EPA Releases Plan for Restricting Mine Waste Disposal in Alaska’s Bristol Bay Watershed
Alaska Native Tribes, Jewelers, Investors and Conservation Groups Applaud EPA for Next Major Step in Protecting the World’s Largest Wild Salmon Fishery from Pebble Mine July 18, 2014 // Washington, D.C.: An unusual group of Alaska Native leaders, commercial fishermen, investors, jewelers and conservation organizations applauded the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) release today of its Proposed Determination – a detailed plan for restricting mine waste disposal from the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed. The EPA has authority under Section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act to restrict mine waste disposal that will harm important fisheries. Alaska’s Bristol …
Investor Statement on EPA’s Review of Proposed Pebble Mine
March 7, 2014: Investors, concerned with the devastating impact a large scale mining operation would have on the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, welcomed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s recent announcement that it will initiate a Clean Water Act 404(c) review process for the proposed project. Bristol Bay is the home of the largest wild sockeye salmon fishery in the world, which is sustainably managed and central to the life of the Alaska Natives in the region. Protecting this national resource is important for the economy, sound resource development and the finances of companies that sell salmon. We believe that …
EPA Moves to Protect Bristol Bay Fishery from Pebble Mine
FEBRUARY 28, 2014 // WASHINGTON, DC: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is initiating a process under the Clean Water Act to identify appropriate options to protect the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery in Bristol Bay, Alaska from the potentially destructive impacts of the proposed Pebble Mine. The Pebble Mine has the potential to be one of the largest open pit copper mines ever developed and could threaten a salmon resource rare in its quality and productivity. During this process, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers cannot approve a permit for the mine. This action, requested by EPA Administrator Gina …
Investors Urge President Obama and EPA Administrator McCarthy to Take Steps to Protect Bristol Bay Region of Alaska
On February 24, 2014, a coalition of concerned investors, lead by Trillium Asset Management and Calvert Investment Management, sent a letter to President Obama and U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Administrator McCarthy urging the EPA to initiate a Clean Water Act 404(c) process to provide long term protection for the Bristol Bay region of Alaska. In January 2014, the EPA released its final assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska which states that large scale mining such as the proposed Pebble Mine has “potential for significant effects on Alaska Native cultures” and “the significant loss …
Trillium Statement on the U.S. EPA’s Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska
January 16, 2014 – The following statements may be attributed to Jonas Kron, Trillium Asset Management’s Director of Shareholder Advocacy: Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska which states that large scale mining such as the proposed Pebble Mine has “potential for significant effects on Alaska Native cultures” and “the significant loss of Chinook salmon populations” which “would have severe consequences…” Trillium commends the EPA for producing a rigorous, science-based assessment and believes now is the time for the EPA to initiate a Clean Water Act 404(c) …
Trillium Signs Open Letter to U.S. EPA Calling for Moratorium on Neonicotinoids to Protect Honey Bee Population
On December 2, 2013, Trillium Asset Management was one of over 60 organizations that joined CERES Trust, Center for Food Safety, Pesticide Action Network and Beyond Pesticides in signing an open letter to the U.S. EPA asking the Agency to impose an immediate moratorium on the use of neonicotinoids, a toxic pesticide that is believed to be a major contributing factor to the alarming decline in honey bees. The letter was published as a full page ad in the New York Times. Fifteen countries, not including the U.S., have imposed a two-year restriction on these specific pesticides. The EPA estimates that it …
Investors Ask EPA to Reconsider Emissions Standards for PVC Industry
Trillium Asset Management was one of seventeen investors, with a combined total of more than $9.8 billion assets under management, who recently wrote to Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency urging her to reconsider the final rules that will set national emission standards for the PVC industry. The letter states, in part: “As long term investors of diversified portfolios we believe strong and consistent protections of public health and welfare are essential to long term economic growth, and in turn the prospects of companies in our portfolios…In 2011 and in 2012 investors held informative dialogues with EPA …
Food Retailers Voice Support for EPA Review of Pebble Mine Risks
Pursuant to corporate engagements led by Trillium Asset Management, the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), which represents 26,000 retail food stores and $680 billion in annual revenue (three-quarters of US retail food store sales), announced its support for the EPA study currently underway to determine the suitability of large-scale development in Bristol Bay, including the Pebble Mine. “Since Bristol Bay is one of the world’s largest sustainable salmon fisheries, it plays an important role in the supply chains of a number of our wholesale and retail members,” said Erik Lieberman, FMI’s Regulatory Counsel, in a letter to the EPA. “Investors representing …
Largest Open Pit Mine in North America Cause for Investor Concerns– Investors Representing $170 Billion Urge EPA to Safeguard Alaska’s Bristol Bay
Trillium and Calvert-Led Investor Coalition Asks EPA for Clean Water Act (CWA) Review for Pebble Copper and Gold Mine, Sited for the Headwaters of the Bristol Bay Fishery Reserve. BOSTON///April 12, 2011///Nearly 30 investor organizations representing over $170 billion in assets are urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to initiate a review process under the Clean Water Act to evaluate the mine waste impacts of the proposed Pebble Mine on Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed, which produces roughly half of the world’s commercial supply of wild sockeye salmon. Led by Trillium Asset Management Corp. (Trillium) and Calvert Investments (Calvert), the …
Trillium Lobbies Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders in Support of Sustainability Reporting Proposal
Click here to read the press release. Boston, MA (April 27, 2009) Trillium Asset Management Corporation (“Trillium”) is joining two nonprofit advocacy organizations, the International Labor Rights Forum and the International Rivers Network, in calling on fellow Berkshire Hathaway investors to back a proposal on the agenda for the company’s upcoming May 2, 2009 annual meeting which requests that Berkshire prepare a Sustainability Report on its performance on environmental and social issues. Boston-based Trillium today released a letter filed last week with the Securities and Exchange Commission and sent to Berkshire’s nearly 2,000 institutional shareholders, who own more than …
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