Following engagement with As You Sow, a sixth major petrochemical manufacturer, Eastman Chemical, agreed to start reporting on spills of pre-production plastic pellets, or nurdles, manufactured in its production plants, following the filing of a shareholder proposal.

The Kroger Co. announced this week new sustainable packaging goals that fail to acknowledge the urgency of the plastic pollution crisis, and lag competitor commitments.

This week, Walmart, Target, CVS Health, Kroger, and Walgreens announced a Beyond the Bag Initiative, a three-year project to “reinvent single-use plastic bags” by identifying design solutions for new systems to replace the function of the current retail plastic bag.

In another win for the health of the world oceans, YUM! Brands, Inc., the world’s largest quick service restaurant company, with global brands including KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut, has agreed to end use of harmful expanded polystyrene foam packaging globally by 2022, following engagement with As You Sow.

Starbucks Corp., the world’s largest coffeehouse company, has agreed to shift from single-use packaging to reusable packaging, conduct unprecedented research to promote customer behavior change, develop new global reusable container goals, and cut global packaging waste 50 percent by 2030, following months of constructive dialogue with As You Sow.

Today, Unilever announced ambitious new commitments to reduce its plastic waste and help create a circular economy for plastics.

Nearly 40 percent of Kroger shareholders supported an As You Sow proposal asking the largest U.S. supermarket chain to make all packaging recyclable, at the company’s annual meeting last week.

Nearly $15 billion of shareholder value supported As You Sow shareholder proposals at two iconic U.S. fast food brand companies in recent votes seeking reduced plastic pollution by banning polystyrene foam packaging and plastic straws, and providing on-site recycling.