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Building the Frameworks for Sustainable Palm Oil: the RSPO
As many of our readers know, Green Century has been working to halt deforestation in commodity supply chains for more than six years. We do this by directly engaging companies on the policies and practices necessary to eliminate deforestation from their supply chains and by leading other investors to do the same. We also go…
Read MoreOne Hundred Investors Call on Palm Oil Certification Group to Uphold Human Rights Standards
Green Century organized investors representing $3.2 trillion in assets under management calling on the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil to uphold its standards. Contact: Marissa LaFave, Green Century Capital Management, mlafave@greencentury.com, 617-482-0800 BOSTON, March 27, 2018 – Institutional investors representing over $3.2 trillion in assets under management supported a letter to the Roundtable on Sustainable…
Read MoreMedia Mentions
Green Century Media Mentions View a selection of our most noteworthy mentions within the media: 2023 Collapse Biodiversity outlook 2024: Engagement, standards and the metrics debate Responsible Investor – December 12 Responsible Investor explores engagement on biodiversity that came to the forefront this year. Green Century started filing resolutions at food companies for the…
Read MoreHow impactful are your impact investments?
Left: Green Century’s first secured company commitment to stop deforestation in a company’s supply chain was with Kellogg’s* in 2014. Impact investing is using your investments to help build a better world and seek financial returns. In recent years, interest in impact investing has taken off. According to US SIF, the Forum for Socially Responsible Investing,…
Read MoreFollowing up on forest protection: Wilmar*
One of the most effective and cost-effective ways to fight climate change is to stop deforestation, a leading contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. That is why Green Century is working to protect tropical forests by moving companies to adopt and implement zero deforestation policies that seek to decouple corporate supply chains from deforestation. In the…
Read MoreOn the Ground in Sumatra: Working Toward Sustainable Palm Oil
Left: Kate Kroll, Green Century Shareholder Advocate, with a farmer on a sustainable palm plantation. As I mentioned in my previous post from Jakarta, palm oil is the most widely used vegetable oil in the world and can be found in many common household products, from shampoo to crackers and other snack foods. Its unsustainable cultivation…
Read MoreGreen Century Launches Five-Year Forest Protection Program with Norwegian Government
Contact: Kate Kroll, 617-482-0800, kkroll@greencentury.com BOSTON, MA: Green Century Capital Management announced today a new five-year program, The RISC (Risk In Supply Chains) project. The new global project will inform and engage global investors about the growing business and environmental risks of deforestation as part of Green Century Capital Management’s overall efforts to curb global warming. Tropical…
Read MoreFollowing Investor Action, Leading Agricultural Supplier Bunge* Announces Zero Deforestation Policy
Contact: Leslie Samuelrich, President, Green Century Capital Management, 617-482-0800, lsamuelrich@greencentury.com and Kate Kroll, Shareholder Advocate, Green Century Capital Management, 617-482-0800, kkroll@greencentury.com September 21, 2015: In response to investor concerns, Bunge Limited has announced a new cross-commodity policy that will protect forests, reduce carbon pollution and protect the company and its investors against reputational and brand risk. Last…
Read MoreInvestors, Major Brands Call for Stronger Standards from Palm Oil Certification Group
Contact: Lucia von Reusner, Green Century Capital Management, 617-482-0800, lvonreusner@greencentury.com Group urges RSPO to strengthen protections for forests, human rights BOSTON: Institutional investors representing nearly $5 trillion in assets under management have joined with some of the world’s largest and most recognizable consumer brands, including The Kellogg Company* and ConAgra Foods,* to call on the…
Read MoreMcDonald’s* Refuses to Address Shareholder Concerns about Deforestation, Exploitation
Contact: Lucia von Reusner, Green Century Capital Management, 617-482-0800, lvonreusner@greencentury.com May 21, 2015: Concerned about McDonald’s refusal to address shareholder concerns about the reputational and business risks caused by the deforestation and community exploitation likely taking place across the company’s palm oil supply chain, a group of environmentally responsible investors are attending McDonald’s annual shareholder meeting…
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