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- Sustainability 2.0--Shifting Corporate Culture Toward Sustainability(Triple Pundit, December 30, 2010)
- Nestle Gets A B for Not Poisoning Us (The LAist, December 27, 2010)
- Nestle Gets a B+ for Chemistry (Glendale News-Press, December 26, 2010)
- Extractives: Dirty Industries, Clean Standards (The Murningham Post, December 21, 2010)
- As You Sow at TEDx: Engaging Business Through Shareholders (TEDx, December 16, 2010)
- A Window on Corporate Anti-Sweatshop Efforts (The Murningham Post, December 13, 2010)
- Hanesbrands Gets Fair Labour Recognition (EcoTextile, December 13, 2010)
- Sweatshop Report Grades Wal-Mart, Target, Levi's (Ethical Style, December 9, 2010)
- CSR and Sweatshops (Just Means, November 30, 2010)
- Sweatshop-Free? New Report Grades Levi's, Gap, and Wal-Mart's Supply Chain (TreeHugger, November 29, 2010)
- US: Major Retailers Lead in Supply Chain Compliance (Just-Style, November 25, 2010)
- Major Retailers Lead in Supply Chain Compliance (MRketplace, November 25, 2010)
- Major Food Companies Substitute Bisphenol A (Chemical Watch, November 18, 2010)
- Investment Firm Advises Companies to Move Away from Bisphenol A (ChemSec, November 18, 2010)
- As You Sow Reports on Supply Chain Compliance Programs of Apparel Companies (Social Funds, November 17, 2010)
- Sweatshop Scorecard (San Francisco Chronicle, November 17, 2010)
- Work Still Needed on U.S. Retailer Social Compliance (Procurement Leaders, November 17, 2010)
- Retailers Named for Safe U.S. Workplace (AP, November 16, 2010)
- TEDx: Plastic Is the New Smoking (The Huffington Post, November 16, 2010)
- Wal-Mart, Hanesbrands, Nordstrom, The Gap Get Good Marks for Corporate Responsibility (Triangle Business Journal, November 16, 2010)
- Twitter Storm for 'Safe American Communities' (Mother Nature Network, November 15, 2010)
- Study Finds BPA Levels in US Foods Less Than Government Limits (Environmental Leader, November 3, 2010)
- Major Producers Ditch BPA from Packaging (KT Radio Network, November 2, 2010)
- Experts Scrutinizing Safety of Common Plastic Chemical (California Watch, November 2, 2010)
- Food Manufacturers Promise to Boot BPA from Packaging (Rejackpack, November 2, 2010)
- Major Producers to Ditch BPA from Packaging (The Independent, November 1, 2010)
- Ottawa Conference Seeks Global Consensus on Risks of Bisphenol A (The Globe and Mail, November 1, 2010)
- Major Corporations Respond to Consumer Demands to Remove BPA (Change.org Health blog, November 1, 2010)
- Which Companies Use BPA-free Cans to Package Food? (Klean Industries Blog, October 30, 2010)
- Leading Companies Are Taking Proactive Approach to BPA (Social Funds, October 29, 2010)
- New BPA-free Cans Hitting Shelves (Homemakers.com, October 28, 2010)
- Letter Grading Companies That Provide BPA-free Packaging (Daily Sundial, October 28, 2010)
- Coal Ash: Let Your Voice Be Heard (The Huffington Post, October 26, 2010)
- ConAgra, Heinz Are Tops in Banishing BPA (Forbes, October 26, 2010)
- Shame on USDA for Supporting Big Industry Attack on Watchdog Group (OnEarth Blog, October 26, 2010)
- Companies Ranked for Reducing BPA in Canned Food (Do Your Part, October 25, 2010)
- Coal Ash: Let Your Voice Be Heard (The San Francisco Chronicle City Lights blog, October 25, 2010)
- Removing Bisphenol A (Chemical & Engineering News, October 25, 2010)
- Trends and Studies: Seeking Safer Packaging (Bevnet, October 25, 2010)
- New Report Ranks Food Companies on BPA in Packaging (Alliance for A Healthy Tomorrow, October 23, 2010)
- Which Companies Are Banishing BPA? (Mother Nature Network, October 22, 2010)
- Concern over BPA Continues (Ann Arbor Examiner, October 22, 2010)
- Helpful Food and Beverage BPA Can Lining Report Card for Consumers (LA Examiner, October 22, 2010)
- Canned Food without BPA? Let´s Vote with Our Pocketbooks (Safe Water 4 U, October 22, 2010)
- New Report Tracks BPA Use by Packaged Food Companies (Lexology, October 22, 2010)
- Coca-Cola, Del Monte, Kraft Score Failing Grades in Safe Packaging Report (Money Talks, October 22, 2010)
- Major Companies Phase Out BPA from Food and Beverage Packaging (News-Medical, October 22, 2010)
- Private Label Gets Failing Grades in BPA Report (Refresh, October 22, 2010)Several Food Companies remove BPA from Cans (WTSP 10 News, October 22, 2010)
- Heinz, ConAgra, Others Halt Use of BPA in Food Packaging (WalletPop, October 22, 2010)
- Rsc. Las Empresas de Alimentacion y Bebidas Avanzan en la Eliminacion del Bisfenol A (La Informacion, October 22, 2010)
- Heinz Praised for Halting BPA Use in Some Cans (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 22, 2010)
- Heinz, ConAgra Get High Marks for Cutting BPA, Wal-Mart and Kraft Fail (Greener Design, October 22, 2010)
- New Report Tracks BPA Use by Packaged Food Companies (Shook Hardy & Bacon Food & Beverage Litigation Update, October 22, 2010)
- Industry Making Notable Progress in Push for BPA Alternatives--report (GreenWire, October 21, 2010)
- Coca-Cola, Del Monte, Kraft Score Failing Grades in Safe Packaging Report (Fast Company, October 21, 2010)
- Which Companies Use BPA-free Cans to Package Food? (USA Today Green House blog, October 21, 2010)
- Public Perception Increasingly Drives Companies' BPA Policy (Packaging Digest, October 21, 2010)
- Coke, Del Monte, Kraft, Wal-Mart,Get Failing Grades for Using BPA (Environmental Leader, October 21, 2010)
- Bisphenol A (BPA) Being Removed by Major Companies (Rillara News, October 21, 2010)
- Consumer Fears Spurring Industry Push for Bisphenol A Substitutes (Food Production Daily, October 21, 2010)
- ConAgra Gets A on BPA (Omaha World Herald, October 21, 2010)
- Companies Graded on Moves to Go BPA-free (USA Today, October 21, 2010)
- Starbucks' Cup Dilemma (Fast Company, October 20, 2010)
- Nonprofit and Corporate Effort to Put Safety Info on Lightbulbs with Mercury (WalletPop, October 13, 2010)
- Shareowner Engagement Leads to FTC Ruling on Mercury Labeling: (Social Funds, October 7, 2010)
- Federal Trade Commission Mandates Mercury Warnings: (Green Lodging News, October 7, 2010)
- Toxic Toys? (Financial Advisor Green blog, October 4, 2010)
- Investors Want Toys 'R' Us to Phase Out Toxic PVC Toys: (ConsumerAffairs.com, October 1, 2010)
- Message in a Bottle: Corporate Sustainability is Pretty Weak Tea: (Fast Company, September 26)
- CSR Minute: 22 Major Institutional Investor Comment on Proposed EPA Rules for Coal Ash Disposal: (3BL Media, September 22, 2010)
- Investors Call on EPA to Regulate Coal Ash: (Social Funds, September 20, 2010)
- EPA Must Regulate Coal Ash - Investor Group: (Sustainable Business, September 17, 2010)
- South's Institutional Investors Silent on Coal Ash Risks: (Facing South, September 17, 2010)
- Investors with Combined $240B Portfolio Ask EPA to Adopt Tough Coal Ash Ruling: (Triple Pundit, September 16, 2010)
- Investors Urge EPA to Adopt Coal Ash Regulations: (Environmental Leader, September 16, 2010)
- Major Investors Call on EPA to Regulate Coal Ash: (Earth & Industry, September 16, 2010)
- Investors Urge EPA to Adopt Coal Ash Waste Rule: (Paint Square, September 16, 2010)
- U.S. Investors with $240 Bln in Assets Urge Strict Federal Regulations on Coal Ash: (Solve Climate, September 15, 2010)
- EPA Urged to Adopt Enforceable Regulations for Coal Ash: (International Business Times, September 15, 2010)
- Financial Assurance for Coal Ash: (Inside EPA, September 15, 2010)
- SRI Investors Fight for More Coal Ash Regs: (Financial Advisor Green blog, September 15, 2010)
- Coal Ash Should Be Better Regulated By EPA, Say Investors: (CT Environmental Headlines, September 15, 2010)
- Screen Talk: Smoke Barriers (The Independent, September 3, 2010)
- Apparel Companies Urged to Get Procurement Sewn Up: (Procurement Leaders, August 6, 2010)
- Coca Cola Pollution in a Bottle: (USA Hitman, August 6, 2010)
- International Investor Coalition Urgently Calls for Improved Working Conditions in Electronics Manufacturing Facilities: (INSIGHTS Newsletter, July 29, 2010)
- 2010 Proxy Season: (Corpgov, July 28, 2010)
- SIF proxy season recap call: (Corporate Library Blog, July 28, 2010)
- Investors Address Human Rights in Electronics Supply Chains: (Social Funds, July 26, 2010)
- Levi Strauss & Co, Nike, Gap and Timberland Told about Their Best Practices in Purchasing: (Popsop, July 23, 2010)
- Nike, Gap, Levi's Reveal Best Practices in Apparel Industry Purchasing: (Reuters, July 23, 2010)
- Suicides Expose Risks in High-Tech Supply Chain Investments: (Greeenbiz, July 23, 2010)
- Clothing Brands Buying Practices Influence Factory Conditions: (Supply Management, July 21, 2010)
- Nike, Gap, Levis Reveal Best Practices in Apparel Industry Purchasing: (Sustainable Life Media, July 21, 2010)
- Brands Outline Purchasing Practices: (Ecotextiles, July 20, 2010)
- Clothes Firms Reveal Procurement Jobs Best Practice: (PURCON, July 20, 2010)
- Starbucks Disposable Cups Deemed Unrecyclable by Major Recycling Companies: (Just Means, July 2, 2010)
- Fracas Erupts over Fracking Practices: (Houston Business Journal, July 2 2010)
- Starbucks Expands Recycling Program with Coffee Cups in Chicago: (NACS Online, July 1, 2010)
- Starbucks 3 Billion Paper Cups Need to Go Somewhere: (Ecofriendlypack, July 1, 2010)
- Starbucks Pilot Program Recycles Cups into Napkins: (Triplepundit, June 30, 2010)
- Corporate Social Responsibility Gains More Traction: (CFO Zone, June 30, 2010)
- Investors Urge Safeguards on US Shale Gas Drilling: (Reuters, June 29, 2010)
- Environmental Shareowner Resolutions Gain Record Levels of Support: (Social Funds, June 25, 2010)
- Shareholders Make Headway on Natural Gas Front: (FA Green Blog, June 25, 2010)
- Shareholder Groups See Gains In Bid to Force Industry to Address Fracking: (Inside EPA, June 22, 2010)
- Child Labor: As Close as the Shirt on Your Back: (Sacramento Bee, June 20, 2010)
- Starbucks Plans to Turn its Chicago Coffee Cups into Napkins: (Seattle Times, June 20, 2010)
- Shareholder Activists Set out to Drill Oil Companies: (Businessweek, June, 13, 2010)
- Exxon’s “Frack Attack” and What Shareholders May Do About it: (Triplepundit, June 9, 2010)
- Activist Nuns Bring Fracking to a Vote: (Philadelphia Inquirer, June 5, 2010)
- 1 in 4 Exxon Shareholders Vote to Know Gas Drilling Risk: (Blue Living Ideas blog, June 4, 2010)
- Shareholder Votes Have Prompted CMS to Make Some Changes: (Jackson Citizen Patriot, May 31, 2010
- United States: ExxonMobil Shareholders Question Risks of Natural Gas ‘Fracking’: (The Free Library, June, 2010)
- Degette Pulls Amendment to Disclose Fracking: (The Daily Sentinal, May 26, 2010)
- Exxon CEO Defends Offshore Drilling: (Michael Moore blog, May 27, 2010, )
- Investors Press Power Companies for Plans On Coal-Ash Waste: (Wall Street Journal, May 27, 2010)
- DeGette ‘Fracking’ Amedment Doesn’t Fly; Exxon Shareholders Vote: (The Colorado Independent, May 26, 2010)
- ExxonMobil Resolution Gets Notable Support: (FA Green Blog, May 26, 2010)
- Exxon Mobil CEO Says Company Is Helping BP: (Associated Press, May 26, 2010)
- Exxon CEO-Policymakers Should Not Overreact To Spill: (Reuters, May 26, 2010)
- Fracking Disclosure Bill Withdrawn: (Grand Junction Sentinel, May 26, 2010)
- Keep Your Eyes on Exxon: (Financial Advisor’s Green Blog, May 21, 2010)
- Two CMS Energy Shareholder Proposals Defeated Friday: (Jackson Citizen Patriot, May 21, 2010)
- Green Shareholders Push Williams, Exxon to Clear Air on Hydraulic Fracturing: (The Colorado Indepenent, May 20, 2010)
- Investors to Demand Info on Risks of Consumers' Coal Plans: (Great Lakes Bulletin News Service, May 20, 2010)
- Who Made Those Jeans You're Wearing: (Supplychainbrain, May 18, 2010)
- Environmental Resolutions Continue to Gain Strong Shareowner Support: (SocialFunds, May 11, 2010)
- Investors Raise Coal Ash Disposal Issues with Coal Utilities: (Triplepundit, May 6, 2010)
- Have a Coke and a Smile? Maybe Not: (Enviroblog, May 5, 2010)
- ExxonMobil Proxy Statement Addresses Chemicals Used in Hydraulic Fracturing: (Oil and Gas Lawyer Blog, May 3, 2010)
- New York Comptroller, Environmental Group Pushing CMS Energy to Change Environmental Policies: (Jackson Citizen Patriot, May 3, 2010)
- Shareholder Revolt against Coal Ash: (Counterpunch, April 30, 2010)
- A Tipping Point on BPA? (Marc Gunther’s blog, April 28, 2010)
- Coca-Cola Rebuffs Shareholder Push for BPA Exit Strategy: (Z Recommends blog, April 28, 2010)
- First-time Environmental Resolutions Win Strong Shareowner Support: (SocialFunds, April, 28 2010)
- Chorus of Operators Calling for Frac Fluid Disclosure
Grows: (Fort Worth Business Press, April 26, 2010)
- Interview with Amy Galland Regarding Coal Ash: (Free Speech Radio News, April 26, 2010)
- Greenwashing Coffee: Instead of Working with Existing Eco-Products, Starbucks Will Reinvent the Wheel & Stamp Their Logo On It: (The Buzzflash Blog, April 26, 2010)
- BPA in Coke: (Swedish Food Monitor, April 25, 2010)
- BPA Shareowner Resolution Draws 22% of Vote at KO: (Government & Accountability Institute’s INSIGHTS-edge April 23, 2010)
- Coca-Cola Dismisses BPA Criticisms as Shareholder Coalition Vows to Fight on: (Food Production Daily, April 22, 2010)
- Coke Dismisses BPA Concerns: (April 21, 2010 Financial Advisor Green Blog)
- Let the Games…Proxy Games…Begin: (Government & Accountability Institute’s INSIGHTS-edge April 21, 2010)
- 22% of Coke Shareholders Ask for a Report on Company's Actions to Address BPA Concerns: (Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News, April 21, 2010)
- BPA-free Canned Tomatoes Coming Soon: (Beyond Green blog, April 21, 2010)
- Coca-Cola Facing Shareholder Challenge: (Food Navigator, April 21, 2010)
- Coke Cans Still Contain BPA, Shareholders Outraged: (Fast Company, April 21, 2010)
- Don't Leave Home without It: The 2010 Proxy Preview: (Moxy Vote April 21, 2010)
- Hitting Coca-Cola Where it Hurts; Plastic Packaging’s Best Chance Ever?: (Plastics Today, April 21, 2010)
- Nuns vs. Bankers: The Coming Shareholder Proxy Battles: (Time, April 21, 2010)
- Starbucks is Trashing its Green Image: (Daily Finance, April 21, 2010 )
- Shareholders Challenge Coca-Cola Co. on Use of Bisphenol-A: (Vending Market Watch, April 21, 2010)
- Shareholders Challenge Coca-Cola over BPA in Cans: (Packaging Digest April 20, 2010)
- General Mills to Pull BPA from Organic Tomato Cans: (Greener Design blog, April 19, 2010)
- Some Shareholders, Groups Question CMS Energy Record: (Midland Daily News, April, 19, 2010)
- As You Sow Publishes 2010 Proxy Preview: (SocialFunds, April 13, 2010)
- Exxon Shareholder Raises Concerns about Gas-Drilling Technique: (Wall Street Journal, 4-13-2010)
- Proxy Voting: Sustainability Hits the Mainstream: (Corporate Secretary, 4-13-2010)
- Proxy Preview 2010: Helping Foundations Align Investment and Mission: (GreenBiz, April 13, 2010)
- Foundations Can Step Up as Shareholders: (The Philanthropy Journal blog, April 12, 2010)
- Google Technology Advancement Meets Privacy Intrusion: (The Epoch Times, April 8, 2010)
- Proxy Preview 2010: (Corporate Governance Blog, April 8, 2010)
- Starbucks' Bait and Switch: (The Thin Green Line blog, San Francisco Chronicle, April 7, 2010)
- Shareowners Push Internet Companies to Protect Online Privacy: (Social Funds, April 6, 2010)
- Starbucks Says No to Recycling, Yes to Guns: (Greenopolis, April 6, 2010)
- Starbucks Shareholders Vote Down ‘Aggressive’ Recycling Initiative: (Environmental Leader, April 5, 2010)
- Starbucks Shareholders Vote Down Recycling, Company Resists Cooperation: (TriplePundit, April 3, 2010)
- Google, Yahoo and Others Use Online History to Target Advertising: (San Jose Mercury News, April 2, 2010)
- PepsiCo Inc. Promotes Higher Beverage Container Recycling Rates: (Vending MarketWatch News, March 26, 2010)
- Pepsico Uncaps Bottle Recycling Plan, Starbucks Still Brewing: (Greenbiz, March 26, 2010)
- Shareholder Activists Hit Starbucks on Recycling: (Triplepundit, March 25, 2010)
- Starbucks Shareholders Reject Recycling Initiative; Company Declares First Dividend: (Seattle Times, March 24, 2010)
- Starbucks Expecting Good News, Hot Issues at Shareholder’s Meeting: (NWCN King 5 News, March 24, 2010)
- Starbucks Wants Shareholders to Vote "No" on Activist Group's Recycling Proposal: (Starbucks Gossip, March 22, 2010)
- Starbucks Shareholders Vote on Plan to Expand Recycling: (Seattle Times, March 19, 2010)
- Shareholders Say: Tell the Truth about Fracking: (Marc Gunther blog, March 7, 2010)
- Voting Your Shares May Start to Matter: (NY Times, March 5, 2010)
- Shareholders Slam Apple for Going Green: (Mother Nature Network, Feb. 27, 2010)
- Green Surprises at Apple’s Shareholder Meeting: (GreenBiz, Feb. 26, 2010)
- Al Gore a Lightning Rod at Apple Shareholder Meeting: (Cnet, Feb. 25, 2010)
- Despite Supplier Audits, Apple Investors Demand More: (GreenBiz, Feb. 25, 2010)
- Will Apple Satisfy its Environmental Critics?: (Cnet, Feb. 25, 2010)
- Getting the Green Light: (Investor Relations, Feb. 23, 2010)
- Is Apple Green Enough?: (Macsimum, Feb. 18, 2010)
- Shareholder Activism, Yes You Can: (triplepundit.com, Feb. 14, 2010)
- Consumers Energy Agrees to a Vote
on Coal Ash Resolution: (The Michigan Messanger, Feb. 1, 2010)
- Consumers Energy Faces Shareholder Resolution on Coal Ash: (The Michigan Messanger, Feb. 1, 2010)
- Apple Tells Shareowners to Reject Proposal for Annual Sustainability Report:(SocialFunds.com, Jan. 25, 2010)
- Drilling Unleashes Backlash: (Wall Street Journal. Jan. 21, 2010)
- Investors Urge Companies to Keep Minerals from War-torn Congo Out of Supply Chain: (SocialFunds.com, Jan. 14, 2010)
- Apple Refuses to Step Up Sustainability Reporting: (Fast Company, Jan. 14, 2010)
- Apple Board Rejects Calls for Environmental Efforts: (EE Times, Jan. 13, 2010)
- Apple Board Opposes Shareholder Proposal For Broadly Scoped CSR Report: (Treehugger.com, Jan. 13, 2010)
- Apple Resists Shareholder Pleas for Emissions Reporting: (EE Leader, Jan. 13, 2010)
- Apple Board Urges Shareholders to Reject Eco Proposals: (Macnn.com, Jan. 12, 2010)
- As You Sow Wins 2009 NGO Activist Award: (Climate Change Business Journal, Jan. 2010)
2010 Press Releases
- Levi's, Wal-Mart, and Gap Top Apparel Supply Chain Compliance Survey: Report Provides Scorecard of Top Apparel Manufacturers (November 16, 2010)
- BPA Hazard Spurs Industry Innovation: New Report Shows Foods and Beverage Companies Removing BPA from Cans (October 21, 2010)
- FTC to Mandate Mercury Warnings on Compact Fluorescent Bulbs: (October 6, 2010)
- Toxic Toys - Investors Call on Toys R Us to Phase Out and Label: (September 30, 2010)
- Coal Ash Should Be Better Regulated by EPA, Say Investors: (September 15, 2010)
- Investor Letter to EPA in Support of Subtitle C for Coal Ash: (September 15, 2010)
- International Investor Coalition Calls Urgently for Improved Working Conditions in Electronics Manufacturing: (July 22, 2010)
- Investor Statement Regarding Suicides and Working Conditions at Electronics Manufacturing Facilities: (July 22, 2010)
- Apparel Companies Reveal Best Practices in Purchasing: (July 20, 2010)
- Strong Votes on Hydraulic Fracturing Send Clear Message to Natural Gas Drillers: (June 20, 2010)
- Ultra Petroleum Shareholders Call for Disclosure of ‘Fracking’ Risks: (June 14, 2010)
- ExxonMobil Shareholders Question Risks of Natural Gas ‘Fracking’: (May 20, 2010)
- Shareholders Urge CMS to Come Clean on Coal Ash: (May 17, 2010)
- Google Stockholders Voting on Privacy Shareholder Proposal: (May 10, 2010)
- First-ever
Shareholder Vote on Coal Ash Risks: (April 27, 2010)
- MDU Resources Targeted on Coal Ash: (April 23, 2010)
- As You Sow Applauds PepsiCo's Commitment
to Increase Recycling Using Dream Machine Kiosks (April 22, 2010)
- Shareholders Challenge Coca-Cola over Bisphenol-A in Cans: (April 20, 2010)
- Why Can’t Apple Make Greenhouse Gas Curbing Commitments?: (Feb. 25, 2010)
- Investors’ Statement on DRC Conflict Minerals: (Jan. 11, 2010)
- Investors Speak Out against Fueling of Congo War by Conflict Minerals: (Jan. 11, 2010)
2010 Publications
- Energy Issues To Give New Dimensions to Water Resolutions: (RiskMetrics, Dec. 2009)
- AYS’ Michael Passoff named one of the 100 Most Influential Peoples:(Busniess Ethics, Dec. 16, 2009)
- Climate Change, Copenhagen, and Workers (Labor is Not a Commodity blog, Dec. 15, 2009)
- A Human Right to Water and the Corporate Community (triplepundit blog, Dec. 14, 2009)
- Apple's Greenhouse Gas Reporting (GreenerComputing, Sept. 28, 2009)
- Raw materials – Collaborating for ethical supply chains (Business Ethics, Oct. 6, 2009)
- Hard Truths about Uzbek Cotton (LA Times, Sept. 25, 2009)
- Apple Scores Points with some Environmentalists (Business Week, Sept. 25, 2009)
- Apple's Major Green Effort (Business Week, Sept. 24, 2009)
- Dept. of labor lists Uzbek cotton as made by forced, child labor (Labor is Not a Commodity blog, Sept. 10, 2009)
- A Historic Win for Green Shareholders: (GreenBiz, Aug. 25, 2009)
- Shareholders Up the Ante to Get Companies to Address Climate Change:(Climatebiz, Aug. 24, 2009)
- Nestle Waters to boost recycling: (Stamford Advocate, Aug. 21, 2009)
- Pesticide shareholder resolutions withdrawn as companies engage (Pesticide and Toxic Chemical News, Aug. 17, 2009
- HP Delays Toxic Phase-Out (GreenBiz, July 28, 2009)
- FDA to reasses BPA (SF Busines Times, June 26, 2009)
- Activist Shareowners Tally Victories in 2009 Proxy Season (SocialFunds, June 23, 2009)
- Few companies seeking substitutes to bisphenol A, study finds (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 3, 2009)
- Shareholders to Idaho Power: Get Greener (NewWest, May 22, 2009)
- Despite Health Risks, Packaged Food Industry Continues to Use BPA (SocialFunds, April 29, 2009)
- Plastic Peril? BPA (NPR, April 15, 2009)
- Foundations can be smarter investors (April 13, 2009, Inside Philanthropy)
- Dubai Cotton Centre set to open (Just-style, April 7, 2009)
- As You Sow Publishes Annual Review of Shareowner Proposals (Social Funds.com, April 6, 2009)
- Apple, Al Gore and Climate Change (Greenbiz.com, Feb. 27, 2009)
- Increase in Nano Shareholder Resolutions (Daily Environment, Jan. 15, 2009)
- Edible Nanomaterials Spur Campaign (Corporate Social Issues Reporter, Jan., 2009)
2009 Press Releases
2009 Publications
- As You Sow pressures Idacorp for more renewable energy (CNBC, Dec. 23, 2008)
- As You Sow Flunks Most Beverage Companies (Dec. 17, 2008, Huffington Post)
- Walmart and Uzbeck Cotton (Dec. 3, 2008, Fortune)
- Nestle Sets 60% Recycling Goal (Nov. 10, 2008, Waste News)
- New group to encourage green chemicals (Oct. 29, 2008, Plastics News)
- US Industry Ban On Uzbek Cotton Faces Obstacles (Oct. 6, 2008, Dow Jones Newswire)
- Wal-Mart boycotts Uzbek cotton (Sept. 30, 2008, Financial Times)
- Uzbeks urged to end child labour (Aug. 15, 2008, Financial Times
- Prius Envy and the Greening of Wal-Mart (June 30, 2008, GreenBiz.com)
- Best Buy free recycling (June 2, 2008, SF Chronicle)
- Best Buy tests recycling (June 3, 2008, Baltimore Sun)
- Disney and McDonald's move to improve labor conditions in China (May 13, 2008, LA Times)
- Starbucks struggles with their environmental impacts (May 14, 2008, Seattle Times)
- AYS featured in Bay Crossings, "Reaping Green Rewards." (May 1, 2008)
- Public firms face host of social and environmental concerns (April 17, 2008, Chicago Tribune)
- Disney taking heat over China (March 10, 2008, LA Times)
- Apple shareholders OK 'Say on Pay' (March 5, 2008, SF Chronicle)
- TV Makers Facing a Toxic Digital Deadline (February, 2008, Greenbiz.com)
2008 Press Releases
2008 Publications
- Sears & Kmart Join Wal-Mart, Target In PVC Reduction Programs (December 13, 2007, Treehugger.com)
- Making Toys Not Child's Play (November 14, 2007, SocialFunds.com)
- Target Redcues Use of PVC (November 6, 2007, Wall Street Journal)
- Activision shareholders vote a resounding yes on say-on-pay (October 1, 2007, FinancialWeek.com)
- More Hollywood Studios Say No Smoking (October 1, 2007, New York Times)
- Coca-Cola Will Build $60 Million Recycling Plant (September 5, 2007, Bloomberg.com)
- It's All About Proxy (September, 2007, Business Finance)
- Is Apple as 'green' as it claims? (June 19, 2007, MSNMoney.com)
- Going In and Out the Windows: Weaving a Web of Political Accountability (May 9, 2007, SocialFunds.com)
- Apple board faces difficult meeting (May 4, 2007, MacWorld)
- Apple CEO Unveils Set of Green Initiatives (May 3, 2007, Wall Street Journal Online)
- Business World Balks at Secrecy Suit's Implications (April 23, 2007, Congressional Quarterly)
- Gore needs a greener Apple (April 3, 2007, CNNMoney)
- Rates of Return: Socially Responsible Investing How best to accomplish a foundation’s mission? Passive investment vs. shareholder activism (February 15, 2007, Corporate Responsibility Officer)
- Shareholder Shout-out (February, 2007, The Green Guide)
- Q&A with SRI expert Thomas Van Dyck (February 14, 2007, Grist.org)
- The Gates Foundation and Mission Related Investing: Room for Alignment? (February 13, 2007, SocialFunds.com)
- How much does the boss make? Check the proxy (February 11, 2007, The Charlotte Observer)
- The Wire: Snipped or Broadened? The January 17 Episode (February 11, 2007, San Antonio Current)
- Monsanto bears up to baring its political contributions (January 28, 2007, St. Louis Dispatch)
- Lawsuits, Questions Follow NSA Surveillance Approval (January 19, 2007, InformationWeek)
- Foundations Test Proxy Power (January 19, 2007, Wall Street Journal)
- ACLU Backs AT&T Holders On Privacy Fight (January 17, 2007, Wall Street Journal)
2007 Press Releases
2007 Publications
2006 & Earlier Media Clips
- Ransacking Liberty: The Phone Companies and the NSA (December 20, 2006, Corporate Watchdog Radio)
- Beverage Companies Lack Fizz in Recycling (November 8, 2006, AirAmerica's EcoTalk)
- Beverage makers' recycling falls behind (Page 3, October 23, 2006, Waste News)
- PepsiCo and Coca-Cola Get Cs on Report Card for Ten Percent Recycled Content in Bottles (October 24, 2006, SocialFunds.com)
- Report Faults Beverage Companies for Weak Container Recycling Levels(October 17, 2006, Recycling Today)
- Shareowner Activism Promotes Peace in Israel and Palestine (August 16, 2006, Corporate Watchdog Radio
- Shareowner Activists See Progress at TimeWarner, and Room for Improvement (August 2006, SocialFunds.com)
- The Power of the Proxy: Bringing Change One Vote at a Time (August 2006, E Magazine)
- Meshing Proxy With Mission (May 2006, Chronicle of Philanthropy)
- Recycling: Not Apple's Core Value (April 2006, Wired Magazine)
- HP Wants Your Old PCs Back (April 2006, BusinessWeek)
- 71 firms agree to sell kids' jewelry with reduced lead (January 2006, SF Chronicle)
- Wal-Mart Faces Host of Shareowner Resolutions, From Union-Busting to Sustainability Reporting (January 2006, SocialFunds.com)
Press Releases
- Shareholders Act on Concerns about AT&T Sharing Consumer Records with Government (November 2006)
- Investors Ask Wal-Mart to Obey Fair Labor Laws; History of Violation of Labor Laws, Intimidation of Workers Cited (April 2006)
- Investors Challenge Monsanto Over Risks of Genetically Engineered Products; Shareholder Resolution Calling for Report on Impacts of Biotech Products to Be Voted on at Today's Annual Meeting (January 2005)
- Big Health Care Providers, Religious and Social Investors Ask Disney to Go Smoke Free in Youth-Rated Movies; Studies Linking Smoking and Movies Have Shareholders Worried (September 2004)
- Shareholder Coalition Led by Calvert, As You Sow Foundation, Makes a Dent in Mountain of E-Waste (May 2004, CSRWire)
- Shareholder Coalition Led by Calvert, As You Sow Foundation, Pushes for Computer Recycling Programs (April 2003 CSRWire)
- Report Finds Genetically Engineered Foods 'Risky Business' for Kraft; Genetically Engineered Foods Pose Unnecessary Financial Risks to Kraft Foods, Inc., Other Food Companies (April 2003)
- Shareholders Push Hershey to Report On Genetically Engineered Ingredients; Annual Shareholder Meeting: Tuesday, April 24, in Hershey, PA (April 2001)
- Shareholders Challenge XCEL Energy Over Human Rights and Environmental Wrongs (April 2001)
- Wal-Mart Embraces Sustainability: Does the SRI Community Buy It? (October 2005, SocialFunds.com)
- Informed Consumers can improve sweatshops (July 2005, SF Chronicle OpEd)
- Gap reduces factory woes: Company report says conditions improve overseas (July 2005, SF Chronicle)
- 'Tis the Season for Shareholder Activism: (May 4, 2005, CorpWatch)
- Foundations Finding Proxy Power: (April 28, 2005, Fundfire.com)
- Monsanto Fined for Genetic Engineering Bribe: (January 19, 2005, SocialFunds.com)
- Weighing the results of PC recycling (April 2004, CNet News)
- Creating a corporate conscience: Foundation says doing good is good business (March 2004, SF Chronicle)
- Dell Gets Greener (May 2003, BusinessWeek)
- State sues 5 grocery giants over toxic in fish: Warning labels sought for mercury levels in packages of swordfish, tuna, shark (January 2003, SF Chronicle)
- Starbucks takes on its critics: (Feb. 27, 2002, BBC.com)
- Mexico, Indonesia on Starbucks' expansion list: (Feb. 27, 2002, Seattle Post-Intelligence Reporter)
- Starbucks investors in a good mood: (Feb. 26, 2002, Seattle PI)
- Cree Nation fights back: (Jan. 31, 2002, ColorLines)
- Religious shareholders take environment on faith: (Sept. 3, 2001, Scripps Howard New Service)
- Hershey Responds on Genetically
Engineered Food: (April 25, 2001, The Patriot News)
- Safeway pulls 2 taco shell brands: (Oct. 13, 2000, Bee News Service)
- Shareholders Educate Management on GMOs (September 21, 2000, SocialFunds.com)
- Safeway balks at ban on engineered foods: (May 2000, SF Chronicle)
- New Theme for Shareholder Activism: (May 4, 2000, New York Times)
- Safeway defending gene-altered ingredients: (May 10, 2000, Contra Costa Times)
- Activists Try New Tack To Save Old Redwoods: Shareholders to vote on logging (March 1998, SF Chronicle)
- Toxic-Substances Lawsuits Settled: Paint makers agree to warn about deadly ingredients (March 1995, SF Chronicle)
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