PRESS RELEASES

May 26, 2026

New shareholder resolution to be voted on just weeks after Meta found liable in two landmark child-safety cases.

May 28, 2025

Meta shareholders will vote on a resolution asking Meta to assess its child safety impacts and whether harm to children on its platform has been reduced.

April 3, 2025

The new Proxy Preview demonstrates shareholders’ highlighting of material risks and opportunities for companies, despite efforts to limit shareholder rights.

April 3, 2025

The new Proxy Preview demonstrates shareholders’ highlighting of material risks and opportunities for companies, despite efforts to limit shareholder rights.

May 21, 2024

Meta shareholders represented by Proxy Impact seek to protect children and the long-term financial performance of Meta.

March 14, 2024

Today, As You Sow, the Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2) and Proxy Impact released Proxy Preview 2024.

March 11, 2024

7th annual Scorecard awards A+ to consumer firms Target and Starbucks on pay equity performance, while energy/utilities sectors lag peers on disclosure.

July 27, 2023

The season saw 335 votes on shareholder proposals asking for disclosure and action on environmental, social, and related corporate governance (ESG) issues.

May 30, 2023

Investors call on the company to implement an annual assessment of child safety policies and practices.

March 22, 2023

Climate change, corporate political influence, racial justice, and reproductive and worker rights are leading concerns.

March 13, 2023

In 6th annual Pay Scorecard, 50% more companies earn an “A” grade and 25 companies earn an “F,” including Google, despite past commitments.

July 13, 2022

34 majority votes show enduring investor support 

May 23, 2022

Meta is the world’s largest source of online child sexual abuse materials; sex trafficking survivor to speak at annual shareholder meeting.

March 17, 2022

Top investor concerns include climate change, corporate political influence, and racial justice.

March 15, 2022

Of 57 companies examined in the “Racial and Gender Pay Scorecard,” only 7 get an “A” while 24 companies receive an “F”.

June 24, 2021

Nearly three dozen majority votes highlight a historic increase in shareholder support for ESG resolutions.

May 26, 2021

Searing testimony shows danger Facebook poses to young children and how ill-conceived steps justified on privacy grounds would only hurt more children.

March 23, 2021

Only 5 companies get “A” grade on equal pay, while those earning “F”s include Goldman Sachs, Colgate, AT&T, McDonalds, Walmart, and Verizon.

March 18, 2021

Hundreds of shareholder proposals seek shift from “business as usual” but face new restrictions.

March 17, 2021

As You Sow has launched AS YOU VOTE™ in partnership with Proxy Impact to enable all shareholders to vote their values.

June 9, 2020

43% of non-management Facebook shares voted for action to ensure encryption does not accelerate online child abuse and exploitation.

May 27, 2020

Shareholders raise alarm at Facebook annual meeting that failure to address encryption concerns will boost child sexual abuse and exploitation.

May 20, 2020

Shareholders: major new legislative and consumer fallout ahead for Facebook if it allows encryption to hide 12 million cases of child abuse and exploitation.

July 18, 2018

Investors sent a letter to General Electric calling on the company to reconsider its decision to acquire a stake in Kenya’s proposed Lamu coal plant.

March 22, 2018

JPMorgan Chase is attempting to block a shareholder resolution that asks the bank to report on the financial and climate risks related to financing tar sands oil.