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“The SEC ‘was founded in 1934 to provide communication between shareholders — to create trust between companies and their beneficial owners — and now they are no longer going to be helping shareholders,’ said Andy Behar, the CEO of As You Sow, in an interview.” Read More →
“As You Sow has led a chorus of critics after the SEC reversed its long-standing practice of allowing smaller shareholders to file Notices of Exempt Solicitation on the SEC’s EDGAR system, calling the move a ‘significant setback for shareholder democracy and informed capital markets.” Read More →
“Andy Behar, CEO of As You Sow warned that ‘restricting exempt solicitations to the few largest investors harms the core tenets of capitalism – information and trust between corporations and their beneficial owners’.” Read More →
Our CEO, Andrew Behar, was featured in Law.com discussing how proxy advisers’ recommendations often favor management and the role AI may play in proxy voting decisions.
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“As You Sow said the new policy ‘risks chilling legitimate shareholder speech and weakens the fundamentals of a strong market.’” Read More →
“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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Andy Behar, CEO of As You Sow, stated, “Verizon’s shareholders applaud the California Public Utilities Commission’s decision. We have analyzed data from over 1,600 companies spanning five years and know that greater workforce diversity leads to financial outperformance.” Read More →
“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 →
“Kelly McBee, circular economy manager for As You Sow, a shareholder activist group that pushes companies to adopt sustainable practices, says she is disappointed by the lack of progress: ‘With companies reaching the end of 2025 and a lot of these goals for recyclability, for virgin plastic reduction, for recycled content, and the vast majority of company action not keeping pace with ambition…" Read More →
“On Tuesday, two U.S. investor advocacy groups, As You Sow and the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), filed a request with the SEC asking it to reconsider. They argue that the program violates the SEC’s rules on proxy voting, which restrict shareholders from delegating voting authority beyond a single annual meeting.” Read More →
“‘While the AI boom provides exciting opportunities, there are many risks to not approaching energy needs with a deliberate and informed response that takes long term impacts into account,’ Kelly Poole, lead author of the report published this month by shareholder advocacy group As You Sow and environmental organization Sierra Club, said in a briefing with reporters.” Read More →
“As You Sow, a nonprofit shareholder advocacy organization, has its own ‘set it and forget it’ system that allows shareholders to direct their proxy votes toward environmental or social justice issues.” Read More →
“To evaluate a fund’s voting behavior, visit the As You Sow Proxy Voting Tracker. This tool can help you determine whether your fund is engaging in real shareholder advocacy, or greenwashing from the sidelines.” Read More →
“These companies fully understand the benefits of having diverse teams and leadership. For example, a review by As You Sow and Whistle Stop Capital of over 1,600 companies found that manager diversity is positively associated with key financial performance indicators, including return on equity and invested capital, revenue growth, and share price performance.” Read More →
“For those seeking to consider a broader range of prison-related stocks, shareholder advocacy nonprofit As You Sow publishes a Prison-Free Funds tool that grades 3,000 US equity funds.’" Read More →
“In the organization’s Diversity Dividend report, which analyzed 1,641 US companies over a period of five years (2016 to 2022), results showed a significant correlation between diverse management teams and better financial outcomes.” Read More →
“Earlier this year, the tech conglomerate added a fossil-free fund to its employees' 401(k) options. Already, an analysis from Fossil Free Funds found, the Parnassus Core Equity fund has more than $710 million invested in it.” Read More →
“‘We've been working for five years now filing proposals with the company and having sporadic engagements with them,’ Conrad MacKerron, senior vice president of the nonprofit group As You Sow, told Newsweek." Read More →
“’We’re looking for companies to set targets directly within their supply chain so that they can track and measure the direct outcomes of their actions,’ lead author on the report and senior co-ordinator of the environmental health programme at As You Sow, Cailin Dendas, tells Sustainable Views." Read More →
“A large-scale study released in 2023 by As You Sow, a nonprofit shareholder advocacy group promoting corporate social responsibility, revealed the direct correlation between DEI and bottom line results, ‘making a clear business and investor case for diversity as a material factor in financial success.’" Read More →
“Danielle Fugere, president of the shareholder advocacy group As You Sow, said investors may also see U.S. assets as less relevant and more volatile if U.S. systems fail to adhere to climate regulatory frameworks.” Read More →
“Conrad MacKerron, senior vice president at As You Sow, said the organization is ‘fairly hopeful’ following this year’s outcomes. Amid political pressures against ESG initiatives, vote totals appeared lower than in the past, but 'I think we know why they’re lower,’ he said." Read More →
“‘As You Sow is deeply disappointed in this unexpected action by PepsiCo,” added Kelly McBee, circular economy manager at As You Sow. ‘The move appears counterintuitive to the company’s previous leadership in tackling plastic pollution and its PEP+ program to operate within planetary boundaries.’" Read More →
“‘Shareholders overwhelmingly voted against resolutions to end DEI and backed management maintaining merit-based diversity programs focused on financial performance,’ said Andrew Behar, CEO of As You Sow, a nonprofit organization that advocates for environmental and social corporate responsibility." Read More →
“Danielle Fugere, president of As You Sow, says: 'We thought it was fair to ask the company what we should expect as investors. Tell us what you know so we have more information on which to base our investment decisions.’" Read More →
“Danielle Fugere, president of the shareholder advocacy group As You Sow, said the rollback strikes at the heart of global risk transparency." Read More →
“Kelly McBee, a plastic pollution prevention specialist at As You Sow, said the group is targeting beverage and snack companies because ‘most of these companies produce goods that are designed to be consumed on the go or in small quantities, so the scale of their packaging is some of the greatest.’” Read More →