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America’s foremost DEI shareholder activist warns that anti-diversity groups are forcing companies to underperform

Removing obstacles to women and people of color creates a true meritocracy, and shareholders know that’s good for business, says Andy Behar, CEO of As You Sow.

Fortune

How Does Your Pay Compare to Elon Musk’s?

Elon Musk's multibillion-dollar pay package puts inequality back in the spotlight.

Kiplinger

Big Tech employees missed out on $5.1 billion in 401(k) gains over the last decade because of fossil fuels, new research finds

As You Sow and the University of Waterloo looked at the 401(k) plans of 12 tech companies, including Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Netflix.

Fortune

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Economy and Society March 26, 2024: Texas education fund pulls $8.5 billion from BlackRockEconomy and Society March 26, 2024: ESG developments this week

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

Ballotpedia

House Judiciary Committee subpoenas ESG supporters

The House Judiciary Committee last week subpoenaed certain organizations that support ESG to investigate whether the groups have violated antitrust laws, according to the committee. The first subpoena went to As You Sow, which the committee said did not respond to previous voluntary requests for documents and information.

Ballotpedia

House Judiciary Committee subpoenas ESG supporters

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UAW goes on strike for first time ever

"CEOs gave themselves 40% pay increases in the last four years," United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain said

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Businesses face more and more pressure from investors to act on climate change

At annual meetings this spring, shareholders will be pushing publicly-traded companies for information about how they're contributing to climate change, and what they're doing about the problem.

WEKU

Michael Hiltzik: While workers struggled during the pandemic, CEO pay went up, up, up

If the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and the lyricists Gus Kahn and Raymond B. Egan could come back from the grave, they might seek out and thank Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav for validating their line about how "the rich get rich and the poor get poorer."

Los Angeles Times

Buying dark chocolate for Valentine’s Day? It likely includes lead and cadmium, study finds

Consumer Reports tested 28 brands of dark chocolate bars. All contained both lead and cadmium; 18 were high in either. No amount of lead or cadmium is safe to ingest.

Chicago Sun-Times

How heavy metals get into dark chocolate bars

Heavy metals naturally contaminate a lot of the foods we regularly enjoy — including dark chocolate.

Tribune News Service

Hershey's faces a lawsuit over heavy metals in its dark chocolate bars

The lawsuit comes after Consumer Reports sounded the alarm about dangerous heavy metals in dark chocolate bars from manufactures like Lindt, Ghirardelli and Hershey's.

WEKU

Dark chocolate might have health perks, but should you worry about lead in your bar?

Dark chocolate bars tested by Consumer Reports exceeded California's daily maximum allowable dose levels for lead or cadmium. But a toxicologist says eaten in moderation, it's nothing to worry about.

WEKU

Nutrition advocates want investors to improve food sector practices

WASHINGTON — Shareholder coalitions say the power of investor money can be harnessed to press the food industry to provide more nutritional foods and still improve the companies’ bottom lines.

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Roll Call

Nutrition advocates want investors to improve food sector practices - Roll Call

Taking a page out of ESG investing, nutrition advocates urge shareholders to push for changes in food companies' practices.

Tribune News Service

Investors rally behind climate, diversity proposals as proxy season ebbs

Activist shareholders achieved a higher rate of success on public policy resolutions during this year’s proxy season, driven by changes from the Securities and Exchange Commission and investor pressure on companies to tackle environmental, social and governance issues.

Roll Call

Investors rally behind climate, diversity proposals as proxy season ebbs - Roll Call

Activist investors are having a higher rate of success this year in getting shareholders to approve proposals on climate and diversity.

Salon

Big tech is making device repair easier

Under pressure from shareholders, Big Tech is finally making device repair easier

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

Shareholder group is pressing Comcast and Amazon for climate-friendly 401(k) options for employees

PHILADELPHIA — A shareholder advocacy group is pushing Comcast and Amazon to examine why they don’t offer more ”sustainable” funds to employees through their 401(k) retirement plans, arguing that the lack of such options is out of sync with the stated climate goals at each company.

Tribune News Service

SEC climate rule avoids full mandate on supply chain emissions

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed rule to require disclosure by corporations on climate-related financial risk creates a gray area for how suppliers and other third parties address their own emissions and may limit its benefit for the environment, according to advocates and corporate attorneys.

Roll Call

SEC climate rule avoids full mandate on supply chain emissions - Roll Call

The SEC's proposed emissions disclosure rule leaves plenty of leeway for most companies to avoid verification of data in supply chains.

Ballotpedia

Economy and Society: Shareholder group study argues ESG fund labels misleading

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

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