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  • Home Depot Issues New Sustainable Forestry Report in Response to Green Century Shareholder Proposal

    Boston, February 5, 2024 – The Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement retailer, issued a new sustainable forestry report nearly two years after a related shareholder proposal from Green Century, an environmentally responsible mutual fund based in Boston. The proposal, which received 64% of the shareholder vote in May 2022, asked the company to…

  • Beach Plans? Hotel Plastics May Mar Your Vacation

    Green Century Files Shareholder Proposals Asking Major Hotels To Cut Plastic Boston, January 10, 2024 – Dreaming of a pristine tropical escape this season? When you step out of your hotel, in addition to the hot sand between your toes, you may be surprised to find hundreds of plastic containers and bags littering the beach.…

  • Applied Materials to Cut Carbon Emissions

    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 one of the world’s largest semiconductor and flat panel display fabrication equipment suppliers. The…

  • Annie Sanders: Why We Work on Certain Issues & Our Priorities for FY24

    Green Century helps investors make an impact for the planet through a sustainable investing strategy, partners with its investment advisor in an award-winning shareholder advocacy program, and a unique ownership model that sends 100% of our net profits to support the environmental campaign work of our nonprofit owners. One question we often get is, “How…

  • Andrea 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, as a way of influencing management decisions on deforestation, carbon emissions,…

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