Time for shareholders to speak up on climate

David Shugar, manager of the Say on Climate initiative, on the crucial role shareholders can play. Shareholder engagement tools include active dialogue, filing of shareholder resolutions where necessary, voting on resolutions and even escalation to the board level where companies remain non-responsive. Read More →

Energy & ClimateAs You SowJune 16, 2023homepage, David Shugar, SOC

US' 47 Largest Carbon-Emitters Fail to Incentivize CEO Pay Based on Climate Performance

Shareholder advocacy organization As You Sow (AYS) has released a report finding that, while more and more companies say they link CEO pay to climate-change-mitigation and emissions-reduction goals, such incentives generally lack meaningful metrics or sufficient compensation to incentivize climate progress. Read More →

CEO PayAs You SowOctober 3, 2022Rosanna Landis Weaver, David Shugar, Melissa Walton, pay for climate

Stoking the offset debate

So are the questions. In December, shareholder activist group As You Sow took issue with a Williams-Sonoma Inc. plan to buy offsets to compensate for its emissions. As You Sow asked the retailer to describe its offsets and how they’re used.

EnergyAs You SowMarch 29, 2022homepage, David Shugar

Most Surveyed Companies Receive Bad Grades In New Greenhouse Gas Reduction Report

On Thursday, Shareholder advocacy organization As You Sow released Road to Zero Emissions: 55 Companies Ranked on Net Zero Progress, which ranked companies on their progress in aligning their emissions reductions with the 1.5-degree Paris Agreement goal.

“Approximately 84% of the assessed companies received total scores of ‘D’ or ‘F’’, underscoring that we have a long way to go toward net-zero progress,” said David Shugar, As You Sow’s climate initiative manager and lead report analyst. Read More →

Environmental HealthAs You SowMarch 3, 2022homepage, David Shugar, net zero, emissions reductions

Microsoft and Pepsi top list that scores greenhouse gas-emissions progress. Tesla and others are ‘failing’

Too many still rely on buying permission to pollute through carbon offsets rather than changing how they source energy, says sustainable-investing advocate As You Sow. The nonprofit on Thursday issued its periodic report, “Road to Zero Emissions: 55 Companies Ranked on Net Zero Progress“.

“The next few years are critical in achieving emissions reductions and setting a less catastrophic path for the global climate,” said Danielle Fugere, president of As You Sow. “To address the current gap between goals and action, As You Sow’s scorecard weights near-term, year-over-year greenhouse-gas emissions reductions as the largest scorecard component.