Press Releases
Lowe’s to Increase Disclosure of Climate Emissions Data
Media Contacts: Andrew Shalit, Shareholder Advocate, ashalit@greencentury.com, 617-747-4439 Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495  Boston, March 14, 2024 – Is your gas-powered leaf blower contributing to wildfires in Colorado, flooding in California and other extreme weather? Lowe’s*, the world’s second-largest home improvement retailer, signed a pledge this week to increase disclosure of climate emissions…
Read MoreMarriott International To Measure, Cut Plastic Waste
Contact Information: Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 Douglass Guernsey, Shareholder Advocate, dguernsey@greencentury.com, 617-747-4447 (March 13, Boston, MA) Marriott International, Inc*, the world’s largest hospitality company, will set a single-use plastic reduction goal by the end of 2025 and disclose a baseline footprint of single-use plastics starting in 2026, thanks to an agreement with Green…
Read MoreHasbro to Disclose All Plastic Packaging Use
Contact Information: Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 Douglass Guernsey, Shareholder Advocate, dguernsey@greencentury.com, 617-747-4447 (Boston, MA) Hasbro*, one of the largest toy companies in the world, has agreed to full disclosure of its plastic packaging use in 2024 after reaching an agreement with Green Century°, an environmentally responsible mutual fund. The toy industry is by…
Read MoreSTATEMENT: Green Century reacts to SEC’s final climate risk disclosure rule
Media Contacts: Pam Podger, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495; Andrea Ranger, aranger@greencentury.com, 781-349-2813 Boston, March 6, 2024 –Â The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently finalized its long-awaited Climate-Related Disclosure rule. Originally proposed two years ago, the rule was crafted in response to investor demand for consistent and comprehensive information about climate-related risks and acknowledgment by federal regulators…
Read MoreChoice Hotels Takes First Step in Tackling Plastic Pollution
Contact Information: Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 Douglass Guernsey, Shareholder Advocate, dguernsey@greencentury.com, 617-747-4447 (Boston, MA) Choice Hotels International*, one of the world’s leading lodging franchisors, has agreed to take the first step in addressing plastic pollution by conducting a program measure single-use plastic and develop strategies for single-use plastic reduction after engagement by Green…
Read MoreDisney To Increase Plastic Disclosure, GoalsÂ
Media Contacts: Pam Podger, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 Douglass Guernsey, dguernsey@greencentury.com, 617-747-4447 (Boston, MA) The Walt Disney Company* has agreed to disclose how much plastic it’s using in certain areas of its business and to set an additional plastic reduction goal, thanks to an agreement with Green Century Funds°, an environmentally responsible mutual fund. The Walt Disney…
Read More11.6% of Independent Tyson Shareholders Support Green Century Deforestation Proposal
Media Contacts: Pam Podger, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495; Annie Sanders, asanders@greencentury.com, 773-272-6691 Boston, February 14, 2024 – A noteworthy 11.6% of independent Tyson Foods* shareholders voted in favor of a Green Century° shareholder proposal urging the company to eliminate deforestation from its supply chains by 2025. Independent shareholders include all shares that are not held by Tyson…
Read MoreNXP Semiconductors* to Publish Climate Roadmap
Contact Information: Andrea Ranger, Shareholder Advocate, aranger@greencentury.com, 781-349-2813 Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 Boston, February 14, 2024 – Green Century° filed a shareholder proposal with NXP Semiconductors in December, asking the company to develop and publish a climate roadmap or climate transition plan. After close collaboration with Green Century, NXP pledged to develop a…
Read MoreHome Depot Issues New Sustainable Forestry Report in Response to Green Century Shareholder Proposal
Media Contacts: Annie Sanders, Director of Shareholder Advocacy, asanders@greencentury.com, 773-272-6691 Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 Boston, February 5, 2024 – The Home Depot*, the world’s largest home improvement retailer, issued a new sustainable forestry report nearly two years after a related shareholder proposal from Green Century°, an environmentally responsible mutual fund based in…
Read MoreKeurig Dr Pepper Expands Chemical Management Policy
Investors concerned over growing evidence of plastic toxicity (Boston, MA) Responding to investors’ scrutiny, Keurig Dr Pepper* has expanded its Chemical Management Policy to include forever chemicals PFAS, heavy metals and a family of plastic additives called bisphenols. The move comes after 185 investors coordinated by the Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development sent…
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