Posts Tagged ‘greenhouse gas emissions’
STATEMENT: AGCO Announces Plan for Climate Roadmap
Media Contacts: Andrea Ranger, aranger@greencentury.com, 781-349-2813 Pam Podger, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 Boston, April 19, 2024 – AGCO Corporation* committed to developing its first climate roadmap, also known as a climate transition plan, after Green Century° filed a shareholder proposal with the company in late 2023. Companies across industries are increasingly adopting climate transition plans to show…
Read MoreWarner Bros. Discovery* to Enhance Climate Reporting
Media Contacts: Andrea Ranger, aranger@greencentury.com, 781-349-2813;  Pam Podger, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 Boston, March 28, 2024 – In response to a Green Century° shareholder proposal, Warner Bros. Discovery has agreed to provide new information on its contribution to climate-changing emissions. By the end of this year, the company will report on a sweeping array of efforts to…
Read MoreLowe’s to Increase Disclosure of Climate Emissions Data
Media Contacts: Andrew Shalit, Shareholder Advocate, ashalit@greencentury.com, 617-747-4439 Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495  Boston, March 14, 2024 – Is your gas-powered leaf blower contributing to wildfires in Colorado, flooding in California and other extreme weather? Lowe’s*, the world’s second-largest home improvement retailer, signed a pledge this week to increase disclosure of climate emissions…
Read MoreSTATEMENT: Green Century reacts to SEC’s final climate risk disclosure rule
Media Contacts: Pam Podger, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495; Andrea Ranger, aranger@greencentury.com, 781-349-2813 Boston, March 6, 2024 –Â The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently finalized its long-awaited Climate-Related Disclosure rule. Originally proposed two years ago, the rule was crafted in response to investor demand for consistent and comprehensive information about climate-related risks and acknowledgment by federal regulators…
Read MoreNXP Semiconductors* to Publish Climate Roadmap
Contact Information: Andrea Ranger, Shareholder Advocate, aranger@greencentury.com, 781-349-2813 Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 Boston, February 14, 2024 – Green Century° filed a shareholder proposal with NXP Semiconductors in December, asking the company to develop and publish a climate roadmap or climate transition plan. After close collaboration with Green Century, NXP pledged to develop a…
Read MoreApplied Materials* to Cut Carbon Emissions
Contact Information: Andrea Ranger, Shareholder Advocate, aranger@greencentury.com, 781-349-2813 Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 Boston, January 4, 2023 – After filing a shareholder proposal, Green Century° reached an agreement with Applied Materials, Inc. (Applied) to map out its strategy to cut carbon emissions by 2040. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Applied employs 39,000 people, and is…
Read MoreCorning* Sets Ambitious Target to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Embraces Development of Climate Transition Plan
Contact Information: Andrea Ranger, Shareholder Advocate, aranger@greencentury.com, 781-349-2813  Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 Boston, November 21, 2023 – In 2020, Green Century° noticed that Corning Inc. did not have A greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) reduction target that were ambitious enough to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, a commitment signed in 2015 by…
Read MoreAndrea Ranger: That’s right. The CEO just called me.
Life as a shareholder advocate can be unpredictable – some of my work has a consistent flow, but I certainly wasn’t expecting an impromptu call from a CEO. Green Century° shareholder advocates often use the stakes in different companies on behalf of Green Century Funds, as a way of influencing management decisions on deforestation, carbon…
Read MoreCarMax* to expand carbon offsets disclosure in response to Green Century Funds’ shareholder proposal
Media Contacts: Andrea Ranger, Shareholder Advocate, aranger@greencentury.com, 781-349-2813 Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 Boston, July 10, 2023 — CarMax, Inc., the largest used vehicle retailer in the U.S., has committed to strengthening its carbon offsets disclosure so that shareholders can assess whether the company is on track to achieve its greenhouse gas emissions reduction…
Read MoreSTATEMENT: The New York Times* leans into a new commitment on net-zero emissions after discussions with Green Century
Media Contacts: Andrea Ranger, Shareholder Advocate, aranger@greencentury.com, 781-349-2813; Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 BOSTON, June 28, 2023 – After discussions with Green Century°, The New York Times Company (The Times) set a net-zero by 2030 greenhouse gas emissions target covering its scope 1 and 2 emissions. Green Century had approached the newspaper with concerns about…
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