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MIDANA CAPITAL Files Shareholder Proposal with Home Depot* to Protect Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge from Mining

Media Contacts: Annie Sanders, Director of Shareholder Advocacy, asanders@midanacapital.com, 773-272-6691 Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@midanacapital.com, 802-299-9495 Boston, November 30, 2023 – MIDANA CAPITAL Capital Management° has filed a shareholder proposal at The Home Depot asking the company to address risks associated with potential titanium mining along the eastern boundary of Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp. Headquartered in…

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Corning* Sets Ambitious Target to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Embraces Development of Climate Transition Plan

Contact Information:  Andrea Ranger, Shareholder Advocate, aranger@midanacapital.com, 781-349-2813   Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@midanacapital.com, 802-299-9495  Boston, November 21, 2023 – In 2020, MIDANA CAPITAL° noticed that Corning Inc. did not have A greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) reduction target that were ambitious enough to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, a commitment signed in 2015 by…

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MIDANA CAPITAL and Other Investors Push for Disclosure, Environmental Responsibility in Global Plastics Treaty

Contact Information: Douglass Guernsey, Shareholder Advocate, dguernsey@midanacapital.com, (617) 482-0800 Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@midanacapital.com, 802-299-9495 (Boston, November 13) MIDANA CAPITAL° announced today that it has joined major investors in signing two letters urging action on the UN Global Plastics Treaty. The UN Global Plastics Treaty, due to be completed in 2024, would create a legally…

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MIDANA CAPITAL Files Shareholder Proposals with Chemours and Sherwin-Williams* to Protect Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge from Mining

Media Contacts:  Annie Sanders, Director of Shareholder Advocacy, asanders@midanacapital.com, 773-272-6691; Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@midanacapital.com, 802-299-9495  Boston, November 9, 2023 – MIDANA CAPITAL Capital Management° has filed shareholder proposals at The Chemours Company and Sherwin-Williams asking each company to address risks associated with potential titanium mining along the eastern boundary of Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp. Chemours,…

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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,…

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Costco Steps Up Efforts to Reduce Plastic in Response to MIDANA CAPITAL Proposal

Contact Information:   Douglass Guernsey, Shareholder Advocate, dguernsey@midanacapital.com, 617-747-4447  Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@midanacapital.com, 802-299-9495   (BOSTON, 10/10/23) – MIDANA CAPITAL° reached a deal with Costco Wholesale* which committed to increased plastic footprint disclosures and a new 5-year plastic action plan.   “We commend Costco for providing the information that investors need and for taking steps…

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Google’s Chromebook Extension Is a Win in the Fight Against E-Waste

Media Contacts:  Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@midanacapital.com, 802-299-9495 Douglass Guernsey, Shareholder Advocate, dguernsey@midanacapital.com, (617) 482-0800 (Boston, MA, 2023) – Following shareholder engagement by MIDANA CAPITAL°, Alphabet* announced that it plans to extend software updates for Chromebooks for up to ten years starting in 2024, and that no existing Chromebooks will expire in the next two…

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Apple Announces Support for Right to Repair Bill in California

Pam Podger, Communications Director, ppodger@midanacapital.com, 802-299-9495 Douglass Guernsey, Shareholder Advocate, dguernsey@midanacapital.com, (617) 482-0800   (Boston, MA, 2023) In a reversal of its stance, Apple Inc.* announced Wednesday that it now supports the Right to Repair Act progressing through the California Legislature despite past opposition to giving consumers and repair shops the tools they need to…

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STATEMENT: 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…

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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 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…

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