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This week, Sunrun Inc., the nation's largest residential solar and storage company, was formally added to the growing number of businesses calling for a moratorium on deep seabed mining. The commitment comes after productive engagement between shareholder representative As You Sow and Sunrun on the environmental risks posed by this emerging industry.
As You Sow today warned that new climate data by five major scientific organizations confirmed 2025 as marking a decisive turning point pushing the global three-year average temperature above 1.5°C for the first time. Warming temperatures and related climate change continues to have a negative and growing impact on the economy.
A prominent scientific journal recently retracted a landmark study claiming that glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup, is safe for human health. There remains substantial research and evidence linking glyphosate to cancer exists across a range of studies.
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.
“Trump's December 12 executive order on proxy solicitors did not restrict proxy voting by big index funds, once a right-wing priority, and a sign the administration may not wholly side with executives against investors.
To make sense of things, I spoke with Andrew Behar, CEO of activist investor group As You Sow, a frequent resolution filer and company interlocutor.”
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“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 →
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