biodiversity
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STATEMENT: Okefenokee swamp protected from mining – for now
Boston, June 20, 2025 – The Conservation Fund announced Friday that it had purchased land and mineral rights near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge from Twin Pines Minerals, LLC. The mining company had proposed a strip mine roughly three miles from the edge of the Okefenokee, the largest National Wildlife Refuge in the eastern United States. The…
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Shareholders ask Home Depot to do more to protect nature
A shareholder proposal co-filed by Green Century Capital Management called on Home Depot to conduct a full assessment of its impact on nature and on the risks the company faces from the increasing instability of the natural environment.
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J.M. Smucker Steps Up Ambition to Protect Forests
Boston, May 9, 2025 – J.M. Smucker, parent company of Folgers, Café Bustelo, and Dunkin’ at Home coffee products has agreed to review its forest protection policies, with an ambition of eventually sourcing all of its ingredients without any collateral deforestation
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Shareholders vote on biodiversity at PepsiCo
Boston, May 07, 2025 – Shareholders sent a nature-positive message to PepsiCo on Wednesday in response to a shareholder proposal filed by Green Century Capital Management. The proposal asked the company to assess its impact on nature and the systemic risks posed to the company by those impacts on the world around us. “PepsiCo relies…
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Green Century and Felician Sisters’ biodiversity proposal earns enough support to re-file at Chemours
Boston, April 24, 2025 – 6.4% of the Chemours Company’s voting shareholders supported a resolution on Tuesday asking the company to adopt a policy to assess biodiversity impacts before mining in ecologically sensitive areas. Green Century, an environmentally responsible mutual fund, and the Felician Sisters of North America filed the proposal. “Chemours should more thoroughly…
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Bloomin’ Brands strengthens commitment to protect forests
Boston, February 20, 2025 – Bloomin’ Brands, parent company of several of the largest U.S. restaurant chains, has agreed to strengthen its commitment to protect forests when sourcing ingredients for its 1,480 restaurants around the world. The move came after Green Century Capital Management filed a shareholder proposal asking the company to assess its impact…
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Procter & Gamble Commits to Enhanced Disclosures Regarding Sourcing from Boreal Forests in Canada
Boston, December 17, 2024 – Procter & Gamble, the international consumer goods company, has agreed to provide additional information regarding its practices related to sourcing wood pulp from the boreal forests of Canada. The updates will reiterate the company’s aim to eliminate sourcing from intact forest landscapes and to protect primary forests. Among the world’s…
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Investors call on Chemours to stay out of the Okefenokee
Boston, September 4, 2024 – Twenty investors representing over $695 billion in assets under management delivered a letter to Chemours asking the chemical company to make permanent its near-term commitment to avoid mining at the Okefenokee swamp. The Okefenokee is one of the largest freshwater wetlands in the world, a massive carbon sink, and home…
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STATEMENT: Green Century Earns Enough Support for Sustainable Supply Chain Proposal to Re-file with Ford
Boston, May 9, 2024 – Ford Motor Company shareholders delivered 6.6% of votes cast in support of Green Century’s resolution asking the company to eliminate materials linked to deforestation in its cars and trucks. The proposal also asked Ford to buy more sustainable steel and aluminum, and pushed for the company to purchase steel and aluminum…
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