Kroger Co

👍 55%

👥 48% | 🌏 53% | 💰 55%
 

Supermarket Mutiny

One of America's biggest grocery chains faces calls from worker unions to remove CEO Rodney McMullen after he announced a plan to spend $7.5B buying back stock to reward shareholders after the failed merger with rival Albertsons.

Union leaders said the funds should go toward crucial investments in staffing and lowering grocery prices, which Kroger said would be part of the merger.

Amazon.com Inc

👍 70%

👥 39% | 🌏 44% | 💰 67%
 

Prime Stoppage

Amazon workers at seven US facilities went on strike before the Christmas rush to demand better pay and safer working conditions in what their union called the largest-ever action against the retail giant.

The country's second-largest private employer, with over 800,000 workers across 600 fulfillment centers, doesn't expect the strike to affect operations.

Starbucks

👍 64%

👥 50% | 🌏 49% | 💰 52%
 

Strike Looming

Starbucks cafes will face shutdowns next week. Nearly all unionized baristas have voted for a 5-day strike across 500 stores in response to inadequate pay and benefits proposals from corporate leaders.

The coffee giant has had multiple meetings with union representatives attempting to improve conditions and recently doubled parental leave for its workers.

Amazon.com Inc

👍 70%

👥 39% | 🌏 44% | 💰 67%
 

Eliminating Waste

Amazon has diverted 99% of its data center hardware from landfills this year as part of its circularity program to reduce waste and pollution.

The tech giant reused, resold, and recycled millions of parts and avoided purchasing 295,000 new hard drives since 2023.

Microsoft

👍 76%

👥 62% | 🌏 56% | 💰 61%
 

Saving Water

Microsoft unveiled next-generation cooling technology for its data centers that will save 125M liters of water annually per site by late 2027 by recycling the water that cools the computers instead of letting it evaporate.

The tech giant has an ambitious goal of reducing its net waste, water use, and fossil fuel emissions to zero by 2030.