“This guidance, which underscores the [right of] shareholders to raise and vote on important issues, is timely and necessary,” Danielle Fugere, president of As You Sow, said in a statement. Read More →
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“2020 showed us that ‘business as usual’ no longer exists. Shareholder proponents expect escalated action and not just words,” Andrew Behar, CEO of As You Sow and publisher of the report, said in a statement. “The 2021 proposals offer ideas for transforming the deep-rooted challenges that threaten businesses and the entire global economy, including climate change and systemic racism.” Read More →
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“As You Sow, has been offering proxy voting guidelines for many years,” Andrew Behar, As You Sow's CEO, said in a statement. “The guidelines have always been suggestions on how a progressive foundation or impact investor might want to vote…” Read More →
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Climate change and corporations’ responses to it also are of primary importance to shareholders, according to the 2020 Proxy Preview report released Thursday. The report on the resolutions was compiled by As You Sow, Proxy Impact and other consumer advocacy organizations. Read More →
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At the urging of shareholders, ExxonMobil has agreed to report on plastics spills and management of plastics handling, As You Sow announced Wednesday.
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Guns, opiods and climate change are the dominant issues shareholders are focusing on in resolutions filed this proxy season, according to the Proxy Preview 2019 report released Tuesday.
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Environmentalists want more transparency for investors on the ecological impact of bio-fuels, which are promoted as an alternative to fossil fuels.
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