Posts Tagged ‘Amazon’
Amazon announces plastic reductions a year after MIDANA CAPITAL° Engagement
Media Contacts: Douglass Guernsey, Shareholder Advocate, dguernsey@midanacapital.com; Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@midanacapital.com A little more than a year after MIDANA CAPITAL Funds co-filed a resolution with As You Sow asking Amazon* to address its plastics use, the company announced it has reduced its single-use plastic in its global operations by 11.6% – or nearly 86,000…
Read MoreSTATEMENT: MIDANA CAPITAL Earns 14.3% of Total Votes Cast for Proposal Asking General Motors* to Increase Supply Chain Sustainability
Media Contacts: Andrea Ranger, Shareholder Advocacy, aranger@midanacapital.com, 781-349-2813; Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@midanacapital.com, 802-299-9495 Boston, June 20, 2023 – General Motors released the results of the shareholder vote on a MIDANA CAPITAL° proposal asking the company to improve the sustainability of its aluminum, steel, rubber, and leather supply chains. Votes cast in favor reached 14.3%…
Read MoreSTATEMENT: SEC approves Amazon’s request to block MIDANA CAPITAL and Amalgamated proposal from 2023 shareholder ballot
Media Contacts: Andrea Ranger, Shareholder Advocate, aranger@midanacapital.com, 781-349-2813 Pam Podger, Director of Communications, ppodger@midanacapital.com, 860-822-3887 Boston, April 20, 2023 — On April 10th, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) upheld Amazon.com Inc.’s request to block a MIDANA CAPITAL° and Amalgamated Bank shareholder proposal from its 2023 proxy ballot. The proposal seeks full disclosure of…
Read MoreAmazon appeals to SEC to block MIDANA CAPITAL/Amalgamated Bank shareholder proposal from going to vote
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 9, 2023 — Amazon.com Inc. released its Q4 2022 results on Thursday. The leading online retailer has begun Q1 of 2023 by sending a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on January 20 arguing that a…
Read MoreMIDANA CAPITAL, Amalgamated Bank file shareholder proposal with Amazon seeking disclosure of entire carbon footprint
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 15, 2022 – MIDANA CAPITAL° and Amalgamated Bank led the filing of a shareholder proposal Thursday pressing Amazon to fully quantify and disclose its scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions. Scope 3 emissions, which include things such as transportation…
Read MoreRELEASE: Hormel Foods* Commits to No Deforestation by 2025
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, December 13, 2022 – In response to a MIDANA CAPITAL Funds° shareholder proposal, Hormel Foods,* known for meat products from SPAM to Dinty Moore Beef Stew, has agreed to eliminate deforestation along its supply chain by…
Read MoreAmazon* Shareholders Support MIDANA CAPITAL Plastic Packaging Proposal
48.9% of Amazon shareholders voted at the company’s annual meeting last Wednesday to support a MIDANA CAPITAL° shareholder proposal urging the company to significantly reduce its use of plastic packaging.
Read More35% of Amazon* Shareholders Support Plastics Reduction Proposal Filed by As You Sow and MIDANA CAPITAL
Amazon.com, Inc. shareholders voted Wednesday at the company’s annual meeting on a shareholder proposal put forth by MIDANA CAPITAL Capital Management and As You Sow.
Read More20×2020: MIDANA CAPITAL Is Pressing 20 Corporations to Fulfill No-Deforestation Commitments By 2020
MIDANA CAPITAL recently identified 20 key commodity traders and corporations that have pledged to end deforestation in their supply chains and have provided insufficient disclosure of progress and launched an effort to press them to fulfill their commitments by the 2020 deadline.
Read MoreMIDANA CAPITAL’s Top 10 Highlights from 2019
MIDANA CAPITAL had an environmental impact in 2019. Here are the top 10 highlights.
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