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[Image alt text: As You Sow® banner with logo, image of mountains and a lake, and text saying: The nation’s leading non-profit shareholder advocate, with a 30+ year track record of changing corporations for good] < [link removed] > Dear John,

Earned press can make a real difference in our ability to spread our message and to create change. Over the last two years, As You Sow has received more recognition in the news than in the rest of our 32+ year history combined. I’m excited to share just a few of the 300+ mentions we received this year.

As You Sow’s team of issue experts has become a “go-to” resource for journalists, who reach out to us about our work and to discuss developments in the fields of shareholder advocacy and corporate responsibility. Thanks to your support, we’re able to elevate these issues in the public conversation, and in turn exert pressure on corporations.

Thanks to the generosity of As You Sow’s Board of Directors, the Board Match Fund is 20% larger than previous years. Don’t miss out – your gift can go twice as far with our limited-time matching gift campaign.

Your year-end contribution ensures shareholder advocacy remains front and center in 2025. < [link removed] >

Thank you for bringing awareness to the 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.

See your impact in action below!

Sincerely,Sarah Milne

Senior Vice President of Advancement < [link removed] >

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How Can I Green Up My Investments? < [link removed] >

It’s not that hard, and there’s a bonus: Portfolios without fossil fuels have generally performed just as well as the broader market. Your first step is to assess what’s in your existing portfolio. Start with the website Fossil Free Funds < [link removed] > , which is run by As You Sow, an environmental advocacy group. There, you can look up the specific mutual funds or exchange-traded funds that you’re already invested in to see how they score on different measures.

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Amazon’s inflatable plastic pillows are officially a thing of the past < [link removed] >

Around the world, products inside [Amazon’s] packages are now cushioned by paper-based padding that can be collected in curbside recycling programs.

“We are committed to improving how orders are shipped, for the good of customers and the planet,” Amazon wrote in a blog post. As You Sow is a nonprofit shareholder advocacy organization that has filed several resolutions at Amazon asking the company to disclose and reduce its plastic packaging footprint.

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Big Tech employees missed out on $5.1 billion in 401(k) gains over the last decade because of fossil fuels, new research finds < [link removed] >

New research conducted at the University of Waterloo (Canada) in partnership with the shareholder organization As You Sow looked at the 401(k) plans of 12 tech-sector companies, including Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Netflix. On average, investments in fossil-free portfolios did 8.9% better over 10 years. Not subscribed to Fortune? Read our press release. < [link removed] >

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How to Make Climate Progress: Tie It to CEO Pay < [link removed] >

Performance shares are an incentive-based form of stock compensation paid to executives for meeting certain benchmarks.

“It can’t be so small in comparison to other payouts that it would not incentivize action,” says Danielle Fugere, president and chief counsel of As You Sow.

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List of Clean 200 companies captures the green transition in full flight < [link removed] >

And that’s the big deal, says As You Sow CEO Andrew Behar, who co-authored the 2024 study. “In 2016, we created the Clean200 in response to investors saying, ‘If we divest fossil fuels, there is nothing to invest in.’” Eight years later, the message is clear: “Investors who are not tilting their portfolios toward a clean future do so at their own peril.”

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As You Sow Investing for social justice < [link removed] >

Of the more than 20 corporate engagements initiated last year, over 80 percent of the companies voluntarily agreed to release employment data, said Meredith Benton, founder of Whistle Stop Capital and As You Sow’s workplace equity program manager.

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Tesla Shareholders Vote No on Deep Sea Mining Moratorium < [link removed] >

At Tesla’s latest shareholder meeting, investors in the electric car company spurned an activist proposal to limit the use of minerals pulled from the seabed. As You Sow — a nonprofit promoting corporate social responsibility — filed a proposal in December asking shareholders to impose a moratorium on sourcing minerals from deep seabeds. “We are seeing Tesla, the face of the EV transition, as a laggard,” said Elizabeth Levy, the nonprofit’s biodiversity program coordinator. “The United States is a follower in this regard,” said As You Sow President Danielle Fugere. “Other nations are further along, and this shows up in how car companies operate.” Not subscribed to Bloomberg? Read our press release. < [link removed] >

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Is the American Petroleum Institute an ESG Cartel? < [link removed] >

Ms. Danielle Fugere, president and general counsel, stated that “Although we will continue to work with the Committee to answer reasonable questions, the subpoena is flawed, with demands that are inapplicable to As You Sow, and is so broad as to be virtually unbounded. Further, the antitrust allegations at the heart of the Committee’s argument twists both the facts and the law. Our work increases competition and fosters new, low-cost energy innovations.”

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Investor heavyweights back nature-related resolutions at General Mills < [link removed] >

[As You Sow’s proposal calls on General Mills] to disclose the reduction of pesticides achieved through adoption of its regenerative agriculture practices.

The resolution notes that while the firm discloses pounds of pesticides avoided annually by its organic farmers, it does not report pesticide use reductions by its suppliers using regenerative agriculture practices.

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What is ESG investing? < [link removed] >

Collect the stock or fund symbols for the holdings in your retirement accounts and investment portfolios. Then, run those symbols through the Invest Your Values < [link removed] > assessment tool at As You Sow, a nonprofit that provides consumer-friendly snapshots of ESG rankings and data

Today, because of you, shareholder advocacy is one of the most powerful tools for bringing about a future we can believe in, where corporations are part of the solution, not the problem.

Join us in showing the world that we have the power to shape corporate behavior. < [link removed] >

The fact that mainstream media continues to pay attention and elevate these issues shows that our work is paying off. But we can’t stop now. It’s more crucial than ever that we continue this work full force in 2025.

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Donate today and hold corporations accountable < [link removed] >

As You Sow < [link removed] > 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 < [link removed] > . < [link removed] > < [link removed] >
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