On March 31, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ruled that As You Sow’s shareholder proposal to Travelers insurance company, asking the company to address its Scope 3 financed emissions, can move forward to a vote at the company’s annual general meeting.
Read MoreChurch & Dwight Co., maker of Arm & Hammer, Orajel, and other popular consumer brands, has shared with As You Sow its commitment to set a total virgin plastic use reduction goal. In response, As You Sow has withdrawn its shareholder proposal with the company.
Read MoreFast Company has released its 10 most innovative not-for-profit organizations of 2022. As You Sow’s inclusion on Fast Company’s top 10 list for its Racial Justice Scorecard shows the importance of actionable data on corporate racial justice accountability, monitoring environmental justice, diversity, equity, inclusion, and other metrics as all stakeholders seek an end to systemic racism.
Read MoreFollowing engagement with As You Sow, Restaurant Brands International (RBI), owner of Burger King, Popeyes, and Tim Hortons, today committed to eliminating PFAS from its food packaging by 2025 in all stores worldwide.
Read MoreThe long-awaited U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) draft rule on climate disclosure was released today requiring companies to provide Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions disclosures; any climate-related goals and progress; climate transition plans, if any; climate-related risk assessment information, including transition risk; and climate governance information, among others.
Read MoreShareholder advocacy group Majority Action last week filed an exempt solicitation asking investors to oust two board members — chairman Michael Wirth and board member Ronald Sugar — at oil major Chevron due to the company’s failure to sufficiently cut its carbon emissions.
Read MoreProxy Preview 2022, today released by As You Sow, the Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2), and Proxy Impact, takes a comprehensive look at a record-breaking 529 shareholder resolutions on environmental, social, and sustainable governance issues.
Read MoreIn an effort to further reduce its use of single-use plastic packaging, PepsiCo has agreed to set a time-bound goal by the end of 2022 for a percent of volume of beverages to be delivered via strategies that avoid or minimize single-use packaging.
Read MoreSeventy-five investors with $4.7 trillion of assets under management Monday sent a letter to the commissioners at the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to express increasing concern about climate change and the systemic and material risk it builds into the global economy.
Read MoreRepresentatives from 175 nations endorsed a historic resolution at the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya today to end plastic pollution and negotiate a global, legally binding agreement by 2024.
Read MoreToday, shareholder representative As You Sow released “Road to Zero Emissions: 55 Companies Ranked on Net Zero Progress,” a report ranking companies on their progress in aligning emissions reductions with the 1.5-degree Paris Agreement goal.
Read MoreAs You Sow today released its 8th annual “The 100 Most Overpaid CEOs: Are Fund Managers Asleep at the Wheel?” report, which focuses on how pension and financial fund managers hold companies accountable for excessive compensation.
Read MoreThe Kraft Heinz Co., the third-largest food and beverage company in North America, has agreed to set a goal to reduce total virgin plastic use following the filing of a shareholder proposal and engagement with As You Sow.
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