As You Sow has a wide, diverse mix of battle they fight...around waste (better packaging), energy (cutting fossil fuel use) and environmental health issues that include food production and control of pharmaceuticals. Their victories are many. Here's some base info. Please join us tomorrow or view the show later on Renewable Now. biz:
Danielle Fugere, President and Chief Counsel, As You Sow
Danielle is responsible for strategic management of the Energy, Environmental Health, and Waste programs. She brings a wealth of experience in achieving broad and lasting change and in-depth knowledge of clean energy, conservation policy, toxic enforcement, and team building. Danielle served most recently as Executive Director of the Environmental Law Foundation. Prior, she was Legal Director and Regional Program Director for national nonprofit Friends of the Earth, where she spearheaded innovative legal strategies to reduce global warming pollution and directed campaigns to reduce pollution and promote sustainable alternative energies and fuels.
Through her work, Danielle has been instrumental in securing compliance with environmental laws and industry conversions to environmentally sound technologies, including a settlement with the City and County of Los Angeles resulting in a $2.1 billion sewer system upgrade. Danielle was recognized with the WaterKeeper’s Environmental Achievement Award in 2000 for her outstanding achievements protecting California waters from pollution and compelling polluters to assume the costs of environmental degradation. She holds a JD from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and a BA in Political Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
THEORY OF CHANGE
Over the past century corporate power has become the most dominant force on the planet. Of the 150 largest economic entities in the world, 87 are corporations – that’s 58%. This concentration of resources gives companies power and influence over their workers, customers, and the communities in which they operate.
It is critical for corporate leaders to address the impact of their policies and actions. By ignoring this impact, they are creating risk for their customers, employees, shareholders, and themselves. Ultimately, companies that view the world not in months, but in years, decades, and generations will be able to reduce their long-term risk and ensure success. Shareholder actions press corporations to undertake this broader risk analysis and make decisions that benefit people, planet, and profit over the long term.
Since 1992 As You Sow has utilized shareholder advocacy to increase corporate responsibility on a broad range of environmental and social issues. As shareholder advocates, As You Sow communicates directly with corporate executives to collaboratively develop and implement business models that reduce risk, benefit brand reputation, and increase the bottom line while simultaneously bringing positive environmental and social change.
OUR IMPACT
Since 1992 As You Sow has been using shareholder advocacy to move corporations into greater responsibility.
We have filed hundreds of shareholder resolutions and led hundreds more shareholder dialogues. These shareholder engagements have resulted in long-term positive change in behavior at the largest companies in the world.
The Paris Agreement
This past December in Paris, over 190 countries reached an unprecedented international agreement to halt climate change, and As You Sow was there supporting strong action. Today in New York, the global push for climate action — by citizens, NGO’s, shareholders, businesses, and local, state, and federal leaders, among a broad range of other actors demanding action — will be realized in the official ratification of the treaty to hold global warming at 2 degrees Celsius, or less.
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