As You Sow
The nation's leading non-profit shareholder advocate, changing corporations for good
[link removed]


Dear John,

Vote results on shareholder resolutions are a ‘proxy’ for progress — our real goal is corporate action. The change we seek can and does happen with votes at every level, including as low as 5%, but higher votes create more pressure on management to pay attention. Last year we were thrilled to break previous records for majority votes with four votes over 50%. To put things in context – in our first 27 years of shareholder engagement, we earned a total of TWO majority votes. Last year’s majority votes ranged from 55% - 65%, with one at 79% — and this year’s results already are outstripping last year’s...


Astounding Vote Results

81% of DuPont shareholders want action on plastic pellet pollution! This vote is the highest ever shareholder vote on an environmental resolution opposed by company management. Pre-production plastic pellets are the 2nd largest source of ocean plastic pollution.
[link removed]

98% of General Electric shareholders voted in support of our resolution on the company’s plans to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across all its businesses. GE’s Board supported the resolution, an unusual and commendable move.
[link removed]

60% of American Express shareholders supported our resolution to improve AmEx’s workforce diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices.
[link removed]

54% of independent Berkshire Hathaway shareholders voted in favor of our resolution on its workforce DEI practices. (This was a 27%-in-favor vote; 54% after accounting for Warren Buffet’s own holdings.)

Investors are showing up in a way we’ve never seen before, and demanding action.


“Heads I win, Tails I Win Almost as Much”

CEOs have not taken the pay hit that so many of the rest of us have suffered during the pandemic. In fact, despite some abysmal financial returns, CEO pay was still stratospheric. “These are the last people that need to have their pay accommodated,” said Rosanna Landis Weaver, As You Sow CEO PAY Program Manager, in an article in Bloomberg Wealth. ([link removed]) “If its heads I win, tails I win almost as much — that’s not pay-for-performance. It’s just ridiculous.”


Ocean Heroes

The International Ocean Film Festival designated As You Sow an Ocean Hero — check out their Ocean Heroes page. [link removed]
We’re honored to be among such good company.

If you’ve read this far, you’re our hero!

Yours for a just and sustainable future,
Andrew Behar
CEO



DONATE TODAY
[link removed]


[link removed]

[link removed]

[link removed]

[link removed]

[link removed]

As You Sow

Address:
2150 Kittredge St
Suite 450
Berkeley, CA 94704

Mailing address:
Main Post Office
PO Box 751
Berkeley, CA 94701

DISCLAIMER: As You Sow is not an investment advisor, nor do we provide financial planning, legal or tax advice. The content of our programming, publications and presentations is provided for informational and educational purposes only, and should not be considered as information sufficient upon which to base any decisions on investing, purchases, sales, trades, or any other investment transactions. We do not express an opinion on the future or expected value of any security or other interest and do not explicitly or implicitly recommend or suggest an investment strategy of any kind.

Copyright © 2021, All rights reserved  

You're getting this email because you've signed up for email updates

Update Subscription Preferences

[link removed]