Tesla – Corporate Sustainability Reporting (2018)
WHEREAS: Managing and reporting on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) topics such as worker health and safety, resource usage, operational environmental impacts, and corporate governance policies helps companies compete in a business environment characterized by finite natural resources, changing legislation, and heightened public expectations for corporate accountability. Transparent, substantive reporting allows companies to gain strategic value from existing sustainability efforts and identify emerging risks and opportunities. Recent reports show workforce injury rates at Tesla’s Fremont, CA facility were significantly higher than industry average from 2014-2016. Proponents are concerned that this alarming trend could also lead to litigation, production disruptions, reputational …
Alkermes – Sustainability Report (2018)
RESOLVED Shareholders request Alkermes plc. issue an annual report describing the company’s policies, strategies, quantitative performance metrics, and improvement targets on material environmental, social, and governance (ESG) topics. This report should be prepared at reasonable cost and omit proprietary information. SUPPORTING STATEMENT Alkermes should consider the resources and recommendations made by the widely accepted Global Reporting Initiative, CDP, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, and the G20 Financial Stability Board’s Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures when identifying ESG topics to be included in this report. WHEREAS ESG issues can present significant risks and opportunities. Transparent, substantive reporting allows companies to publicize risk …
Minerals Technologies – Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction (2018)
Resolved: Shareholders request Minerals Technologies, Inc. (MTI) adopt time-bound, quantitative, company-wide, science-based targets for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions consistent with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, and report annually, at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information, on its plans and progress towards achieving these targets. Supporting Statement: The Paris Climate Agreement of 2015, agreed to by 195 countries, established a target to limit global temperature increases to 2-degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. To meet the 2-degree goal and mitigate the worst effects of climate change, climate scientists estimate it is necessary to reduce global emissions 55 percent by …
Middleby Corporation – Sustainability Report (2018)
RESOLVED Shareholders request The Middleby Corporation (Middleby) issue a report describing the company’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies, quantitative performance metrics, and improvement targets, including a discussion of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions management strategies and metrics. This report should be updated annually, be prepared at reasonable cost, and omit proprietary information. SUPPORTING STATEMENT Middleby should consider the resources and recommendations made by the widely accepted Global Reporting Initiative, CDP, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, and the Financial Stability Board’s Taskforce on Climate related Financial Disclosures when identifying ESG topics to be included in this report. Proponents believe significant ESG issue …
Tractor Supply Company – Pesticides and Pollinator Decline (2018)
Tractor Supply states in its 2016 Corporate Stewardship Report that it “not only invests in initiatives to reduce its own environmental footprint, but also promotes sustainable living to its customers.” Tractor Supply currently sells products containing neonicotinoids (“neonics”), a class of systemic pesticide linked to dangerous declines in pollinators and other beneficial organisms, and negative impacts to land and water (International Union for Conservation of Nature; United States Geological Survey). Multi-year double digit declines in pollinators in the United States and Europe pose significant risks to our food systems. “Bee-pollinated commodities account for $20 billion in annual United States agricultural …
Verizon – Greenhouse Gas Emissions (2018)
RESOLVED: The shareholders ask the Board of Directors of Verizon Communications, Inc. (the “Company”) to prepare a report to shareholders that evaluates the feasibility of the Company achieving by 2030 “net-zero” emissions of greenhouse gases from parts of the business directly owned and operated by the Company, as well as the feasibility of reducing other emissions associated with Company activities. The report should be done at reasonable expense and may exclude confidential information. SUPPORTING STATEMENT In 2015, 196 parties at the U.N. Climate Change Conference agreed to limit climate change to an average global warming of 2 degrees Celsius above …
Cambrex Corporation – Corporate Sustainability Report (2018)
RESOLVED Shareholders request Cambrex Corporation issue an annual report describing the company’s policies, strategies, performance, and improvement targets on material environmental, social, and governance (ESG) topics. This report should be prepared at reasonable cost and omit proprietary information. SUPPORTING STATEMENT Cambrex should consider the resources and recommendations made by the widely accepted Global Reporting Initiative, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, and the Financial Stability Board’s Taskforce on Climate Related Financial Disclosures when identifying ESG topics to be included in this report. WHEREAS Tracking and reporting on ESG practices strengthens a company’s ability to compete and adapt in today’s global business environment, …
EOG Resources, Inc. – Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Targets (2018)
Resolved: Shareholders request EOG Resources, Inc. (EOG) adopt company-wide, quantitative, time-bound targets for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and issue a report, at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information, discussing its plans and progress towards achieving these targets. Whereas: The Paris Climate Agreement of 2015, agreed to by 195 countries, established a target to limit global temperature increases to 2-degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. To meet the 2-degree goal and mitigate the most severe impacts of climate change, climate scientists estimate it is necessary to reduce global emissions 55 percent by 2050 (relative to 2010 levels), entailing a US reduction …
Illinois Tool Works – Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Targets (2018)
Resolved: Shareholders request Illinois Tool Works, Inc. (ITW) adopt time-bound, quantitative, company-wide, science-based targets for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, consistent with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, and report annually, at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information, on its plans and progress towards achieving these targets. Supporting Statement: The Paris Climate Agreement of 2015, agreed to by 195 countries, established a target to limit global temperature increases to 2-degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. To meet the 2-degree goal and mitigate the worst effects of climate change, climate scientists estimate it is necessary to reduce global emissions 55 percent …
J.B. Hunt – Greenhouse Gas Emissions (2018)
Resolved: Shareholders request J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT) adopt company-wide, quantitative, science-based targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its vehicle fleet and operations and issue a report, at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information, discussing its plans and progress towards achieving these targets. Whereas: The Paris Climate Agreement of 2015 that was agreed to by 195 countries established a target to limit global temperature increases to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Motivated by the imperative to achieve this limited warming scenario, over 300 businesses have committed to set GHG emissions reduction targets consistent with this global goal. …
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