Posts Tagged ‘Amazon’
STATEMENT: SEC approves Amazon’s request to block Green Century and Amalgamated proposal from 2023 shareholder ballot
Media Contacts: Andrea Ranger, Shareholder Advocate, aranger@greencentury.com, 781-349-2813 Pam Podger, Director of Communications, ppodger@greencentury.com, 860-822-3887 Boston, April 20, 2023 — On April 10th, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) upheld Amazon.com Inc.’s request to block a Green Century° and Amalgamated Bank shareholder proposal from its 2023 proxy ballot. The proposal seeks full disclosure of…
Read MoreAmazon appeals to SEC to block Green Century/Amalgamated Bank shareholder proposal from going to vote
Media Contacts: Andrea Ranger, Shareholder Advocate, aranger@greencentury.com, 781-349-2813 Mark Morgenstein, Media Relations Director, mmorgenstein@greencentury.com, 678-427-1671 Boston, February 9, 2023 — Amazon.com Inc. released its Q4 2022 results on Thursday. The leading online retailer has begun Q1 of 2023 by sending a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on January 20 arguing that a…
Read MoreGreen Century, Amalgamated Bank file shareholder proposal with Amazon seeking disclosure of entire carbon footprint
Media Contacts: Andrea Ranger, Shareholder Advocate, aranger@greencentury.com, 781-349-2813 Mark Morgenstein, Media Relations Director, mmorgenstein@greencentury.com, 678-427-1671 Boston, December 15, 2022 – Green Century° and Amalgamated Bank led the filing of a shareholder proposal Thursday pressing Amazon to fully quantify and disclose its scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions. Scope 3 emissions, which include things such as transportation…
Read MoreRELEASE: Hormel Foods* Commits to No Deforestation by 2025
Media Contacts: Annie Sanders, Director of Shareholder Advocacy, asanders@greencentury.com, 773-272-6691 Mark Morgenstein, Media Relations Director, mmorgenstein@greencentury.com, 678-427-1671 Boston, December 13, 2022 – In response to a Green Century Funds° shareholder proposal, Hormel Foods,* known for meat products from SPAM to Dinty Moore Beef Stew, has agreed to eliminate deforestation along its supply chain by…
Read MoreAmazon* Shareholders Support Green Century Plastic Packaging Proposal
48.9% of Amazon shareholders voted at the company’s annual meeting last Wednesday to support a Green Century° shareholder proposal urging the company to significantly reduce its use of plastic packaging.
Read More35% of Amazon* Shareholders Support Plastics Reduction Proposal Filed by As You Sow and Green Century
Amazon.com, Inc. shareholders voted Wednesday at the company’s annual meeting on a shareholder proposal put forth by Green Century Capital Management and As You Sow.
Read More20×2020: Green Century Is Pressing 20 Corporations to Fulfill No-Deforestation Commitments By 2020
Green Century recently identified 20 key commodity traders and corporations that have pledged to end deforestation in their supply chains and have provided insufficient disclosure of progress and launched an effort to press them to fulfill their commitments by the 2020 deadline.
Read MoreGreen Century’s Top 10 Highlights from 2019
Green Century had an environmental impact in 2019. Here are the top 10 highlights.
Read MoreAmazon Fires Aftermath: Our Ongoing Effort to End Deforestation
Deforestation briefly caught the world’s attention this summer, as thousands of fires – 84% more than the previous year – blazed in the Amazon. Concern surged as the “lungs of the world” went up in smoke and scientists warned that the Amazon was approaching a point of irreversible ecological collapse. Since tropical forests usually are…
Read MoreTop 11 Impact Stories of the Shareholder Season
With the close of the 2018 – 2019 shareholder season, here are the top 11 impact stories of Green Century’s shareholder advocacy program.
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