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[ [link removed] ]Stack of glyphosate safety study reports

John,

We've been so successful using shareholder action to get companies to
change their bad behaviour...that they're trying to shut the whole program
down!

A couple years back, an Ekō shareholder resolution forced Apple to publish
its first-ever human rights policy. But the US stock regulator made a new
rule -- anyone who wants to bring this kind of resolution will need to
hold thousands of shares...and companies are setting VERY early deadlines
to buy them!

They're trying to silence everyone but the richest shareholders. But
John, we can beat them at their own game.

We already have shares in Apple. If we can reach our goal of 5000 donors,
Ekō can buy stocks in Bayer-Monsanto and other pesticide giants to have
our say at those AGMs, ratcheting up the pressure over their bee-killing
poisons.

For the next 24 hours, we will use everything you give to generate
matching donations from big funders, doubling your impact -- can you join
in to buy a piece of Bayer-Monsanto?



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Shareholder advocacy used to be straightforward -- an Ekō member with
stocks would just sign a letter, get a letter from their broker, and our
community could file a co-resolution to be debated at Annual General
Meetings.

And we had incredible success, not only with Apple's human rights policy,
pushing Pepsi to commit to sustainably-sourced palm oil...and more!

But now the US stock authority is rigging the rules to favour big-dollar
shareholders, adding time-consuming and arduous rules: increasing the
minimum number of shares, increasing how long you have to hold the shares,
and requiring that co-filers like Ekō provide a list of times they can
meet with the corporation to discuss their resolution.

It's a lot to ask. But the good news is it means our strategy is working.
And there's a simple solution: bring our community together to buy stocks
in some of the biggest corporations to keep achieving real-world change.

Can you help hold Bayer-Monsanto to account? (Remember, your donation will
be used to get matching donations!)



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  Thanks for all that you do,  
Danny and the Ekō team



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More information:

[ [link removed] ]The SEC Wants to Stop Activism. Bloomberg. 24 March 2022.

[ [link removed] ]SEC Adopts Amendments to Modernize Shareholder Proposal Rule. US
Securities and Exchange Commission. 23 September 2020.

[ [link removed] ]From beekeepers to giant pension funds, activist shareholders are being
silenced by the coronavirus. 6 June 2020.

[ [link removed] ]Apple faces shareholder vote on human rights policies. Financial Times.
16 December 2019.

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Anything extra raised will power Ekō and our campaigns worldwide fighting
for people and the planet.

 

Ekō is a worldwide movement of people like you, working together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, sustainable path for our global economy.

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