Aside from the very real and immediate risks to human health and safety inflicted at landfall, hurricanes are also making people inhabiting these areas more vulnerable. Families with houses in Florida, along the Gulf, and even the West Coast (I wrote this as I hunkered through yet another California atmospheric river) are experiencing a new phenomenon known as “climate uninsurability.”
Read MoreWhy are Elon Musk and Mark Cuban publicly feuding over workforce diversity? The billionaire beef is part of a larger conversation making headlines on corporate programs meant to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace.
Read MoreAndrew Behar, CEO of As You Sow, joins Casey Hogue, the host of Darts in the Dark Podcast, to discuss the history of As You Sow and its mission, conscious consumerism, the 4th industrial age, and more.
Read MoreIn an October 2022 episode of Voice of America: Africa News Tonight, Andrew Behar, CEO of As You Sow was interviewed about climate inflation. He explained that the root cause of current inflation is extreme weather . . .
Read MoreA groundbreaking 381-page report called “Expert Investigation Related to Cocoa and Chocolate Products,” is the culmination of a three-year research effort by four world-renowned experts.
Read MoreOne hundred million Americans are contributing to 401(k) retirement plans, but few know that many of these plans invest in fossil fuels, deforestation, private prisons and other companies that may not be aligned with their values.
Read MoreAndy joins Sloane and Ashby to discuss how investors can use their proxy voting power to push their portfolio companies to make positive changes.
Read MoreIn the latest episode of As You Sow’s interview series As You Talk on Clubhouse, Andrew Behar, CEO of As You Sow and best selling author Kim Stanley Robinson discuss The Ministry for the Future.
Read MoreThe June 14, 2021 Responsible Investor article “Four strategies for effective engagement: Why the nature of investor-corporate discussion is key for successful outcomes” purports to describe the nature of shareholder-corporate engagement.
Read MoreAndrew Behar, CEO of As You Sow and Heidi Welsh, founding executive director of the Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2), give an overview of some outcomes from this proxy season.
Read MoreAndrew Behar, CEO of As You Sow and retired corporate attorney James Gamble lead a lively conversation about corporate governance, and how the law of fiduciary duty requires corporations to put profits before other values and obligates institutions to behave only in their own self-interest.
Read MoreWe are engaging over 100 companies and escalating by filing 73 shareholder resolutions on a range of critical issues. We are calling for a commitment of absolute cuts in the use of plastic packaging . . .
Read MoreFor-profit firms have flooded money into prison and detention center infrastructure — and lobby for harsher policing and longer sentencing, even for non-violent offenders.
Read MoreThank you for standing up for values-aligned and ESG investing and opposing this unjust restriction of our freedom to make our own investing decisions.
Read MoreI’m Andrew Behar, CEO of the non-profit As You Sow. This shareholder resolution, is of the utmost importance as it asks the critical question: How do words become actions?
Read MoreIf there is one takeaway from the pain and anguish of COVID-19 it is that we now have dramatic proof that: SCIENCE = LIFE IGNORANCE = DEATH.
Read MoreWhile our staff and millions of people around the world shelter-in-place, factories are shuttered, planes sit idle, and cars are off the roads; there is no doubt that this economic halt from the coronavirus pandemic is incredibly painful and this uncertainty will last for months.
Read MoreBlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s 2020 annual letter sounds fantastic. It declares that the world’s largest asset manager will prioritize climate risks in investing. It acknowledges that “Climate change has become a defining factor in companies’ long-term prospects.
Read MoreToday, nearly 200 CEOs of the world’s largest corporations did an about-face with an updated “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation” from the Business Roundtable.
Read MoreAnyone with a workplace retirement account may be profiting from the sales of guns and ammunition. Vanguard, iShares from Blackrock, Fidelity, and State Street are all heavily invested in gun makers. Walmart employees are protesting the company’s selling of firearms.
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