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2024 Shareholder Impact Review

As You Sow® conducted 185 corporate engagements in the 2024 proxy season. It is with immense gratitude to YOU – share authorizers, donors, supporters, colleagues, and community – that we offer this impact review. Thank you for participating in creating this impact. The credit for these successes is yours.

THE NUMBERS EXPLAINED:  

  • 185 engagements with 159 companies across 12 issue areas 

  • 45 dialogues led to action without escalation 

  • 99 engagements led to shareholder resolutions filed on behalf of 70 shareholders 

  • 19 resolutions were withdrawn when companies agreed to take requested actions  

  • 55 resolutions went to a vote and received an average support of 18.4% 

  • 43 resolutions had votes above the re-filing thresholds  

  • $1.8 trillion of total share value was voted in support of our resolutions 

  • 15 resolutions challenged by companies at the SEC; we won 6, and 9 were omitted 

  • 185 engagements addressed a range of issues: climate change (60); ocean plastics and recyclability (26); diversity, equity, and inclusion (24); racial justice (23); biodiversity (13); petrochemicals (11); environmental health, including antibiotics in factory farming, pesticides, and PFAS (8); retirement plan alignment (7); political spending (4); association/bargaining (4); sexual and reproductive health (3); media content (2)