shareholder advocacy
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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…
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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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STATEMENT: AGCO Announces Plan for Climate Roadmap
Boston, April 19, 2024 – AGCO Corporation committed to developing its first climate roadmap, also known as a climate transition plan, after Green Century filed a shareholder proposal with the company in late 2023. Companies across industries are increasingly adopting climate transition plans to show how they will reduce their contributions to climate change by…
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STATEMENT: 3M to Publish Climate Plan by End of 2025
Boston, April 15, 2024 – Following a shareholder proposal filed by Green Century, 3M Company agreed to publish its first climate transition plan to provide a roadmap and key milestones for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from its operations by 50% by 2030. 3M’s climate transition plan will give investors and stakeholders insight into the company’s…
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Warner Bros. Discovery to Enhance Climate Reporting
Boston, March 28, 2024 – In response to a Green Century shareholder proposal, Warner Bros. Discovery has agreed to provide new information on its contribution to climate-changing emissions. By the end of this year, the company will report on a sweeping array of efforts to cut its climate footprint. These include reporting on its direct…
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Chemours, Major Retailers Reject Proposal to Permanently Protect Okefenokee
Boston, March 27, 2024 – The Securities and Exchange Commission has ruled that shareholder proposals seeking protections for the Okefenokee swamp from a titanium mine can be excluded from voting at the 2024 annual meetings of The Chemours Company, Sherwin-Williams and Home Depot. The proposals were filed by Green Century, an environmentally responsible mutual fund,…
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Kellanova to Report Biodiversity and Nature Impacts
Boston, March 21, 2024 – Kellanova, the international snack and convenience foods company formerly known as Kellogg, has become one of the first U.S. food companies to commit to conducting a comprehensive assessment of its impacts on the natural world. The industry-leading move came in response to a shareholder resolution filed by Green Century Capital…
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Lowe’s to Increase Disclosure of Climate Emissions Data
Boston, March 14, 2024 – Is your gas-powered leaf blower contributing to wildfires in Colorado, flooding in California and other extreme weather? Lowe’s, the world’s second-largest home improvement retailer, signed a pledge this week to increase disclosure of climate emissions data for the products it sells in response to a shareholder proposal from Green Century,…
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STATEMENT: Green Century reacts to SEC’s final climate risk disclosure rule
Boston, March 6, 2024 – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently finalized its long-awaited Climate-Related Disclosure rule. Originally proposed two years ago, the rule was crafted in response to investor demand for consistent and comprehensive information about climate-related risks and acknowledgment by federal regulators of such risks to the financial system. “It’s a step…