| Dear John,
You have made it possible for As You Sow to hold corporations accountable for over 30 years. That’s not going to change and in fact is more critical than ever! While politics may change, the need for corporations to play their part in creating a more sustainable and just world does not.
Here are some other facts that are not changing:
- Corporations are responsible for most of today’s pressing social and environmental problems
- Effective solutions must include the active participation of those corporations
- Shareholders have power – the board of every public company reports to its shareholders
Companies that adopt just and sustainable business practices and
sound governance policies create customer, employee, and community goodwill, increased economic stability, increased value, and decreased risk for employees, customers, supply chains, communities, and shareholders.
As shareholder advocates, we use our legal status, our original research, and our in-depth reports to engage corporations and compel them to become leaders. Businesses that recognize and address risks of all kinds – from carbon and plastic pollution to workplace diversity – and seize opportunities outperform over the long term as a result.
We’re facing perilous times. With the change in control at both the federal government and the Supreme Court, the responsibility now rests with shareholders to provide checks and balances on corporate behavior.
We’re here to compel corporations to stay the course and be part of a sustainable and just
future. We’re here to keep holding corporations accountable.
Real change is made by the people who refuse to give up even when the odds seem daunting, even insurmountable. We are crystal clear that our values and our vision of the future are not only necessary, but possible. With your support and partnership, we are reducing the impacts of climate change, defending the rights of nature, and standing up for justice in its many forms. With your support and partnership, we are holding corporations accountable.
Together is how we get this done.
Meet this moment with your year-end donation. | | | |
| | | | This year, the As You Sow Board of Directors have come together to harness the power of collective giving to create an end-of-year matching gift campaign. The Board Match Fund will match all donations 1:1 up to $100,000, doubling your donation! | | |
| | Shareholder Advocacy Works
This proxy season, As You
Sow undertook 185 engagements across six program areas and achieved success in 107, with 45 dialogues leading to action, 19 escalating to resolutions that we withdrew in exchange for action, and 43 resolution votes above resubmission thresholds.
Thanks to supporters like you, more than $1.8 trillion in share value voted in favor of our resolutions. This year, - Amazon replaced 95% of its plastic air pillows with 100% recycled content
- Citigroup agreed to disclose the
climate transition progress of its energy and power clients
- Keurig Dr Pepper announced a new plastic-free coffee pod
- Hormel agreed to form a new industry working group to advance circular packaging policy
- International Paper agreed to adopt the Nature-related Financial Disclosures framework
- Five companies agreed to release EEO-1 diversity forms and hiring/retention/promotion data
- Public Storage agreed to publicly disclose new emissions reductions
target
- Kellanova committed to more ambitious net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goals
We’re all in this together. We each have a part to play. Join us. Together, we are a powerful force.
Will you support the work? | | | | | | | Here’s to you, with gratitude for the incredible progress and the change we’ll create in the critical days ahead. We’re not stopping until we’ve secured a safe, just, and sustainable world for all, where protecting the environment and human rights is fundamental to corporate decision-making. It is your donation that makes moving corporations toward sustainable and ethical business practices possible.
Please include a gift to As You Sow in your year-end giving.
Thank you for partnering with us for a better world. Together, we will continue to empower shareholders to change corporations for good and to build a future we all believe in.
For the future, | | |
Jenna L. Belisle
Director for Charitable Giving
Please consider including As You Sow in your estate plan. | | | | As You Sow is the nation’s leading shareholder representative, with a 30+ year track record promoting environmental and social corporate responsibility and advancing values-aligned investing. Its issue areas include climate change, ocean plastics, toxins in the food system, biodiversity loss, racial injustice, lack
of workplace diversity, and excessive executive compensation. See As You Sow’s shareholder resolution tracker. | | | As You Sow
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