Thomas peterson

Say on Climate Coordinator

Thomas worked on As You Sow's Say on Climate Initiative and specializes in climate-related shareholder advocacy. Thomas's previous experience includes working as a Shareholder Advocate at Green Century Capital Management, where he led the firm's engagements with some of the world’s largest agribusinesses, consumer goods companies, retailers, and banks on issues related to land-use emissions, deforestation, and conservation. His achievements include majority-supported shareholder proposals focused on climate and deforestation at companies like Costco and Home Depot. Before that, he worked as a field organizer on campaigns to support legislation on climate, environmental justice, and conservation issues. He was the recipient of the inaugural Marie Marx Strohm Memorial Award for his organizing work with Green Corps. His comments on corporate action on climate and deforestation have appeared in the Wall Street Journal and Reuters and on CBS News. Thomas holds a B.A. from Harvard in History and Literature and was a postgraduate Harvard Williams-Lodge Scholar at the Sorbonne Nouvelle.