Information for PepsiCo Shareholders Regarding Trillium’s 2017 Shareholder Proposal
April 26, 2017 // Boston, MA – Trillium Asset Management and The Sustainability Group of Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge, have sent a letter to shareholders of PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) urging them to vote in favor of our shareholder proposal regarding Pesticide Pollution. The proposal appears as item #5 on the company’s 2017 proxy card.
Co-filers of the proposal include: Benedictine Sisters of Baltimore, Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica, Domini Impact Investments, and School Sisters of Notre Dame Cooperative Investment Fund.
The letter describes our rationale for requesting PepsiCo to report on options to protect public health and pollinators. In March 2017, United Nations experts reported on the negative consequences that pesticide practices have on human health and the environment.
Additionally, numerous reports linking pesticide use to declines in pollinator populations raise important concerns for companies and shareholders since pollinators contribute more than $24 billion to the U.S. economy. As a global food company, PepsiCo is remarkably silent on pesticides relative to peers.
Three-quarters of the U.S. population says it considers sustainability when making food purchasing decisions. PepsiCo has an opportunity to respond to consumer preferences and reduce risks in its supply chain by reporting on its pesticide practices.
Shareholders are requesting:
“the Board publicly report on company strategies and policy options to protect public health and pollinators through reduced pesticide usage in PepsiCo’s supply chain…”
You can read our letter by clicking here.
Contact: Caroline White, Communications Manager, Trillium Asset Management, cwhite@trilliuminvest.com
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