shareholder advocacy

  • Green Century Climate Proposal Earns Enough Support to Refile with Wolverine Worldwide

    Boston, May 7, 2025 – 16.3% of Wolverine Worldwide, Inc.* investors cast their votes Thursday in favor of a Green Century° shareholder proposal […]

  • Shareholders Vote on Biodiversity at PepsiCo

    Boston, May 07, 2025 – Shareholders sent a nature-positive message to PepsiCo on Wednesday in response to a shareholder proposal filed by Green Century Capital Management. The proposal asked the company to assess its impact on nature and the systemic risks posed to the company by those impacts on the world around us. “PepsiCo relies…

  • Green Century Proposal Calls for Timken to Strengthen Climate Goals

    Boston, May 2, 2025 – A Green Century° shareholder proposal urging The Timken Company* to adopt science-based targets to reduce its climate emissions received […]

  • Keurig Dr. Pepper to improve access to recyclability information

    Boston, May 2, 2025 — Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (KDP), the retailer of the leading single-serve coffee brewing system in the United States, has agreed to share more information about the recyclability of the plastic K-Cup pods used in its K-Cup brewing system. KDP made this commitment in response to a shareholder proposal from Green…

  • Green Century and Felician Sisters’ biodiversity proposal earns enough support to re-file at Chemours

    Boston, April 24, 2025 – 6.4% of the Chemours Company’s voting shareholders supported a resolution on Tuesday asking the company to adopt a policy to assess biodiversity impacts before mining in ecologically sensitive areas. Green Century, an environmentally responsible mutual fund, and the Felician Sisters of North America filed the proposal. “Chemours should more thoroughly…

  • Jack in the Box on Track with Animal Welfare Commitments

    Boston, April 18, 2025 – Fast food chain, Jack in the Box, which has more than 2,000 locations across the United States, successfully met its interim target to source 25% of its pork from pigs raised in so-called “open pen gestation environments” rather than gestation crates, at the end of 2024. This benchmark, up from…

  • Starbucks to Expand Disclosure on Reuse, Assess Plastic Recyclability Labels

    Boston, April 1, 2025 – Starbucks Corporation, the world’s largest coffee chain, has agreed to disclose more details on its transition to reusable cups and ensure the accuracy of its recycling labels. These commitments came in response to a shareholder proposal filed by Green Century, an environmentally responsible mutual fund, asking the company to address…

  • Coca-Cola Commits to Transparency on Reusable Packaging

    Boston, March 20, 2025 – Coca-Cola, the largest soft drink company in the world, has committed to disclosing its ongoing investments in reusable bottles and the outcomes of these efforts. The company took this action in response to a shareholder proposal from Green Century, an environmentally responsible mutual fund. Coca-Cola sells beverages in more than…

  • TD Bank to Improve Climate Risk Management

    Boston, March 11, 2025 – TD Bank Group, the second-largest Canadian banking company, has agreed to evaluate its net-zero climate emissions goal in governance reviews and clarify the climate expertise on its board. TD committed to these measures in exchange for Green Century, Investors for Paris Compliance, and Vancity Investment Management withdrawing a recently filed…

  • Bloomin’ Brands strengthens commitment to protect forests

    Boston, February 20, 2025 – Bloomin’ Brands, parent company of several of the largest U.S. restaurant chains, has agreed to strengthen its commitment to protect forests when sourcing ingredients for its 1,480 restaurants around the world. The move came after Green Century Capital Management filed a shareholder proposal asking the company to assess its impact…