Posts in Circular Economy
Altria Group Inc: Producer Responsibility for Cigarette Butts

BE IT RESOLVED:  Shareholders request the Altria Board issue a public report, at reasonable expense and excluding proprietary information, assessing the benefits to the Company of extended producer responsibility laws for spent tobacco filters for tobacco companies operating in the U.S. market.

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Westlake Chemical Corp: Petrochemical Risks from Single-Use Plastics

BE IT RESOLVED: With board oversight, shareholders request that Westlake Chemical prepare a report, at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information, describing how the Company could shift its plastic resin business model from virgin to recycled polymer production as a means of reducing plastic pollution of the oceans.

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Dow Inc: Petrochemical Risks from Single Use Plastics

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that the Board issue an audited report addressing whether and how a significant reduction in virgin plastic demand, as set forth in Breaking the Plastic Wave’s System Change Scenario to reduce plastic pollution, would affect the Dow’s financial position and assumptions underlying its financial statements. The report should be at reasonable cost and omit proprietary information.

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Restaurant Brands International Inc: Sustainable Packaging Policies for Plastics

BE IT RESOLVED:  Shareholders request that the RBI Board issue a report, at reasonable expense and excluding proprietary information, describing how the Company could reduce its plastics use in alignment with the one-third reduction findings of the Pew Report, or other authoritative sources, to reduce its contribution to ocean plastics pollution.  

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The Kroger Co: Sustainable Packaging Policies for Plastics

BE IT RESOLVED:  Shareholders request that the Kroger Board issue a report, at reasonable expense and excluding proprietary information, describing how the Company could reduce its plastics use in alignment with the one-third reduction findings of the Pew Report, or other authoritative sources, to reduce its contribution to ocean plastics pollution.  

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Westlake Chemical Corp: Petrochemical Risks from Single-Use Plastics

BE IT RESOLVED:  With board oversight, shareholders request that Westlake Chemical prepare a report, at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information, describing how the Company could shift its plastic resin business model from virgin to recycled polymer production as a means of reducing plastic pollution of the oceans.

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Amazon.com Inc: Sustainable Packaging Policies for Plastics

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request the Amazon Board issue a report, at reasonable expense and excluding proprietary information, describing how the Company could reduce its plastics use in alignment with the one-third reduction findings of the Pew Report, or other authoritative sources, to significantly reduce ocean plastic pollution.

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YUM! Brands Inc: Transition to Reusable Packaging

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that the YUM! Brands Board issue a report, at reasonable expense and excluding proprietary information, describing how the Company will reduce its plastics use by shifting away from single-use packaging in alignment with the findings of the Pew Report, or other authoritative sources, to feasibly reduce ocean pollution.

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ExxonMobil Corp: Petrochemical Risks: Single-Use Plastics

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request the Board issue an audited report addressing, at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information, whether and how a significant reduction in virgin plastic demand, as set forth in Breaking the Plastic Wave’s System Change Scenario for reducing ocean plastic pollution, would affect the Company’s financial position and assumptions underlying its financial statements.

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Chevron Corp: Petrochemical Risks: Single-Use Plastics

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that Chevron issue an audited report addressing whether and how a significant reduction in virgin plastic demand, as set forth in Breaking the Plastic Wave’s System Change Scenario to reduce ocean plastic pollution, would affect the Company’s financial position and assumptions underlying its financial statements. The report should be at reasonable cost and omit proprietary information.

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Phillips 66: Petrochemical Risks: Single-Use Plastics

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that Philips 66 issue an audited report addressing whether and how a significant reduction in virgin plastic demand, as set forth in Breaking the Plastic Wave’s System Change Scenario to reduce ocean plastic pollution, would affect the Company’s financial position and the assumptions underlying its financial statements. The report should be at reasonable cost and omit proprietary information.

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Dow Inc: Petrochemical Risks: Single-Use Plastics

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that Dow’s Board issue an audited report addressing whether and how a significant reduction in virgin plastic demand, as set forth in Breaking the Plastic Wave’s System Change Scenario to reduce ocean plastic pollution, would affect the Company’s financial position and assumptions underlying its financial statements. The report should be at reasonable cost and omit proprietary information.

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The Kroger Co: Sustainable Packaging Policies for Plastics

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that the Kroger Board issue a report, at reasonable expense and excluding proprietary information, describing how the company could reduce its plastics use in alignment with the 1/3 reduction findings of the Pew Report, or other authoritative sources, to reduce its contribution to ocean plastics pollution.

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Restaurant Brands International: Sustainable Packaging Policies for Plastics

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that the RBI Board issue a report, at reasonable expense and excluding proprietary information, describing how the company could reduce its plastics use in alignment with the 1/3 reduction findings of the Pew Report, or other authoritative sources, to successfully reduce the majority of ocean plastics pollution.

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