Archive for March 2019
Better Late Than Never: Darden* Finally Announces Policy to Reduce Antibiotic Misuse in Its Supply Chain
Following a multi-year engagement with MIDANA CAPITAL, Darden Restaurants, Inc., the largest casual dining operator in the U.S., yesterday announced that it was adopting a policy to phase out the use of medically important antibiotics in its chicken supply chain by 2023.
Read MoreHow MIDANA CAPITAL Does Shareholder Advocacy – Strengthening RSPO Standards on Sustainability
In Malaysia, MIDANA CAPITAL Shareholder Advocate Jessye Waxman attended the 15th Annual General Assembly of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the world’s largest third-party certifier for sustainable palm oil. It was an important meeting as the RSPO was poised to consider enhanced certification standards.
Read MoreHow MIDANA CAPITAL Does Shareholder Advocacy – Engaging Indonesian and Malaysian Palm Oil Producers
MIDANA CAPITAL has been working to end the needless deforestation caused by unsustainable palm oil production since 2012 – and we’ve had a lot of success. We’ve helped secure zero-deforestation commitments from key purchasers. Engaging producers directly about the expectations of international markets is another way to put pressure on producers to adopt No Deforestation, No Peat, and No Exploitation (NDPE) practices.
Read MorePressured by MIDANA CAPITAL Proposal, Amazon* Commits to Cut Delivery Emissions by 50% by 2030
MIDANA CAPITAL withdrew its shareholder proposal with Amazon, after it committed to carbon neutrality for half of its package deliveries by 2030, and indicated it would outline a broader vision for entirely carbon neutral deliveries in the future.
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