Posts Tagged ‘Responsible Investing’
Poultry Progress, But Where’s the Beef?
The rampant misuse of antibiotics in animal agriculture is creating drug-resistant bacteria that are harming public health and threatening modern medicine as we know it. Your favorite hamburger joint is probably serving beef that is contributing to the crisis. A report released this week, “Chain Reaction: How Top Restaurants Rate on Reducing Antibiotic Use in…
Read MoreGreen Century and As You Sow Call on General Mills* to Eliminate Toxic Pesticides from its Supply Chain
Green Century presented its shareholder proposal, asking General Mills to being tracking and reducing the use of toxic pesticides in its supply chain, at its September 25th shareholder meeting.
Read MoreShareholders of Darden Restaurants* Express Increasing Support for Green Century’s Antibiotic Use Shareholder Proposal
At Darden Restaurants’ annual shareholder meeting, Green Century’s shareholder proposal, asking the company to reduce the use of medically-important human antibiotics in its meat supply chain, received 40.2% of shareholder support.
Read MoreWhat does it mean to invest fossil fuel free?
What does it mean to invest fossil fuel free? And how do you begin to divest? This post will attempt to clarify the definition of fossil fuel free investing, and to distinguish between fossil fuel free and low carbon strategies. What does it mean to invest fossil fuel free? For Green Century, and for many…
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