Shareholders urge General Mills to stop pesticide use in its supply chain, popular products
Story Date: 10/22/2018

 

Source: BEYOND PESTICIDES, 10/10/18

Nearly one-third of General Mills shareholders called on the company last month to improve product stewardship and eliminate pesticides like bee-toxic neonicotinoid insecticides or the probable carcinogenic weed killer glyphosate from its supply chain. The proposal was put forward by nonprofit organization As You Sow, and Green Century Equity Fund (GCEF), a mutual fund.

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