Shareholder advocacy brings change
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Dear John,

I’m delighted to share some recent achievements that demonstrate your impact. Together, we’re compelling better corporate practices – and building toward the just, sustainable economy our future demands. Thank you for working with us!

Empowering Retail Investors
In a first-of-kind partnership, As You Sow and Tulipshare, a UK retail investment platform, are enabling retail investors to engage in shareholder advocacy. More and more ordinary investors are seeking to invest in alignment with their values. This new partnership will enable those investors to vote in support of As You Sow shareholder resolutions on climate, racial justice, and other pressing issues, at companies like Amazon, Facebook, and Exxon. Individual investors will finally have access to a platform that enables them to demand companies take responsibility for their impact on people and the planet. ([link removed])

“The power of individual shareholders to move their companies to create long-term value and reduce negative impact is enormous,” says As You Sow CEO Andrew Behar.

The more shareholders exercise their voices, the more corporations will be compelled to take responsibility for their actions.

Decarbonizing the U.S. Industrials Sector
An overwhelming 96% of Caterpillar’s shareholders voted for the As You Sow resolution asking the company to set emissions targets aligned with the Paris Agreement and report on its progress. Caterpillar is a leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment and one of the largest carbon emitters globally. It has failed to set either 1.5°C targets or include emissions from customers’ use of its products. “Investors are starting to lose confidence in management’s ability to control climate risk as the company continues to ignore shareholders’ expectation that the company will quickly set science-aligned targets to avoid the worst effects of climate change and develop a transition strategy,” said Daniel Stewart, energy program manager at As You Sow. Your support enables shareholders to keep the pressure on companies like Caterpillar to face climate realities.

Shareholders Demand Climate Action from Insurance Companies
Shareholder resolutions at Berkshire, Chubb, and Travelers all earned majority votes, including 72% at Chubb and 56% at Travelers. These climate resolutions ask the companies to report on how they plan to measure and reduce the emissions resulting from their underwriting, insuring, and investment activities to reach the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C goal. Travelers is one of the top three providers of coverage to the oil and gas industry, with bond holdings in coal alone of well over $800 million. “Without a clearly established climate strategy, Travelers will continue to drive climate risk to investors, insurers, and the global economy,” said Danielle Fugere, president of As You Sow. Passing this level of risk to shareholders is completely unacceptable, especially since the risks have been clearly and repeatedly pointed out!

We’re making good headway, but there’s a long way to go. Our promise to you is to continuously identify effective solutions and strategies to compel corporate progress. We strive to find win-win-win agreements that benefit the company, all stakeholders, and our planet – for generations to come.

We couldn’t do this without you! Thank you for standing side-by-side.

To continued impact,

Jenna L. Belisle
Director of Individual Giving

As You Sow’s 30-year track record promoting environmental and social corporate responsibility and facilitating values-aligned investing spans many of the most important environmental and social issues facing us today, including climate change, ocean plastics, pesticides, racial justice, workplace diversity, and executive compensation. Click here to donate. ([link removed])

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