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"A valuable call to action for small shareholders to change the ways big corporations do business." - Robert Reich, former US Secretary of Labor Want to make misbehaving corporations mend their ways? You can! If you own their stock, corporations have to listen to you. Shareholder advocate Andrew Behar explains how to exercise your proxy voting rights to weigh in on corporate policies - you only need a single share of stock to do it. If you've got just $2,000 in stock, Behar shows how you can go further and file a resolution to directly address the board of directors. And even if your investments are in a workplace-sponsored 401(k) or a mutual fund, you can work with your fund manager to purge corporations from your portfolio that don't align with your values.



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Andrew Behar

Andrew Behar - CEO of As You Sow
As You Sow is a nonprofit organization founded in 1992 dedicated to increasing environmental and social industry-wide change through corporate engagement, shareholder advocacy, and innovative legal strategies. Since 1992 As You Sow has focused on climate change, sustainability, human rights, and environmental health by engaging companies including Exxon, Chevron, Southern, FirstEnergy, Duke, Dow, DuPont, Monsanto, HP, Dell, Apple, Proctor & Gamble, Coca-Cola, Starbucks, and many others. He is a member of the board of US Social Investing Forum (US-SIF) and was named one of 30 "Eco Rock Stars and Environmental Mavericks" in Origin Magazine's August 2015 issue.

See more at www.asyousow.org
www.shareholderactionguide.org



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