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Kroger-Recyclable-Packaging-Proposal-2018

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareowners of Kroger request that the board of directors issue a report, at reasonable cost, omitting confidential information, assessing the environmental impacts of continuing to use unrecyclable brand packaging.

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Kroger-Renewable-Energy-Goals-Proposal-2018

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request Kroger produce a report, with board oversight, assessing the climate change risk reduction benefits of adopting quantitative, time-bound, enterprise-wide targets for increasing its renewable energy sourcing. The report should be … MORE >

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Kroger-Renewable-Energy-Goals-2017

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request Kroger produce a report assessing the climate change risk reduction benefits of adopting quantitative, enterprise-wide targets for increasing its renewable energy sourcing. The report should be produced at reasonable cost … MORE >

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Kroger-Recyclable-Packaging-Goals-2017

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareowners of Kroger request that the board of directors issue a report, at reasonable cost, omitting confidential information, assessing the environmental impacts of continuing to use unrecyclable brand packaging.

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Kroger – Energy – 2016

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that Kroger produce a report, by year end 2016, assessing the climate benefits and feasibility of adopting enterprise-wide, quantitative, time bound targets for increasing Kroger’s renewable energy sourcing. The report should be produced … MORE >

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Kroger – Waste – 2016

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareowners of Kroger request that the board of directors issue a report, at reasonable cost, omitting confidential information, assessing the environmental impacts of continuing to use unrecyclable brand packaging.

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Kroger – Consumer Packaging – 2015

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareowners of Kroger request that the board of directors issue a report, at reasonable cost, omitting confidential information, assessing the environmental impacts of continuing to use unrecyclable brand packaging.

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Kroger – Consumer Packaging – 2014

Shareowners of Kroger request that the board of directors issue a report, at reasonable cost and omitting confidential information, developing a policy position on the company’s responsibility for post-consumer product packaging recycling of its private … MORE >

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Kroger – Consumer Packaging – 2013

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 is discarded in landfills or burned … MORE >

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Kroger – Consumer Packaging – 2012

Shareowners of The Kroger Co. request that the board of directors issue a report at
reasonable cost, omitting confidential information, by Sept. 1, 2012 assessing the
feasibility of adopting a policy of Extended Producer Responsibility for post‐consumer
product packaging as a means of reducing carbon emissions and air and water pollution
resulting from the company’s business practices, and describing efforts by the company to
implement this strategy. MORE >

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Taco Bell, Other Fast Food Chains Ditch BPA Laced Paper Receipts

TRIPLE PUNDIT – While the long term human health impacts of bisphenol A (BPA) are still not entirely understood, more medical research suggests that the chemical wreaks havoc with humans’ endocrine and nervous systems. Nevertheless, … MORE >

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RELEASE: $11.4 Billion in Recyclable Materials Landfilled Every Year, New Report Finds

As You Sow Press Release

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Kroger

Kroger is the largest traditional grocery chain in the U.S. and second largest general retailer by revenue, operating more than 3,500 stores with revenues exceeding $90 billion. In 2014, As You Sow filed a shareholder … MORE >

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Good News for Your Endocrine System

GOOD MAGAZINE – May 17, 2011 – While the long term human health impacts of bisphenol A (BPA) are still not entirely understood, more medical research suggests that the chemical wreaks havoc with humans’ endocrine … MORE >

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