meta (NASDAQ:META), and DoorDash (NASDAQ:DASH) asking that they publicly disassociate their brands from the Canada Strong & Free conference that they are currently sponsoring and publicly refute the divisiveness, homophobia, hate speech, and far-right activism embodied by Chris Rufo, who is a featured keynote speaker at the conference.

Today, Fox News (NASDAQ: FOX) asked the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to exclude an As You Sow shareholder proposal asking Fox to disclose the risks of inadequate differentiation between its on-air news and its opinion content. The proposal highlights the financial and reputational risks associated with viewers mistakenly assuming that Fox opinion personalities are journalists delivering fact-based information.

Today, Meta shareholders will vote on a proposal filed by shareholder representative As You Sow asking the company to assess the impact of reinstating “enhanced actions” put in place to protect the 2020 election and prohibiting political advertising on its platform prior to the 2024 election. The requested actions would reduce misinformation and hate speech on its platforms during another heated election cycle.

Results released late last week showed 25.7% of SkyWest ("the Company") shareholders supported an Amalgamated Bank proposal asking it to adopt a non-interference policy upholding the rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining in its operations. The company faces allegations by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA that it has retaliated against employees seeking external union representation and that it funds an internal employee association, the SkyWest Inflight Association (SIA), intended to replace independent unionization.

BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA—MAY 1, 2024 —Today, Coca-Cola shareholders will vote on a proposal calling on the company to report known or potential risks to the company's employees caused by the decline in the quality of their medical care. With headquarters in Atlanta, Coca-Cola employees face the brunt of an existing healthcare crisis in Georgia as a result of legislative interferences in accessible healthcare, posing an immediate threat to their health and wellbeing. 

Shareholder representative As You Sow today released its 2024 “Pay for Climate Performance: Linking CEO Compensation to Emissions Reduction” report, grading 100 of the largest U.S. companies on their CEO climate-related pay incentives and their ability to drive greenhouse gas emission reductions. The report finds that while pay incentives can be powerful motivators, they need to be quantifiable, significant, and linked to robust climate goals.

AT&T released a Political Congruency Report on Friday providing standard-setting disclosure on its political spending. AT&T committed to release this report as part of a withdrawal agreement with As You Sow on a shareholder resolution last April. 

As You Sow today released “Capturing the Diversity Benefit: Workforce Diversity Linked to Financial Performance.” This comprehensive, landmark report reveals a statistically significant correlation between higher percentages of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) management and increases in eight standard financial metrics. Key findings add meaningful insight to a growing body of evidence linking financial benefits to a diverse management team, making a clear business and investor case for diversity as a material factor in financial success.

As You Sow today released its 10th “100 Most Overpaid CEOs” list linking excessive CEO Pay to corporate performance. 

United Autoworkers of America (UAW) last night announced plans for targeted, stand-up strikes in three states against Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler after negotiations fell through. Shrinking the widening gap between CEO pay and workers' pay in years marked by record-breaking profits has been central to UAW’s demands.