Time to Back Amazon Shareholder Resolution and End Tsunami of Plastic Pollution

Source: https://oceana.org/press-releases/time-to-back-amazon-shareholder-resolution-and-end-tsunami-of-plastic-pollution/

Author: Oceana

Oceana is calling on Amazon shareholders to protect the oceans by supporting a resolution that asks the company to develop a plan for reducing its growing plastic packaging footprint. The resolution will be voted on for the third year in a row at Amazon’s annual meeting on May 24. In 2022, support for the proposal increased by over ten percentage points from the previous year – securing 48.9% of the vote. The measure would have passed if company insiders had supported the resolution. Amazon’s plastic packaging waste grew by 52.5% from 2019 to 2021, according to recent reports from Oceana.