Posts Tagged ‘shareholder advocacy’
Home Depot Issues New Sustainable Forestry Report in Response to Green Century Shareholder Proposal
Media Contacts: Annie Sanders, Director of Shareholder Advocacy, asanders@greencentury.com, 773-272-6691 Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 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…
Read MoreBeach Plans? Hotel Plastics May Mar Your Vacation
Green Century° Files Shareholder Proposals Asking Major Hotels To Cut Plastic Contact Information: Douglass Guernsey, Shareholder Advocate, dguernsey@greencentury.com, 617-747-4447 Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 (Boston, MA) 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…
Read MoreApplied Materials* to Cut Carbon Emissions
Contact Information: Andrea Ranger, Shareholder Advocate, aranger@greencentury.com, 781-349-2813 Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 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…
Read MorePlastic Pollution is on the Naughty List: Toy Company Plastic Use Draws Scrutiny from Investors
Contact Information: Douglass Guernsey, Shareholder Advocate, dguernsey@greencentury.com, 617-747-4447 Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 (Boston, MA) Good news for families looking to shrink their environmental impact this holiday season. Green Century°, one of the first families of fossil fuel free mutual funds in the U.S., filed three shareholder resolutions asking toy companies Disney*, Hasbro* and…
Read MoreGreen Century Files Shareholder Proposal with Home Depot* to Protect Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge from Mining
Media Contacts: Annie Sanders, Director of Shareholder Advocacy, asanders@greencentury.com, 773-272-6691 Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 Boston, November 30, 2023 – Green Century Capital Management° has filed a shareholder proposal at The Home Depot asking the company to address risks associated with potential titanium mining along the eastern boundary of Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp. Headquartered in…
Read MoreCorning* Sets Ambitious Target to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Embraces Development of Climate Transition Plan
Contact Information: Andrea Ranger, Shareholder Advocate, aranger@greencentury.com, 781-349-2813  Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 Boston, November 21, 2023 – In 2020, Green Century° noticed that Corning Inc. did not have A greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) reduction target that were ambitious enough to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, a commitment signed in 2015 by…
Read MoreGreen Century Files Shareholder Proposals with Chemours and Sherwin-Williams* to Protect Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge from Mining
Media Contacts: Annie Sanders, Director of Shareholder Advocacy, asanders@greencentury.com, 773-272-6691; Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 Boston, November 9, 2023 – Green Century Capital Management° has filed shareholder proposals at The Chemours Company and Sherwin-Williams asking each company to address risks associated with potential titanium mining along the eastern boundary of Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp. Chemours,…
Read MoreDeere & Co Faces Shareholder Scrutiny on Right to Repair Stand
Media Contacts: Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 Douglass Guernsey, Shareholder Advocate, dguernsey@greencentury.com, (617) 482-0800 (Boston, October 11) The Green Century° Equity Fund has filed a shareholder resolution with Deere & Company* asking the company to issue a public report assessing the potential damage to the brand’s reputation from opposing Right to Repair legislation. Deere,…
Read MoreCostco Steps Up Efforts to Reduce Plastic in Response to Green Century Proposal
Contact Information:  Douglass Guernsey, Shareholder Advocate, dguernsey@greencentury.com, 617-747-4447 Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 (BOSTON, 10/10/23) – Green Century° reached a deal with Costco Wholesale* which committed to increased plastic footprint disclosures and a new 5-year plastic action plan.  “We commend Costco for providing the information that investors need and for taking steps…
Read MoreGoogle’s Chromebook Extension Is a Win in the Fight Against E-Waste
Media Contacts: Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@greencentury.com, 802-299-9495 Douglass Guernsey, Shareholder Advocate, dguernsey@greencentury.com, (617) 482-0800 (Boston, MA, 2023) – Following shareholder engagement by Green Century°, Alphabet* announced that it plans to extend software updates for Chromebooks for up to ten years starting in 2024, and that no existing Chromebooks will expire in the next two…
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