shareholder advocacy
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Investors call on Under Armour to step up climate game at annual meeting
Boston, September 9, 2025 – Four months after Under Armour reneged on its 2021 pledge to “tackle climate change”, a Green Century shareholder proposal urged the sportswear company to do better.
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Plastics – What Can We Do?
This month has been dubbed Plastic Free July and you may have read articles this year about people trying to live without plastic for a week – and finding out that […]
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Conagra takes steps to better protect nature, biodiversity
Conagra Brands, the parent company of Orville Redenbacher’s, Duncan Hines, Slim Jim and other well-known food brands will assess whether it should replicate the nature and biodiversity protections it employs in forests in non-forest ecosystems such as the Cerrado in Brazil and Gran Chaco in Bolivia, Paraguay and northern Argentina.
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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 […]
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Global packaging giant Amcor to assess risks of recycled content claims
Boston, June 19, 2025 – Amcor, one of the largest plastic packaging companies in the world, has agreed to assess whether its recycled content claims create financial risks for the […]
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Green Century climate proposal pushes Columbia Sportswear for sustainability substance over style
Boston, June 11, 2025 – Columbia Sportswear’s* investors voted Thursday on a Green Century° shareholder proposal requesting that the company set climate emissions reduction targets.
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Green Century climate proposal receives 13.9% of votes cast at General Motors annual meeting
Boston, June 6, 2025 – 13.9% of General Motors Company (GM) shareholders voted Tuesday in support of Green Century’s resolution asking the company to reduce climate emissions from its supply […]
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Walmart shareholders call for less plastic, more truth in recycling
Boston, June 5, 2025 – 5.8% of Walmart shareholder votes were cast in favor of a Green Century proposal urging the company to assess how it can increase the scale, […]
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Shareholders ask Home Depot to do more to protect nature
A shareholder proposal co-filed by Green Century Capital Management called on Home Depot to conduct a full assessment of its impact on nature and on the risks the company faces from the increasing instability of the natural environment.
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Shareholders to Markel: Why is an insurance company conducting business that leads to claims, payouts?
Boston, May 23, 2025 – 14.8% of votes cast on Wednesday supported a Green Century° shareholder proposal asking […]