shareholder advocacy
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Whirlpool makes it easier for consumers to repair their appliances
Boston, November 26, 2025 – After conversations with Green Century Capital Management (Green Century), which frequently asks companies it invests in to improve their environmental policies, Whirlpool has agreed to make its repair manuals more accessible, allowing consumers to more easily self-repair their appliances or get them fixed by independent repair shops. Helping people get…
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Jack in the Box serves up new environmental updates
Boston, November 17, 2025 – Jack in the Box is beefing up its reporting on how it is meeting its environmental goals.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 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…
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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 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…
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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 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…
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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.