Shareholder advocacy brings change
[Image alt text: As You Sow 30th Anniversary Logo]Dear John,
We are thrilled you've joined us – together, we’re engaging the biggest corporations in the world and helping change their policies and practices, to reduce material risk for all stakeholders. Our game-changing corporate solutions put people at the center of all we do, and your partnership is crucial to As You Sow’s impact.
Decoding the sustainability landscape is a challenging and ever-changing process as environmental, social, and governance (ESG) expectations for companies continue to evolve. We remain agile, enabling us to act quickly and introduce powerful new tools – responding to the most urgent needs.
Because of your support, we are creating change for people around the world. Thank you for being such an important part of our community.
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2022 Shareholder Impact Review: Changing Corporations for Good
This year saw record-breaking votes as shareholders united to drive company progress on key issues including climate. Shareholder advocacy has moved to center stage. As You Sow’s ten majority votes and 41% median vote demonstrate overwhelming support for companies to develop and steer a clear path toward reduced systemic risk, long-term sustainability, and increased justice.
The report < [link removed] > provides a comprehensive listing of each engagement and a summary of highlights. Our 196 engagements addressed 11 issue areas: 78 on climate change; 40 on diversity, equity, and inclusion; 24 on racial justice; 18 on ocean plastics, single-use plastics, and recyclability; 10 on political spending; six on petrochemicals; five on pesticides; four on antibiotics misuse and overuse; four on corporate misalignment with investing; four on governance; and three on water use.
Shareholders can ensure a stronger, more dynamic economy into the future while building a safe, just, and sustainable world for all.
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Fossil Free Finance and Insurance Ratings
Fossil Fuel Finance and Fossil Fuel Insurance < [link removed] > ratings are the latest additions to the Fossil Free Funds < [link removed] > investment tool. The new fund ratings score investment portfolios based on their exposure to banks that are financing fossil fuels and insurance companies that are underwriting and investing in coal, oil, and gas.“By continuing to provide support to high-carbon companies and projects, financial institutions are exacerbating the climate crisis and delaying the transition to a clean energy economy,” said Danielle Fugere, president of As You Sow.
Commercial and investment banks' carbon-intensive funding is fundamentally incompatible with reaching the 1.5°C-aligned global goal necessary to prevent catastrophic climate harm.
Climate change creates financial risk and investors should be aware of which companies in their portfolios are contributing to those risks.
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As We Grow – Virtual Celebration
Join us online in As You Sow World < [link removed] > (on the Gather platform) for a virtual State Fair event celebrating 30 years of impact – pick an avatar, hunt for treasure, have your fortune read, drive a go-cart, ride the Ferris Wheel, and socialize – on October 19 from 3:00 – 5:00 P.M. Pacific.We’ve grown a lot since 1992. These days, our work spans many of the most important environmental and social issues facing the world, including climate change, ocean plastics, pesticides, racial justice, workplace diversity, executive compensation, and values-aligned investing. Our track record speaks volumes, but our community speaks even louder.
Come celebrate with us! There is no cost to attend – RSVP is required. < [link removed] > This progress is thanks to YOU – share authorizers, donors, supporters, colleagues, and community members – who have helped us call out the problems we face.
We have a proven track record of success in transforming industries and if we continue to use this momentum, we will break more records in the 2023 proxy season.
Together, we will make sure corporations are part of the solutions to the problems facing all of us.
For the future, [Image alt text: Photo of Jenna Belisle] 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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