Category: Environment and Enterprise Institute

Does Best Buy's Board Believe Its Products Are Made By Elves Powered By Magic?

Does Best Buy’s Board Believe Its Products Are Made By Elves Powered By Magic?

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Company's Carbon-Neutral Commitment Reflects a Disconnect From Reality Washington, D.C. — At Friday's annual meeting of Best Buy shareholders, activist investors with the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project (FEP) will ask for evidence that the company's ...
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GE Vernova Shareholders Demand Answers as Wind Power Loses Steam

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Washington, D.C. — At this week’s annual meeting of GE Vernova shareholders, the General Electric energy spin-off will face harsh criticism about its sustainability goals from activist investors with the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) ...
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JPMorgan Investors Ask: Is Sustainability Delivering Returns?

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Washington, D.C. — Ahead of this week’s JPMorgan Chase & Co. annual meeting, shareholders are urged to support a proposal from the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) asking that the company evaluate its massive sustainability ...
Fizz or Fizzle? Shareholders Demand Accountability for Coke’s Sustainability Spending

Fizz or Fizzle? Shareholders Demand Accountability for Coke’s Sustainability Spending

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Washington, D.C. – At Wednesday’s Coca-Cola annual meeting, shareholders will be able to amend the company’s bylaws in order to create a Corporate Governance and Sustainability Committee to oversee Coke’s sustainability commitments. Item 4, put forward by the National Center ...
IBM AI Artificial Intelligence

IBM’s AI Model: Garbage In, Garbage Out

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Washington, D.C. – At next week’s IBM annual meeting, shareholders will vote on a proposal from the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) tackling potential bias within the company’s artificial intelligence models. Proposal 7 (“AI Bias ...
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Levi’s Climate Promises Hit With Shareholder Reality Check

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Washington, D.C. - At Wednesday's Levi Strauss annual meeting, shareholders have the opportunity to amend the company's bylaws in order to create an Audit Committee to oversee Levi's sustainability commitments. Proposal 4, submitted by the National Center for Public Policy ...
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Earth Day 2026: Rejecting the Green Agenda Results in Greener Earth

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The world's growing rejection of the leftist green agenda has ironically made our world greener. National Center Senior Fellow Bonner Cohen explains: Earth Day 2026 is truly an occasion to commemorate, but not for the reasons environmentalists have trumpeted Earth ...
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Deere Must Demonstrate Clear Emissions ROI to End Greenwashing Doubts

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Washington, D.C. – Ahead of Deere & Company’s annual shareholder meeting this week, the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) is urging Deere investors to support its shareholder proposal requesting an “Emissions Reduction ROI Audit.” Proposal ...
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Wind Project Pause is Welcome News for Those Concerned About National Security

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Today the U.S. Department of the Interior announced that it is "pausing—effective immediately—the leases for all large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in the United States due to national security risks identified by the Department of War in recently completed ...
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Tesla Shareholders Urged to Vote on Child Labor, Elon Musk Compensation and More

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Washington, D.C. – The National Center for Public Policy Research is urging Tesla, Inc. shareholders to make their voices heard this week by voting their proxy ballots before Thursday’s annual shareholder meeting. The National Center recommends investors support its own ...