Intolerance and hatred have no place in our country, or for that matter on our planet. We condemn the fear based violent actions by a minority of self-proclaimed racists. Their violence and anger must be met with unity by those who believe in equality, justice, and human rights for all. …

By As You Sow Staff Yesterday, President Trump announced that he is withdrawing the U.S. from the landmark Paris Climate Accord. We believe this decision will go down in history as the most significant failure of a sitting President. …

By Rosanna Landis Weaver, Manager, Executive Compensation Program @landisweaver Annual meeting: May 19 Leslie Moonves from CBS was the number one overpaid CEO on our list in our most recently published report. The regression analysis by HIP Investor showed excess pay of over nearly $42 million in 2015. …

by Rosanna Landis Weaver Manager, Executive Compensation Program @landisweaver With the new administration rolling back efforts to reduce climate change, it is more important than ever that shareholders hold companies accountable. One way to do that is by supporting shareholder resolutions. As part of its annual report on CEO pay…

By As You Sow staff For the first time in years, As You Sow is putting out a petition. …

By Rosanna Landis Weaver, Manager, Executive Compensation Program @landisweaver In a few weeks, United will likely be sending out its proxy statement. Last year it was issued on April 21. But the events of the last week inspired me to take a quick look at last year’s statement. A quick…

By Lauren Compere, Director of Shareholder Engagement, Boston Common Asset Management, Co-written with Patricia Jurewicz, Director, Responsible Sourcing Network DID YOU KNOW? The cell phone in your pocket or laptop you may be reading this on could contain minerals used to fund militia groups and war in the Democratic Republic…

by Rosanna Landis Weaver, Manager, Executive Compensation Program @landisweaver When companies have news they want shareholders to miss they often file it with the SEC late on a Friday afternoon. This was the case with the new employment agreement for Ralph Lauren, who is executive chairman and chief creative officer…

by As You Sow staff @asyousow California published a notice to list glyphosate, an herbicide used in Roundup and other herbicide products, as a chemical known to cause cancer under Proposition 65. The September 2015 proposal to list glyphosate was based on sound science reviewed by the World Health Organization’s…