Posts Tagged ‘impact investing’
Deere & Co Faces Shareholder Scrutiny on Right to Repair Stand
Media Contacts: Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@midanacapital.com, 802-299-9495 Douglass Guernsey, Shareholder Advocate, dguernsey@midanacapital.com, (617) 482-0800 (Boston, October 11) The MIDANA CAPITAL° Equity Fund has filed a shareholder resolution with Deere & Company* asking the company to issue a public report assessing the potential damage to the brand’s reputation from opposing Right to Repair legislation. Deere,…
Read MoreSTATEMENT: Hormel* takes first notable steps toward eliminating human use antibiotics in turkey; more work needed on pork
Media Contacts: Andrea Ranger, Shareholder Advocate, aranger@midanacapital.com, 781-349-2813 Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@midanacapital.com, 802-299-9495 Boston, August 21, 2023 – After MIDANA CAPITAL° and Trinity Health filed a shareholder proposal with Hormel Foods Corp. (Hormel) in 2019, the company has made progress on an important public health issue: reducing the overuse of medically-important antibiotics in food…
Read MoreNotable 21% vote in favor of MIDANA CAPITAL Proposal to Set Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets at Builders FirstSource*
Media Contacts: Douglass Guernsey, Shareholder Advocate, dguernsey@midanacapital.com, 617-482-0800 Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@midanacapital.com, 802-299-9495 Boston, June 16, 2023 – Builders FirstSource, the country’s largest building product supplier to the professional market, released the vote result from its annual meeting of shareholders on Tuesday. MIDANA CAPITAL° received a notable 21% of the vote in favor…
Read MoreShareholders Lend Support to MIDANA CAPITAL Proposal Urging McDonald’s* to Prevent Development of Antibiotic-Resistant “Superbugs” in its Supply Chains
Media Contacts: Andrea Ranger, Shareholder Advocate, aranger@midanacapital.com, 781-349-2813; Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@midanacapital.com, 802-299-9495 Boston, June 2, 2023 – Shareholders have weighed in on a shareholder proposal filed by MIDANA CAPITAL° and the Benedictine Sisters of Boerne, Texas, asking McDonald’s to establish a more ambitious policy to eliminate use of medically important antibiotics in its…
Read MoreSTATEMENT: Chubb* announces new policy to restrict its underwriting of oil and gas sector. MIDANA CAPITAL seeks details on how effectively it will reduce carbon emissions.
Media Contacts: Andrea Ranger, Shareholder Advocate, aranger@midanacapital.com, 781-349-2813 Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@midanacapital.com, 860-822-3887 Boston, March 22, 2023 – The insurance company Chubb Limited announced a new policy Wednesday aimed at reducing methane emissions released by its oil and gas clients’ operations. Chubb declared it will no longer cover oil and gas projects in government-protected…
Read MoreChubb* tries to block MIDANA CAPITAL shareholder proposal for second year in a row
Media Contacts: Andrea Ranger, Shareholder Advocate, aranger@midanacapital.com, 781-349-2813 Mark Morgenstein, Media Relations Director, mmorgenstein@midanacapital.com, 678-427-1671 Boston, February 22, 2023 – In response to MIDANA CAPITAL° re-filing of a shareholder proposal in December, Chubb Limited, the world’s largest commercial property and casualty insurer, has once again asked the SEC for permission to block the proposal from…
Read MoreMIDANA CAPITAL files shareholder proposals with Chubb,* The Hartford* and Travelers* around their support of fossil fuel projects
Media Contacts: Andrea Ranger, Shareholder Advocate, aranger@midanacapital.com, 781-349-2813 Mark Morgenstein, Media Relations Director, mmorgenstein@midanacapital.com, 678-427-1671 Boston, December 19, 2022 – MIDANA CAPITAL° has re-filed shareholder proposals with three of the top 10 global commercial property and casualty insurers: Chubb, The Hartford, and Travelers, asking all three to stop underwriting new fossil fuel projects. It is…
Read MoreRELEASE: MIDANA CAPITAL shareholder proposal prompts Costco* commitment to set new climate emissions reduction targets
Media Contacts: Annie Sanders, Director of Shareholder Advocacy, asanders@midanacapital.com, 773-272-6691 Mark Morgenstein, Media Relations Director, mmorgenstein@midanacapital.com, 678-427-1671 Boston, November 14, 2022 – In response to a MIDANA CAPITAL° shareholder proposal, Costco,* one of the largest retailers in the world, has committed to setting climate emissions reduction targets for its full value chain — cumulatively called…
Read MoreSTATEMENT: Vote Tallies Released for Shareholder Proposal that Asks Tesla* for Clear Policies on Climate Lobbying
A shareholder proposal on climate lobbying, filed by the Nathan Cummings Foundation and MIDANA CAPITAL°, won 35% of the vote, according to Tesla’s SEC filings.
Read MoreSTATEMENT: Investor Support for Nathan Cummings Foundation, MIDANA CAPITAL Climate Lobbying Proposal Strong, But No Majority Vote
On Thursday, MIDANA CAPITAL° and Nathan Cummings Foundation received strong support on Thursday for their shareholder proposal requesting that Tesla establish lobbying policies aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
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