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Adriana Trujillo

Monsanto Takes Action to Fight Climate Change with Carbon Neutral Crop Production Progr... - 0 views

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    Monsanto announced plans to achieve carbon neutrality across its operations by 2021. The company will focus its efforts on seed production, crop protection, sharing data, and increasing the adoption of best practices.
Adriana Trujillo

Monsanto Announces Aggressive Sustainability Goals - 1 views

  • With that in mind, Monsanto has set a goal of reducing its overall water usage by 25 percent by 2020. While it admits that water usage will vary according to seasonal weather patterns each year, the company said it believes it can reduce its water usage by between 30 billion and 89 billion gallons annually.
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    Monsanto has set a goal of reducing its overall water usage by 25 percent by 2020.
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Washington Becomes First State to Sue Monsanto Over PCBs, Accused of Knowing Its Toxici... - 0 views

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    Washington is suing Monsanto over widespread PCBs contamination, the first U.S. state to take such an action. Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced the lawsuit, filed in King County Superior Court, at a press conference in Seattle on Thursday. According to the Associated Press, Washington is seeking damages on several grounds, including product liability for Monsanto's alleged failure to warn about the dangers of PCBs; negligence; and trespass for injuring the state's natural resources.
Adriana Trujillo

GMO critics protest Monsanto meeting; shareholder resolutions fail | Reuters - 0 views

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    Critics of genetically modified crops protested at Monsanto Co's annual shareholders meeting on Tuesday, calling for the world's largest seed company to provide a report on contamination in non-GMO crops and to stop fighting mandatory labels on foods containing GMO ingredients.
Adriana Trujillo

Monsanto Wants to Be the World's Greengrocer | Sustainable Brands - 0 views

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    Monsanto has set its sights on global vegetable dominance and its lead contender is Beneforté broccoli, which is described as "even more of a good thing." The agribusiness giant is hedging its enormous bets placed on a corn-and-soy-driven business as consumer demand for healthier and less processed foods assails CPGs in all food and beverage categories from soda to cereal.
Adriana Trujillo

Investors Urge Biotech, Food Industry to Stay Out of GMO Labeling Fight · Env... - 0 views

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    Environmentalist and shareholder advocacy groups have filed resolutions urging Monsanto, DuPont de Nemours and Dow Chemical Company to stop using corporate funds to fight a referendum in Washington that, if it passed, would require special labels on raw and processed foods made from genetically modified crops.
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