greenhouse gas emissions
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31% of Votes Support Green Century Climate Proposal at Skyworks
Boston, May 20, 2024 – Shareholders of Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (Skyworks) delivered 31.2% of votes in favor of Green Century’s proposal asking the company to set rigorous science-based greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. The proposal also asked the company to establish a goal to increase its use of renewable energy. Skyworks, based in Irvine, California, produces…
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Methane Emissions Proposal Gains 15.5% of Votes at Travelers’ Annual Meeting
Boston, May 20, 2024 – Travelers’ investors voted May 15 on a Green Century shareholder proposal asking the company to engage, educate, and hold fossil fuel industry clients accountable for eliminating methane emissions from their operations. 15.5% of the votes cast were in favor of the proposal. “We hope Travelers takes investor concern seriously and commits…
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STATEMENT: Chubb Investors Cast 28% of Votes in Favor of Climate Proposal
Boston, May 17, 2024 – Chubb investors cast 28% of votes in favor of a shareholder proposal filed by Green Century and the As You Sow Foundation Fund asking the company to disclose climate emissions associated with its insurance and investment activities. For the past two years, Chubb has fought similar resolutions that also sought…
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Ford Shareholders to Consider Green Century Proposal
Media Contacts: Andrea Ranger, [email protected], 781-349-2813 Pam Podger, [email protected], 802-299-9495 Boston, May 7, 2024 – Shareholders prepare to vote on a Green Century proposal at Ford’s May 9 annual general meeting. The proposal asks Ford to disclose deforestation risk associated with the leather, rubber, and minerals it buys, and encourages the company to support efforts…
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STATEMENT: Green Century Climate Proposal Earns 22% of Votes at Timken
Boston, May 3, 2024 – Twenty-two percent of shares were cast in favor of Green Century’s proposal asking The Timken Company (Timken) to establish emissions reduction targets that align with the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C. Timken set a 2022 goal to reduce its climate emissions by 50% by 2030,…
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What Will the Shareholder Vote at IBM Reveal?
Boston, April 29, 2024 – Shareholders will cast a vote on Green Century’s shareholder proposal asking IBM to set a stronger greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction target at its April 30 annual general meeting. Though IBM has committed to reducing a percentage of its overall climate emissions, it has refused to set a target that…
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STATEMENT: AGCO Announces Plan for Climate Roadmap
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 how they will reduce their contributions to climate change by…
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Warner Bros. Discovery to Enhance Climate Reporting
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 cut its climate footprint. These include reporting on its direct…
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Lowe’s to Increase Disclosure of Climate Emissions Data
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 data for the products it sells in response to a shareholder proposal from Green Century,…
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STATEMENT: Green Century reacts to SEC’s final climate risk disclosure rule
Boston, March 6, 2024 – 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 of such risks to the financial system. “It’s a step…