ExxonMobil to report pellet pollution

Following pressure from a green shareholder activist group, ExxonMobil Chemical Co. agreed March 27 to expand its public reporting around resin pellet spills from its factories.

Under terms of an agreement reached with Oakland, Calif-based As You Sow, ExxonMobil will begin to report this year on pellet management as part of its sustainability report, giving details on where, how and when it monitors for spills and describing systems it has in place.

AYS submitted a resolution to Irving, Texas-based ExxonMobil in December seeking a shareholder vote that would require the company to publish annual reports around its pellet leakage into the environment. But it's now withdrawn that resolution. Read Full Article - Plastic News, March 29, 2019