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  • STATEMENT: Chubb Investors Cast 28% of Votes in Favor of Climate Proposal

    Boston, May 17, 2024  – Chubb investors cast 28% of votes in favor of a shareholder proposal filed by Green Century and the As You Sow Foundation Fund asking the company to disclose climate emissions associated with its insurance and investment activities. For the past two years, Chubb has fought similar resolutions that also sought…

  • Shareholders Call on Amazon to Disclose Emissions from All Products Sold

    BOSTON, May 16, 2024— On May 22, Amazon shareholders will vote on a proposal, filed by Amalgamated Bank and Green Century, with shareholder representative As You Sow, calling on the company to disclose indirect emissions, known as Scope 3 emissions, from products it sells. Last year, Amazon blocked a similar proposal, preventing shareholders from understanding…

  • VF Corporation to address microfiber pollution after Green Century and As You Sow engagement

    BOSTON — VF Corporation, the parent company of The North Face®, Vans®, and Timberland® brands, will take steps to further address microfiber pollution from its clothes after engagement with Green Century° and As You Sow. The company has joined the “The Microfibre Consortium” at the enterprise level where it will collaborate with industry leaders to…

  • Ford Shareholders to Consider Green Century Proposal

    Media Contacts: Andrea Ranger, [email protected], 781-349-2813 Pam Podger, [email protected], 802-299-9495 Boston, May 7, 2024 – Shareholders prepare to vote on a Green Century proposal at Ford’s May 9 annual general meeting. The proposal asks Ford to disclose deforestation risk associated with the leather, rubber, and minerals it buys, and encourages the company to support efforts…

  • STATEMENT: 31% of IBM Shareholders Support Green Century Climate Proposal

    Media Contacts:  Andrea Ranger, [email protected], 781-349-2813  Pam Podger, [email protected], 802-299-9495  Boston, May 5, 2024 – Green Century received 31% of votes in favor of its resolution with IBM asking the company to set comprehensive climate emissions reduction targets.  IBM has a goal to achieve net-zero emissions by 2030, inclusive of emissions attributable to its direct…

  • STATEMENT: Shareholders Have Their Say on Biodiversity at PepsiCo

    Boston, May 2, 2024 – Green Century Capital Management presented its proposal for biodiversity and nature reporting at PepsiCo’s annual general meeting on May 1.  In response, approximately 18% of company shareholders voted in favor, bucking a strong push by PepsiCo management against the initiative. “We’re gratified that a significant number of PepsiCo shareholders stood…

  • Will Shareholders Support Nature Disclosure at PepsiCo?

    Boston, April 30, 2024 – Shareholders will have their say on Green Century’s shareholder proposal asking PepsiCo to assess and report its impacts on nature & biodiversity at its May 1 annual general meeting. PepsiCo touts itself as an environmentally responsible company, but it does not publish a comprehensive report on its nature-related dependencies, impacts, opportunities,…

  • What Will the Shareholder Vote at IBM Reveal?

    Boston, April 29, 2024 – Shareholders will cast a vote on Green Century’s  shareholder proposal asking IBM to set a stronger greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction target at its April 30 annual general meeting.  Though IBM has committed to reducing a percentage of its overall climate emissions, it has refused to set a target that…

  • Bunge to Strengthen No-Deforestation Efforts in the Amazon, Cerrado

    Boston, April 29, 2024 – Bunge Global SA, a leading global agribusiness company, has agreed to report on deforestation and conversion risks in its supply chain and take immediate corrective action to protect tropical ecosystems. The commitment came in response to a shareholder proposal from six investors – Green Century, AXA Investment Managers, Nordea Asset…

  • New study from ADM leads to protections for wild lands in South America

    Boston, April 22, 2024 – Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM), one of the largest agricultural companies in the world, has released a study that informed a new policy to enhance protections for South American ecosystems key to global biodiversity and the fight against climate change. ADM’s new policy will eliminate primary native vegetation conversion, or the repurposing…

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