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In resolutions filed with Travelers and Chubb, As You Sow asks insurers to explain if and how it can maintain a viable homeowners insurance business as catastrophic climate-related weather events increase payouts.
The Trump Administration issued an executive order with mandates that will interfere with, and radically encumber, independent market transactions; and impose an irrational set of beliefs in place of well-informed investor decision making.
Microsoft investors will get a second chance to voice their support for a proposal asking the Company to assess risks related to the use of its artificial intelligence technologies for facilitating new oil and gas development and production.
This week, Costco Wholesale Corporation introduced new commitments in its 2025 sustainability report aimed at reducing deforestation risks in its avocado supply chain. The move comes after As You Sow withdrew a shareholder proposal.
Today’s announcement from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it will no longer substantively review corporate no-action requests under Rule 14a-8 represents a dangerous abandonment of the agency’s longstanding role as a neutral arbiter in the shareholder proposal process.
As You Sow today released Social Justice Funds, a free online platform scoring thousands of investment funds on racial justice, gender equality, corporate diversity, and LGBTQ+ equity.
“Shareholder advocacy nonprofit As You Sow said Friday that a potential repeal of Rule 14a-8, and potential changes to the shareholder proposal process, ‘entirely ignores the financial benefits and pecuniary outperformance resulting from shareholder proposals.’ " Read More →
“The board is ‘clearly caving to political pressure, which puts shareholder returns at risk. We expect our board to make decisions based on pecuniary measures, not politics, and request that they retract this policy change immediately,’ Andrew Behar, CEO of As You Sow, said in an email.” Read More →
"‘Costco's commitment to tackle deforestation in its avocado supply chain represents meaningful progress on an urgent environmental risk,’ Elizabeth Levy, As You Sow biodiversity programme coordinator stated." Read More →
“The SEC ruled for shareholders in around 40 per cent of shareholder proposal cases. Its disappearance from the fray would remove a vital platform for recalibration and stability,” Danielle Fugere, president of As You Sow, told Sustainable Views." Read More →
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