69.9% of Costco Shareholders Support Landmark Green Century Proposal on Climate Change

At Costco’s annual meeting on Thursday, 69.9% of shareholders voted in favor of a trailblazing Green Century° proposal asking the company to set science-based targets to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. This is the first shareholder vote on a proposal directly requesting that a company set targets that include emissions from its full value chain and that are aligned with achieving net zero emissions by 2050 or sooner. Costco significantly lags many of its competitors on climate. In December, Forbes reported that Costco was one of only three of the largest 50…

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