GENERAL MILLS, INC. | Report on sustainable packaging efforts at GENERAL MILLS, INC.

Status
Filed
AGM date
Resolution details
Company ticker
GIS
Lead filer
Green Century Capital Management, Inc.
Resolution ask
Report on or disclose
ESG theme
  • Environment
ESG sub-theme
  • Waste and pollution
Type of vote
Shareholder proposal
Filer type
Shareholder
Company sector
Consumer Staples
Company HQ country
United States
Resolved clause
Shareholders request that General Mills issue a report, at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary and privileged information, assessing if and how the Company plans to increase the scale, pace, and rigor of its sustainable packaging efforts, including by reducing the use of plastic packaging.
Whereas clause
The global economy spends $120 billion annually on plastic packaging1 but the total costs are much greater, especially for flexible plastic packaging, which accounts for the majority of General Mill’s plastic packaging. It has low recycling rates (less than 2% in the US2 ) and accounts for an outsized share3 of the estimated 11 million tons of plastic leakage into the ocean. 4 There is also growing concern of the risks that microplastics pose to human health, including cancers and reproductive disorders.

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