WHEREAS
Product packaging is a significant consumer of natural resources and energy, and a major source of waste and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.   More than half of U.S. product packaging –37 million tons – is discarded in landfills or burned rather than recycled.
Packaging comprises nearly one-third of all U.S. landfill waste.  Nestle Waters North America says [...]

WHEREAS
Our company is one of the four largest coffee companies in the world. It provides industry leadership through its Folgers brand not only in consumer expectations, but also with regard to pricing.
The coffee business is critically important for our company by providing approximately 40% of our company’s revenue. It is equally important to the well-being [...]

RESOLVED
Shareholders request that by April 2012, the Board of Directors provide a report to shareholders (at reasonable cost and excluding confidential and proprietary information) on how Sysco is assessing water risk to its agricultural supply chain and action it intends to take to mitigate the impact on long-term shareholder value.
SUPPORTING STATEMENT
Water management is an emerging [...]

WHEREAS
Many investors are concerned about our company’s role as a Board member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce given a number of high profile as well as partisan positions by the trade association that may contradict our company policies and programs.
JP Morgan is a key part of the decision-making process that shapes the work of [...]

STRONG SUPPORT FROM CHEVRON SHAREHOLDERS FOR PROPOSAL TO STRENGTHEN DIRECTORS’ ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTISE
May 26, 2010, Houston – The proponents of a stockholder proposal at Chevron Corporation seeking greater board environmental expertise hailed the 27% in support it received, according to preliminary results released by the company.
“As a businessman and investor, I know how important it [...]

WHEREAS
The Internet has become a defining infrastructure of our economy and society; Internet Service Providers like Verizon forge rules that shape, enable and limit Internet use.
Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Chairman Genachowski recently noted that a free and open Internet is an “unprecedented platform for speech, democratic engagement, and a culture that prizes creative new ways [...]

RESOLVED
The shareholders of State Street (“Company”) hereby request that the Company provide a report, updated semi-annually, disclosing the Company’s:
1.    Policies and procedures for political contributions and expenditures (both direct and indirect) made with corporate funds.
2.    Monetary and non-monetary political contributions and expenditures not deductible under section 162 (e)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, including but [...]

WHEREAS
Questar does not explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (or gender expression) in its written employment policy;
Over 87% of the Fortune 500 companies have adopted written nondiscrimination policies prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, as have more than 97% of Fortune 100 companies, according to the Human Rights Campaign. [...]

RESOLVED
Shareholders request the Board of Directors to report to shareholders, within six months, on how the corporation ensures that it responsibly discloses its environmental impacts in all of the communities where it operates. The report should be prepared at reasonable cost; omit proprietary information; and go above and beyond existing legal obligations and legal compliance [...]

RESOLVED
Shareholders of Plum Creek Timber Company request the board of directors to adopt a policy that provides shareholders the opportunity at each annual shareholder meeting to vote on an advisory resolution, proposed by management, to ratify the compensation of the named executive officers (“NEOs”) set forth in the proxy statement’s Summary Compensation Table (the “SCT”) [...]