{"id":17974,"date":"2023-10-24T09:53:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T13:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/?p=17974"},"modified":"2025-12-12T16:19:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T21:19:05","slug":"as-you-sow-invest-your-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/2023\/10\/24\/as-you-sow-invest-your-values\/","title":{"rendered":"As You Sow: Invest Your Values: Part of the Climate Crisis Teach-in"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-in-page\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/registration-as-you-sow\/\">Register for &#8220;As You Sow&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-big-body\"><strong>Weds. Feb. 21, 6:30 p.m. | Hybrid, In-person (Edison 201) and Zoom<\/strong>, <strong>School of Science and Climate Crisis Teach-in Event<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>As You Sow<\/strong> (AYS) is the nation\u2019s non-profit leader in shareholder advocacy. Founded in 1992, AYS harnesses shareholder power to create lasting change by protecting human rights, reducing toxic waste, and aligning investments with values. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asyousow.org\/about-us\">As You Sow<\/a> mission is to promote environmental and social corporate responsibility through shareholder advocacy, coalition building, and innovative legal strategies. The As You Sow vision is a safe, just, and sustainable world in which protecting the environment and human rights is central to corporate decision making. Corporations are responsible for most of the pressing social and environmental problems we face today\u2014As You Sow believes corporations must be a willing part of the solutions. We make that happen. As shareholder advocates, AWS directly engages corporate CEOs, senior management, and institutional investors to change corporations from the inside out. Kiplinger rated As You Sow number one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiplinger.com\/investing\/esg\/603706\/esg-tools-for-sustainable-investors\">nine most useful tools for ESG Investors<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As You Sow has created a series of easy to use web tools for investors to invest their values including <a href=\"https:\/\/fossilfreefunds.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fossil Free Funds<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asyousow.org\/as-you-vote-retail-individual-investor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">As You Vote<\/a>. <strong>Fossil Free Funds<\/strong>&nbsp;analyzes the fossil fuel exposure and carbon footprint of thousands of U.S. mutual funds and ETFs. We make it easy to know what you own, so you can align your investments with your values. <strong>As You Vote<\/strong> is a tool that you can empower to vote every ballot item: director nominations, auditors, CEO-pay, and shareholder resolutions according to your values. Both of these web tools will be showcased in this presentation by Diana Myers and Grant Bradski. Diana Myers is a research assistant with As You Sow\u2019s Say On Climate Initiative, which focuses on cutting corporate green house gas emissions and evaluating companies\u2019 environmental progress through a climate scorecard. Grant Bradski coordinates As You Sow\u2019s 401(k) Sustainability Scorecard, which rates corporate retirement plans based on their exposure to environmental and social issues. He works to empower employees with the tools and resources to invest in a climate-safe retirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"257\" height=\"257\" data-id=\"17823\" style=\"object-position: 55.37% 51.295%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2023\/08\/Grant-Bradski-circle.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2023\/08\/Grant-Bradski-circle.png 257w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2023\/08\/Grant-Bradski-circle-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Grant Bradski, 401 K Sustainability Scorecard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"257\" height=\"257\" data-id=\"17820\" style=\"object-position: 53.55% 41.8%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2023\/08\/Diana-Myers.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2023\/08\/Diana-Myers.png 257w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2023\/08\/Diana-Myers-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Diana Myers, Say on Climate Initiative<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weds. Feb. 21, 6:30 p.m. | Hybrid, In-person (Edison 201) and Zoom, School of Science and Climate Crisis Teach-in Event As You Sow (AYS) is the nation\u2019s non-profit leader in shareholder advocacy. Founded in 1992, AYS harnesses shareholder power to create lasting change by protecting human rights, reducing toxic waste, and aligning investments with values. 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