‘As You Talk’: How Value-Based Banking Can Help Fight the Climate Crisis

Danielle Fugere, president of As You Sow and Ivan Frishberg, director of Impact Policy at Amalgamated Bank discuss the important role banks have in addressing the climate crisis.

Corporations, environmental healthAs You TalkJune 28, 2021glyphosate, Pesticides

Bayer’s Roundup Is an Example of Fatally Underestimated Risk

In yet another blow to German chemical giant Bayer, a U.S. court recently dismissed the company’s proposed $2 billion settlement as unconscionable in seeking to prevent future legal claims from cancer victims exposed to Roundup.

Corporations, environmental healthChristy SpeesJune 10, 2021glyphosate, Pesticides, christy-spees

Kellogg’s Is Getting Glyphosate Out of Wheat and Oats. Will Other Companies Follow Suit?

Earlier this year, Kellogg’s quietly announced that, by 2025, it will phase out pre-harvest use of glyphosate in its major wheat and oat supply chains. This important action comes after the company’s products appeared in several reports finding glyphosate residues in nearly every sampled popular breakfast foods.

environmental healthChristy SpeesJune 24, 2020Pesticides, glyphosate, christy-spees

Is Cheerios Really Saving Bees, or Is It Just PR Buzz?

At the beginning of the modern, health-conscious age, cereal giant General Mills faced a big problem. Traditional snacks and cereals were still profitable but were no longer growing in sales, as consumers of all kinds began to prefer healthier, more authentic food.