climate change
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Green Century Climate Proposal Earns Enough Support to Refile with Wolverine Worldwide
Boston, May 7, 2025 – 16.3% of Wolverine Worldwide, Inc.* investors cast their votes Thursday in favor of a Green Century° shareholder proposal […]
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Green Century Proposal Calls for Timken to Strengthen Climate Goals
Boston, May 2, 2025 – A Green Century° shareholder proposal urging The Timken Company* to adopt science-based targets to reduce its climate emissions received […]
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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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Green Century’s Partners Help Reconnect Wild Spaces
Green Century investors help our nonprofit owners and partners conserve wild spaces for many species, ranging from red-tailed hawks soaring above suburban forests to amphibians and other critters accessing wildlife tunnels to survive highway crossings. Connecting wildlife to forests, wetlands and other wild places is vital as terrain gets fragmented by development, highways, railroads, fences,…
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Caring for Our Common Home at Boston’s 16th Annual Social Justice Convocation
I recently represented Green Century at the Archdiocese of Boston’s 16th Annual Social Justice Convocation. The event was inspired by Pope Francis’ call to “every living person on the planet” to recognize the immediate threat of climate change and to care for the environment. This event brought together priests, nuns, parishioners, students, and even Boston…
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Starbucks to Expand Disclosure on Reuse, Assess Plastic Recyclability Labels
Boston, April 1, 2025 – Starbucks Corporation, the world’s largest coffee chain, has agreed to disclose more details on its transition to reusable cups and ensure the accuracy of its recycling labels. These commitments came in response to a shareholder proposal filed by Green Century, an environmentally responsible mutual fund, asking the company to address…
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Time in the Market, Not Timing the Market
Time in the market, not timing the market is an old adage that I believe is worth sharing right now. Staying the course and remaining invested may feel uncomfortable as you see the market react to tariffs and other proposed policies and try to understand what it means for your investments. I encourage you to…
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TD Bank to Improve Climate Risk Management
Boston, March 11, 2025 – TD Bank Group, the second-largest Canadian banking company, has agreed to evaluate its net-zero climate emissions goal in governance reviews and clarify the climate expertise on its board. TD committed to these measures in exchange for Green Century, Investors for Paris Compliance, and Vancity Investment Management withdrawing a recently filed…
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Money Talks. Your Investments Tell Your Story & Make an Impact.
In the face of new attacks on our national environmental laws to protect the air, water and land we cherish, we sometimes feel powerless. But I know that the best way to handle this challenge is to take all the individual and collective actions that we can. That’s why we will be showcasing ways for…