Posts Tagged ‘impact investing’
STATEMENT: Apple* Takes Major Step Forward on Repair, Prompting the Withdrawal of Green Century Capital Management Shareholder Proposal
Apple announced a new program that will expand consumers’ access to repair on the same day that Green Century had to make a decision on whether to press forward on a right-to-repair shareholder proposal with the company.
Read MoreGreen Century Files Shareholder Proposal with Chemours* to Protect Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge from Mining
Green Century filed a shareholder proposal with The Chemours Company asking it to address the serious risks associated with potential titanium mining next to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia.
Read MoreGreen Century Delivers a Message to World Leaders at COP26: Step Up Your Climate Ambitions Now
As the United Nation’s 26th climate summit gets underway, Green Century joins 733 investors, managing more than $52 trillion in assets, to deliver the 2021 Global Investor Statement to Governments on the Climate Crisis.
Read MoreUnderstanding Deforestation Risk, or: How I ended up on TV talking about toilet paper
Shareholder Advocate Thomas Peterson explains how Green Century’s engagement with Procter & Gamble typifies increased awareness of deforestation risk.
Read MoreSTATEMENT: JPMorgan Chase* Follows Through on Pledge to Adopt Improved Deforestation Policy
On Thursday, JPMorgan Chase followed through on its agreement with Green Century Capital Management to adopt stronger policies on deforestation.
Read MoreGreen Century Joins Food Emissions 50 Campaign to Accelerate the Reduction of the Food Sector’s Climate Impacts
Green Century announced that it is among the first investor signatories to Food Emissions 50, a new effort to push 50 of the highest-emitting food companies to disclose and reduce the full scope of their greenhouse gas emissions.
Read MorePrompted by a Green Century Proposal, Procter & Gamble* Improves No-Deforestation Commitments but Fails to Address Intact Forest Degradation in Climate-Critical Canadian Boreal Forest
Green Century Capital Management has withdrawn a shareholder proposal with Procter & Gamble after the company made a commitment to develop a stronger supplier non-compliance policy for its wood pulp supply chain.
Read MoreHain Celestial* Announces New Goals to Lessen its Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Following Engagement with Green Century and Clean Yield Asset Management
Following engagement with Green Century and Clean Yield Asset Management, the Hain Celestial Group inked an agreement to curb its greenhouse gas emissions in alignment with the Paris Agreement’s goals.
Read MoreUlta Beauty* to Assess Plastic Packaging Reductions, Following Engagement with Green Century
Following an engagement with Green Century Capital Management, Ulta Beauty, Inc. has agreed to assess its sustainable packaging efforts with an eye toward reducing plastic waste.
Read MoreLamb Weston* Announces New Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal, A Year After Engagement with Green Century
A year after Green Century filed a shareholder proposal with Lamb Weston, a premiere frozen french fry supplier to McDonald’s, the company announced a new goal aligned with Paris Agreement targets.
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