ESG

  • 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…

  • Top 10 Green Century Highlights for 2024

    As 2024 comes to a close, here are some of the year’s top highlights. Green Century experienced some amazing events and impacts this year and we want to share some exciting examples of our nonprofit ownership, shareholder advocacy and environmentally responsible funds. 10. Protecting rare Right WhalesGreen Century works on an array of environmental issues,…

  • Request for Review of TD’s Governance

    November 22, 2024, Toronto, Ontario – Today, in light of governance concerns at TD Bank, including its money laundering scandal and stalled progress on its net zero commitment, Investors for Paris Compliance, along with Green Century Capital Management, Nomura Asset Management UK, and Vancity Investment Management, have filed a shareholder resolution requesting an independent review…

  • 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…

  • Costco Steps Up Efforts to Reduce Plastic in Response to Green Century Proposal

    Contact Information:   Douglass Guernsey, Shareholder Advocate, [email protected], 617-747-4447  Pam Podger, Communications Director, [email protected], 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…