Press Releases
Green Century Files Shareholder Proposal with Home Depot* to Protect Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge from Mining
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, November 30, 2023 – Green Century Capital Management° has filed a shareholder proposal at The Home Depot asking the company to address risks associated with potential titanium mining along the eastern boundary of Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp. Headquartered in…
Read MoreCorning* Sets Ambitious Target to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Embraces Development of Climate Transition Plan
Contact Information: Andrea Ranger, Shareholder Advocate, aranger@greencentury.com, 781-349-2813  Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 Boston, November 21, 2023 – In 2020, Green Century° noticed that Corning Inc. did not have A greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) reduction target that were ambitious enough to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, a commitment signed in 2015 by…
Read MoreGreen Century and Other Investors Push for Disclosure, Environmental Responsibility in Global Plastics Treaty
Contact Information: Douglass Guernsey, Shareholder Advocate, dguernsey@greencentury.com, (617) 482-0800 Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 (Boston, November 13) Green Century° announced today that it has joined major investors in signing two letters urging action on the UN Global Plastics Treaty. The UN Global Plastics Treaty, due to be completed in 2024, would create a legally…
Read MoreGreen Century Files Shareholder Proposals with Chemours and Sherwin-Williams* to Protect Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge from Mining
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, November 9, 2023 – Green Century Capital Management° has filed shareholder proposals at The Chemours Company and Sherwin-Williams asking each company to address risks associated with potential titanium mining along the eastern boundary of Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp. Chemours,…
Read MoreDeere & Co Faces Shareholder Scrutiny on Right to Repair Stand
Media Contacts: Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 Douglass Guernsey, Shareholder Advocate, dguernsey@greencentury.com, (617) 482-0800 (Boston, October 11) The Green Century° Equity Fund has filed a shareholder resolution with Deere & Company* asking the company to issue a public report assessing the potential damage to the brand’s reputation from opposing Right to Repair legislation. Deere,…
Read MoreCostco Steps Up Efforts to Reduce Plastic in Response to Green Century Proposal
Contact Information:  Douglass Guernsey, Shareholder Advocate, dguernsey@greencentury.com, 617-747-4447 Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 (BOSTON, 10/10/23) – Green Century° reached a deal with Costco Wholesale* which committed to increased plastic footprint disclosures and a new 5-year plastic action plan.  “We commend Costco for providing the information that investors need and for taking steps…
Read MoreGoogle’s Chromebook Extension Is a Win in the Fight Against E-Waste
Media Contacts: Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 Douglass Guernsey, Shareholder Advocate, dguernsey@greencentury.com, (617) 482-0800 (Boston, MA, 2023) – Following shareholder engagement by Green Century°, Alphabet* announced that it plans to extend software updates for Chromebooks for up to ten years starting in 2024, and that no existing Chromebooks will expire in the next two…
Read MoreApple Announces Support for Right to Repair Bill in California
Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 Douglass Guernsey, Shareholder Advocate, dguernsey@greencentury.com, (617) 482-0800 (Boston, MA, 2023) In a reversal of its stance, Apple Inc.* announced Wednesday that it now supports the Right to Repair Act progressing through the California Legislature despite past opposition to giving consumers and repair shops the tools they need to…
Read MoreSTATEMENT: Hormel* takes first notable steps toward eliminating human use antibiotics in turkey; more work needed on pork
Media Contacts: Andrea Ranger, Shareholder Advocate, aranger@greencentury.com, 781-349-2813 Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 Boston, August 21, 2023 – After Green Century° and Trinity Health filed a shareholder proposal with Hormel Foods Corp. (Hormel) in 2019, the company has made progress on an important public health issue: reducing the overuse of medically-important antibiotics in food…
Read MoreAmazon announces plastic reductions a year after Green Century° Engagement
Media Contacts: Douglass Guernsey, Shareholder Advocate, dguernsey@greencentury.com;  Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com A little more than a year after Green Century Funds co-filed a resolution with As You Sow asking Amazon* to address its plastics use, the company announced it has reduced its single-use plastic in its global operations by 11.6% – or nearly 86,000…
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