shareholder advocacy
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]