“‘The trend recently has been high-profile companies pulling back on their [plastic packaging] commitments at a time when we think they should be charging forward,’ says Conrad MacKerron, senior vice-president of shareholder advocacy group As You Sow, whose 2024 Plastic Promises Scorecard ranked 225 large companies on their plastic commitments and found only 22 of 147 with recyclability targets on track." Read More →

"‘The company did not directly tell us that it would be abandoning its pesticide reduction commitments or disclosures. Rather, the company quietly removed this information and data from its website,’ Cailin Dendas, senior coordinator for environmental health at As You Sow, told Ingredients Network.”  Read More →

“‘By rescinding this rule, the S.E.C. is turning its back on the investors it exists to protect,’ Andrew Behar, the chief executive of As You Sow, an environmental advocacy group, said in a statement. “This action treats the material financial risk of climate change that harms every American as nothing more than fulfillment of a campaign promise to the fossil fuel industry.’” Read More →

"‘It feels like a time where companies really need to step up, and we're seeing them turn their backs,’ said Cailin Dendas, Environmental Health Coordinator at As You Sow and lead author of the [Pesticides in the Pantry] report.”  Read More →