Posts Tagged ‘SRI’
MIDANA CAPITAL Applauds Aramark* for Prompt Progress on Deforestation
MIDANA CAPITAL commends Aramark, one of the world’s largest food service providers, for quickly making progress on its no-deforestation commitment.
Read MoreCompany Spotlight: WSP Global, Inc.*
Buildings and construction account for almost 40% of global energy- and process-related carbon dioxide emissions, so how we build has a big impact on the environment. Thankfully, the Canadian-based WSP Global, Inc., a holding in the MIDANA CAPITAL MSCI Index International Fund, is engineering sustainable solutions to make buildings greener and cleaner. WSP’s renovation of…
Read MoreHormel Foods* Reverses Opposition to California Animal Welfare Law, Following MIDANA CAPITAL Engagement
MIDANA CAPITAL has successfully engaged Hormel Foods to improve its animal welfare practices.
Read MoreTyson Foods’* New Deforestation Policy Is Substandard
Tyson Foods’ new Forest Protection Standard fails to meet investors’ expectations or eliminate the company’s exposure to deforestation.
Read MoreCostco* Communicates Conservation and Climate Commitments
MIDANA CAPITAL has withdrawn a shareholder resolution with Costco Wholesale Corporation, the second largest retailer in the world, after the company published both a Forest Conservation Commitment and a Climate Action Plan.
Read MoreSTATEMENT: P&G Shareholders Resoundingly Support Deforestation Shareholder Proposal
Procter & Gamble (P&G) shareholders overwhelming voted in support of a MIDANA CAPITAL shareholder resolution, calling on the company to eliminate deforestation and forest degradation in its supply chain.
Read MoreMIDANA CAPITAL-led Coalition of Investors Warn Indonesia Legislation Threatens Tropical Forests
This week, MIDANA CAPITAL° released a letter, signed by 36 global investors, representing more than $4.1 trillion in assets under management, in opposition to a bill that would roll back the environmental protections that have helped stem deforestation across Indonesia.
Read MoreMIDANA CAPITAL Opposes U.S. Department of Labor’s Proposed Rule Limiting Proxy Voting by Retirement Plan Fiduciaries on ESG issues
MIDANA CAPITAL° strongly opposes the recently proposed U.S. Department of Labor rule aimed at suppressing proxy voting, especially on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues.
Read MoreExxon* Exposed: Oil and Gas Companies Continue to Lobby Against Climate Action
Even as oil and gas companies roll out slick new public marketing campaigns about their various “green” initiatives, behind the scenes they continue to spend millions of dollars lobbying against measures to combat climate change.
Read MoreBlackRock* and Other Large Asset Managers Aid and Abet Deforestation
A new Friends of the Earth report exposes the complicity of BlackRock, Vanguard,* and State Street* in global deforestation.
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