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  • Director of Shareholder Advocacy Heads to São Paulo, Brazil

    In São Paulo this week, Green Century Capital Management’s Director of Shareholder Advocacy, Annie Sanders, will explore innovative ways to protect the Amazon rainforest, accelerate the transition to a green economy and invest in nature.    She will be attending the annual “PRI in Person” conference organized by the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Investment, taking…

  • Taking the floor at Under Armour’s annual meeting

    At a time when we tend to look at our screens more than into other people’s eyes, shareholder advocacy is a reminder of the power of building relationships face to face. I was recently reminded of this power when I attended the annual general meeting of a top sportswear brand, Under Armour. As investors, shareholder…

  • Green Century’s Impact at New York Climate Week

    With deforestation causing 12-20% of global climate emissions, forest protection was a key focus for Green Century Capital Management (Green Century) at New York Climate Week 2025, a major annual event that brings together global leaders to accelerate climate action. At this year’s event, we built on our decades-long leadership on forest protection by engaging…

  • STATEMENT: AIG unveils roadmap for emissions reduction 

    Boston, September 26, 2025 – American International Group (AIG), a leading global insurer, published a climate transition plan this summer outlining how it will address climate-related risks across its operations, underwriting and investments. AIG announced that it would create the plan in 2024 following discussions on a related shareholder proposal by Green Century Capital Management (Green…

  • Climate transition plans can help power our grid

    The sounds of late summer are no longer only the chirping of crickets or crashing of waves but also the rattling of air conditioning. With the National Weather Service’s recent forecast of higher-than-average temperatures through October, global warming will likely lead to global cooling inside the home. Soaring temperatures are just one of the factors…

  • 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.

  • 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 it’s all but impossible. Single-use plastics are everywhere. Why is that a problem and what can be done about it? 1. What is the problem…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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 company, and if so, to take corrective action. The move came in response to a shareholder proposal from Green Century, which withdrew the proposal in…

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