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 If this is out of date or wrong, claim this profile and correct it.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.
Filed a resolution at Starbucks on cage-free egg commitment timelines in China and Japan
HSUS/Humane World asked Starbucks to disclose implementation plans and timelines for reaching its cage-free egg commitment in China and Japan. Starbucks tried to exclude the proposal (SEC no-action request denied per Governance Intelligence reporting); the proposal went to a vote at the March 12, 2025 annual meeting and failed with 7.7% support.
Resolution on animal welfare failed at Denny's, 21.3% support
Animal-welfare-related shareholder proposal went to a vote and failed with 21.3% support.
Resolution on animal welfare (pork/pig crating) failed again at McDonald's, 35.5% support
Repeat animal-welfare shareholder proposal went to a vote and failed with 35.5% support, following the earlier SEC complaint (row 17) alleging McDonald's overstated crate-free pork sourcing.
Resolution on animal welfare failed at Restaurant Brands International, 4.9% support
Animal-welfare-related shareholder proposal (Burger King/Tim Hortons/Popeyes parent) went to a vote and failed with 4.9% support.
Resolution on animal welfare failed at Target, 9.3% support
Animal-welfare-related shareholder proposal went to a vote and failed with 9.3% support.
Resolution on animal welfare failed at Papa John's, 30.1% support
Animal-welfare-related shareholder proposal went to a vote and failed with 30.1% support.
Resolution on animal welfare failed at Dine Brands, 26.5% support
Animal-welfare-related shareholder proposal (IHOP/Applebee's parent) went to a vote and failed with 26.5% support.
Resolution on animal welfare failed at Weis Markets, 1.9% support
Animal-welfare-related shareholder proposal went to a vote and failed with only 1.9% support.
Resolution on animal welfare failed at Dollar General, 36.1% support
Animal-welfare-related shareholder proposal went to a vote and failed with 36.1% support.
Resolution on animal welfare (pork/pig crating) failed at McDonald's, 38.6% support
Animal-welfare-related shareholder proposal (part of HSUS's long-running gestation-crate campaign at McDonald's) went to a vote and failed with 38.6% support -- the highest single-year figure recorded in this window for an HSUS proposal.
Resolution on animal welfare failed at Casey's General Stores, 17.8% support
Animal-welfare-related shareholder proposal went to a vote and failed with 17.8% support.
Resolution on animal welfare failed at Sysco, 30.4% support
Animal-welfare-related shareholder proposal went to a vote and failed with 30.4% support -- one of the higher vote totals HSUS/HWA received in the 2023-2025 window.
Resolution on animal welfare failed at Campbell Soup, 6.5% support
Animal-welfare-related shareholder proposal went to a vote and failed with 6.5% support.
Filed an SEC complaint alleging McDonald's misled investors/consumers on crate-free pork sourcing
Not a 14a-8 resolution: HSUS asked the SEC to investigate McDonald's claim of sourcing 85-90% "crate-free" pork, alleging most of that pork still comes from sows confined in gestation crates for up to 40% of pregnancy, and that McDonald's broke its 2012 pledge to eliminate crate use by 2022. McDonald's called the demand a niche-market cost driver; the SEC's response/outcome was not confirmed in sources reviewed. Related to the Carl Icahn 2022 board-seat proxy fight over the same issue (a separate, non-HSUS action).
Filed a resolution at Brinker International on Supplier Code of Conduct enforcement
HSUS asked Brinker (Chili's parent) to disclose an analysis of supply-chain practices that violate its own Supplier Code of Conduct, noting disclosures showing 100% of its pork came from gestation-crate confinement and over 90% of eggs from caged hens despite the company's "Five Freedoms" welfare commitment. Vote outcome not confirmed.
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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