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DuPont – GMOs – 2011
Disclosure of material information is a fundamental principle of our capital markets. Investors, their confidence in corporate bookkeeping shaken, are starting to scrutinize other possible “off-balance sheet” liabilities, such as risks associated with activities harmful … MORE
Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Laboratories is the maker of Similac Isomil infant formula, which contains both GMO corn and soy products. Abbott’s Decision to Offer GMO-Free Baby Formula Applauded by As You Sow Following Three Years of Shareholder … MORE
DuPont – GMOs – 2013
Resolved that shareholders request the Board of Directors to review and report to shareholders by November 2013 on the company’s internal controls related to potential adverse impacts associated with genetically engineered organisms,including: Adequacy of current … MORE
Center for Food Safety
The Center for Food Safety (CFS) is a non-profit public interest and environmental advocacy membership organization that challenges harmful food production technologies and promotes sustainable alternatives.
DuPont
Chemical giant E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (commonly referred to as DuPont) is a major life science company involved in the production of genetically engineered seeds and also owns Pioneer Hi-Bred, producer of … MORE
Abbott Laboratories – GMOs – 2013
As You Sow asked Abbott Laboratories to adopt a policy of removing genetically engineered organisms (GMOs) from its nutritional products, to adopt the interim step of labeling, and to prepare a report to shareholders on … MORE
Infant Formula: Baby’s First GMOs
YAHOO! – May 7, 2013 – We talk a lot here about labeling of genetically modified ingredients. The fact is, we can probably surmise that tasty bag of snack chips likely got its start in … MORE
Abbott Labs, DuPont Reject Investor Proposals To Eliminate GMOs
SUSTAINABLE BRANDS – May 1, 2013 – Abbott Laboratories last week rejected a proposal from shareholders to remove genetically modified organisms (GMOs) from its natural products, which includes its Similac baby formula.
Pressure Mounts to Remove GMOs from Infant Formula; Abbott Laboratories Shareholders Set To Vote on Non-GMO Policy
TRUTHOUT – April 29, 2013 – Shareholders of Abott Laboratories will vote on whether the manufacture of Similac, a leading brand of infant formula, should adopt a policy of sourcing ingredients that have not been … MORE
Investors Want Baby Formula Free of GMOs
SOCIAL FUNDS – April 25, 2013 – Here in Vermont last month, the state’s House Agricultural Committee voted by a substantial margin in support of proposed legislation that would require labels on food products that … MORE
DuPont, Abbott Investors Vote on GMO Resolutions
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADER – April 24, 2013 – DuPont shareholders today will vote on a resolution on genetically engineered seeds while Abbott Laboratories’ shareholders Friday will ask the company to remove GMOs from its infant formula … MORE
GMOs and Pesticides
Raising awareness about the risks of GMOs with the food, beverage, and grocery industries and encourage transparency on their efforts to find and use alternatives. MORE
Monsanto & Genetic Engineering: Risk for Investors
The controversy over genetically modified food has the potential to result in large-scale market and consumer backlash, which together pose material risks for investors of companies using GMOs. These material risks include the potential for … MORE
Risky Business: Financial Risks that Genetically Engineered Foods Pose to Kraft Foods, Inc. and Shareholders
The controversy over genetically modified food has the potential to result in large-scale market and consumer backlash, which together pose material risks for investors of companies using GMOs. These material risks include the potential for … MORE
Genetically Engineered Food and Financial Risk
The controversy over genetically modified food has the potential to result in large-scale market and consumer backlash, which together pose material risks for investors of companies using GMOs. These material risks include the potential for … MORE
