Okefenokee

  • Hasbro to share responses to trade association lobbying misalignment

    Boston, January 27 2026– Hasbro, one of the largest toy companies in the world, has agreed to disclose how it assesses and manages situations where the lobbying done by its toy trade associations is misaligned with the company’s policies, including its work to ensure the safety of chemicals in its toys. The company made this…

  • Whirlpool makes it easier for consumers to repair their appliances

    Boston, November 26, 2025 – After conversations with Green Century Capital Management (Green Century), which frequently asks companies it invests in to improve their environmental policies, Whirlpool has agreed to make its repair manuals more accessible, allowing consumers to more easily self-repair their appliances or get them fixed by independent repair shops. Helping people get…

  • STATEMENT: Okefenokee swamp protected from mining – for now 

    Boston, June 20, 2025 – The Conservation Fund announced Friday that it had purchased land and mineral rights near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge from Twin Pines Minerals, LLC. The mining company had proposed a strip mine roughly three miles from the edge of the Okefenokee, the largest National Wildlife Refuge in the eastern United States.  The…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • Chemours, Major Retailers Reject Proposal to Permanently Protect Okefenokee

    Boston, March 27, 2024 – The Securities and Exchange Commission has ruled that shareholder proposals seeking protections for the Okefenokee swamp from a titanium mine can be excluded from voting at the 2024 annual meetings of The Chemours Company, Sherwin-Williams and Home Depot. The proposals were filed by Green Century, an environmentally responsible mutual fund,…