Humane World for Animals (formerly The Humane Society of the United States)
Already advocating as a shareholder
Files and re-files Rule 14a-8 shareholder resolutions, mostly at restaurant chains, grocers and food companies, asking them to disclose farm animal welfare risk and to report progress against welfare pledges they made years earlier. It supplements resolutions with SEC complaints about misleading proxy and marketing statements.
How Humane World for Animals (formerly The Humane Society of the United States) publishes its voting positions
- What it publishes
- Files resolutions, but does not tell other shareholders how to vote
- Written policy
- None found
- Coverage
- No recommendations publishedFiles its own resolutions. No proxy voting guidelines document was found, and it does not tell other shareholders how to vote.
Checked September 11, 2026. If this is out of date or wrong, claim this profile and correct it.
Companies Humane World for Animals (formerly The Humane Society of the United States) has engaged as a shareholder
17 recorded campaigns across 15 companies.
The Humane Society of the United States at Starbucks on cage-free egg timelines in China and Japan
Ask that Starbucks disclose details of its implementation plans and timelines for reaching its cage-free egg commitment in China and Japan, within six months of the annual meeting, at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information.
The Humane Society of the United States at Denny's on gestation crate targets in its pork supply, 2024
Ask Denny's to publish measurable, timebound targets for eliminating, or at least significantly reducing, gestation crates in its pork supply, and to report progress on meeting them regularly.
The Humane Society of the United States at McDonald's on disclosing its broiler chicken welfare indicators, 2024
Ask McDonald's to disclose the 15 key welfare indicators it adopted for broiler chickens and to explain how it is using each one to measure and improve animal welfare.
The Humane Society of the United States at Restaurant Brands International on disclosing its broiler chicken welfare indicators, 2024
Ask Restaurant Brands International to disclose what exactly its broiler key welfare indicators are, what its outcome-based and practice-based metrics for improving broiler welfare are, and how it is using those indicators and metrics to measure and improve animal welfare.
The Humane Society of the United States at Target on reporting progress against its animal pain management commitment, 2024
Ask Target to disclose its progress implementing the pain management commitment in its food animal welfare policy, by naming each painful procedure, the share of its supply chain free of that procedure, and, for the remainder, the share where animals are given pain relief.
The Humane Society of the United States at Papa John's on disclosing group-housed pork and setting gestation crate targets, 2024
Ask that within six months Papa John's disclose what percentage of group-housed pork it currently uses domestically, and establish measurable targets for eliminating or reducing gestation crates in its pork supply.
The Humane Society of the United States at Dine Brands on measurable targets for group-housed pork, 2024
Ask Dine Brands to establish and publish measurable targets for switching to group-housed pork in its U.S. restaurants, and then to report progress on meeting them regularly.
The Humane Society of the United States at Weis Markets on reporting how it prioritises humane treatment of animals in its supply chain, 2024
Ask that within six months Weis Markets issue a report explaining precisely how it is prioritising the humane treatment of animals in its supply chain, setting out every animal welfare commitment, standard, requirement and policy it holds, when each was adopted, and how it has been and will go on being enforced.
The Humane Society of the United States at Dollar General on progress toward its cage-free egg pledge, 2023
Ask Dollar General to disclose what percentage of its eggs come from cage-free hens, the specific steps it has taken to implement its cage-free egg commitment, and what it will do next to reach its goal of sourcing only cage-free eggs by 2025, within six months of the 2023 annual meeting, at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information.
The Humane Society of the United States at McDonald's on disclosing its broiler chicken welfare indicators, 2023
Ask McDonald's to disclose what exactly the 15 key welfare indicators used in its animal welfare programme are, with specific detail on each and on how the company uses it to measure and improve the welfare of animals in its poultry supply, within six months of the 2023 annual meeting, at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information.
The Humane Society of the United States at Casey's General Stores on disclosing its supplier code and responsible sourcing policies, 2023
Ask Casey's to disclose any Supplier Code of Conduct it has, if it has one at all, together with all specific responsible procurement and supply chain policies, standards or expectations, within three months of the 2023 annual meeting, at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information.
The Humane Society of the United States at Sysco on re-establishing a gestation crate policy for its pork supply chain, 2023
Ask that within six months of the annual meeting, and omitting proprietary information, Sysco re-establish a policy for eliminating or reducing gestation crates in its pork supply chain, with measurable targets for doing so.
The Humane Society of the United States at Campbell Soup on its plan for reaching its cage-free egg commitment, 2023
Ask that within three months of the annual meeting, and omitting proprietary information, Campbell's disclose a report detailing its conversion plans for achieving compliance with its cage-free egg commitment by 2025.
The Humane Society of the United States at McDonald's on gestation crate disclosure, and its SEC deception complaint, 2022
Asked McDonald's to report whether it was misleading shareholders about its 2012 pledge to stop sourcing pork from producers that house pregnant sows in gestation stalls, and then asked the SEC to investigate the company's statement that 85 to 90 percent of its U.S. pork would come from sows not housed in gestation crates during pregnancy.
The Humane Society of the United States at Brinker International on supply chain practices that breach its own supplier code, 2022
Ask Brinker to disclose an analysis of the practices in its supply chain that violate its Supplier Code of Conduct, including how each practice violates the code and how prevalent it is, together with what steps, if any, the company is taking to eliminate each area of misalignment, within six months, at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information.
Forced a vote at Wendy's on gestation-crate elimination in pork supply
HSUS asked Wendy's to confirm elimination of individual gestation-crate confinement from its North American pork supply by end of 2022, or disclose the percentage crate-free and a risk analysis, citing repeated unmet pledges dating to 2007. The SEC denied Wendy's bid to exclude the proposal, forcing a vote (Bloomberg, "SEC to Force Wendy's Shareholder Vote on Treatment of Pigs," Mar 17 2022). Vote percentage not confirmed in sources reviewed.
Filed a resolution at Tyson Foods asking for Proposition 12 risk disclosure
HSUS asked Tyson to confirm it faces no material losses from California's Prop 12 confinement law or to disclose a risk analysis, noting a Tyson executive had sworn in federal court that Prop 12 would "cause severe harm" while the company's SEC filings were silent on the risk. Outcome/vote percentage not confirmed in sources reviewed.
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