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Earned press can make a real difference in our ability to create change. Press elevates the issues with investors, the financial community, the public, and the companies we engage. It creates and amplifies pressure on companies, particularly when the brand enjoys and depends on a significant degree of public trust. The force of negative press can drive companies to take action.

As You Sow is increasingly a “go-to” resource for journalists, who reach out to us for comment not only on our own work, but on developments in the fields of shareholder advocacy, corporate responsibility overall, and the specific issues we address. This status enables us to contribute to and frame the public conversation, introduce and elevate the information we consider important, and exert pressure on the brands and companies.

Take a look below for a few of this year’s 500+ earned news articles.

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Thank you for making it possible to bring awareness to the critical role corporations must play in shaping a livable future. With your support, you are ensuring the future of shareholder advocacy, the right to make free and informed investment decisions, and progress on the world’s most pressing environmental and social issues.

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What Is Sustainable Investing? How You Can Make Money and Tackle Climate Change < [link removed] >

"If a fund says it will avoid fossil fuel producers, many investors may not be pleased if those stocks show up in the portfolio," says Andrew Montes, director of digital strategies at As You Sow, a nonprofit shareholder advocacy group that grades ESG funds on their sustainable practices.

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Reducing pesticides in food: Major food manufacturers earn an F grade < [link removed] >

Many companies set pesticide reduction goals of 2025 and 2030 that appeal to shareholders,” said Cailin Dendas [As You Sow’s Environmental Health Program Coordinator]. “Now, we’re looking at the progress companies are making to achieve those goals, and finding little significant movement.”

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As You Sow on the 2023 Time100 Climate list < [link removed] >

TIME named Danielle Fugere, As You Sow’s President and chief counsel, on the inaugural TIME100 Climate list recognizing the 100 most influential climate leaders driving business climate action.

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“ESG cartels”: Anti-woke Republicans are weaponizing antitrust law < [link removed] >

The GOP-controlled House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed documents from a prolific pro-climate investor advocacy group, As You Sow. [Their] creative claim—that As You Sow and its ilk are colluding, essentially, by depriving shareholders of their right to invest more money into fossil fuels—marks an escalation of the attacks on ESG investing by the political right.

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Big Banks Told to Phase Out Financing of New Fossil-Fuel Projects < [link removed] >

“Banks have made significant progress over the last five years, but they need to set policies and be more transparent about how they are reaching their climate goals,” said Danielle Fugere, president of activist shareholder As You Sow, which is part of the group that filed the resolutions.

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Maybe Hold Off on Getting Rid of the DEI Leader < [link removed] >

Drawing from data produced by As You Sow’s 2023 Racial Justice Scorecard, Wall Street Journal determined that, “Companies that had an executive devoted to diversity, equity and inclusion scored higher in the ranking of best-managed companies.”

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Say goodbye to Amazon's blue and white plastic mailers < [link removed] >

As You Sow [has] been pushing for change at Amazon for a few years now, filing shareholder proposals calling for reduction of plastic packaging use. Conrad MacKerron, senior vice president of As You Sow, believes his group's pressure on Amazon played a role in the decision.

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CEO Pay Was Up 21% in 2022. These Are the Most Overpaid CEOs, According to a Shareholder Advocacy Group < [link removed] >

…An investor advocacy group says some of the nation’s most well-known companies overpaid their chief executives. A new report from As You Sow listed 100 “overpaid” CEOs who received high compensation in 2022 despite mixed shareholder returns for their companies.It’s not possible without you

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