PETA
Already advocating as a shareholder
Buys the minimum stake needed to qualify under Rule 14a-8 in dozens of companies at once, then writes to the board, files a resolution, speaks from the floor at the annual meeting, and litigates when a resolution is excluded. Its preferred outcome is a company conceding before the vote.
How PETA publishes its voting positions
- What it publishes
- Files resolutions, but does not tell other shareholders how to vote peta.org
- Written policy
- None found
- Coverage
- No recommendations publishedPublishes resolution text and letters for its own campaigns. No standing voting guide for other shareholders.
Checked September 11, 2026. If this is out of date or wrong, claim this profile and correct it.
Companies PETA has engaged as a shareholder
17 recorded campaigns across 15 companies.
Used shareholder status to press PepsiCo on animal abuse in its sugar supply chain, forcing inclusion via lawsuit
PETA's resolution asked PepsiCo to require sugarcane suppliers to switch away from bull-drawn carts to mechanized/eco-tractor harvesting, citing documented beating and abuse of draft bulls. PepsiCo initially tried to exclude the proposal; PETA Foundation sued, and PepsiCo reversed course within a day (per PETA's account) to include it. The resolution went to a vote May 6, 2026 and received about 8.8% support, described by PETA as an unusually large first-year showing for an animal-welfare proposal.
Charles River shareholders rejected PETA's primate-disclosure resolution, roughly 25% in favor
PETA's proposal asked Charles River to publish a report on non-human primates it imports. At the May 8, 2024 annual meeting the proposal failed: approximately 11.43M shares for vs. 34.54M against (about 24.9% in favor, excluding broker non-votes).
Confronted Vital Farms as a shareholder over "humane"/"pasture-raised" egg marketing claims
PETA used its shareholder position to challenge Vital Farms at shareholder meetings over the accuracy of its "ethical"/"happy hens" marketing, separate from a related PETA-affiliated consumer lawsuit against the company. Outcome/vote not confirmed; no formal 14a-8 resolution text was located in sources reviewed (treated as engagement, not a filed resolution).
Re-filed the primate-transparency resolution at Charles River; company recommended against it ahead of 2023 vote
Charles River's board "unanimously recommended against" PETA's repeat transparency proposal ahead of the vote; specific 2023 vote percentage not confirmed in sources reviewed.
Filed a resolution at lululemon on down-supply-chain slaughter methods
PETA's resolution asked lululemon to commission a report on the methods used to slaughter the ducks and geese in its down supply chain, ahead of the company's June 8, 2022 annual meeting. Vote outcome not confirmed in sources reviewed.
Asked Amazon/Whole Foods for an independent audit report on animal-welfare-claim compliance
PETA's resolution asked Amazon to report by Dec 31, 2023 on the efficacy and shortcomings of Whole Foods' animal welfare standards and audit procedures, arguing the audit system had failed to catch supplier cruelty despite "rigorous standards" marketing claims. Vote outcome not confirmed in sources reviewed.
Filed resolutions at Charles River Laboratories and Labcorp on primate-import transparency
PETA asked both companies for annual transparency reports on efforts to ensure imported monkeys were properly vet-examined before shipment, and asked Charles River specifically to disclose species, country of origin, and numbers of monkeys imported plus mitigation of impact on wild populations, citing prior federal transportation violations.
Filed resolutions at Charles River Laboratories and Labcorp on primate-import transparency
PETA asked both companies for annual transparency reports on efforts to ensure imported monkeys were properly vet-examined before shipment, and asked Charles River specifically to disclose species, country of origin, and numbers of monkeys imported plus mitigation of impact on wild populations, citing prior federal transportation violations.
Publicly pressed six major meatpackers/food companies to convert plants to vegan-only production
As a shareholder, PETA demanded these companies "convert all slaughterhouses to producers and packers of only vegan meats." At Maple Leaf Foods' June 24, 2020 virtual annual meeting a PETA representative directly questioned the CEO, who acknowledged pandemic-driven demand for plant-based alternatives; PETA reported no concrete commitment from any of the six to fully exit animal slaughter.
Publicly pressed six major meatpackers/food companies to convert plants to vegan-only production
As a shareholder, PETA demanded these companies "convert all slaughterhouses to producers and packers of only vegan meats." At Maple Leaf Foods' June 24, 2020 virtual annual meeting a PETA representative directly questioned the CEO, who acknowledged pandemic-driven demand for plant-based alternatives; PETA reported no concrete commitment from any of the six to fully exit animal slaughter.
Publicly pressed six major meatpackers/food companies to convert plants to vegan-only production
As a shareholder, PETA demanded these companies "convert all slaughterhouses to producers and packers of only vegan meats." At Maple Leaf Foods' June 24, 2020 virtual annual meeting a PETA representative directly questioned the CEO, who acknowledged pandemic-driven demand for plant-based alternatives; PETA reported no concrete commitment from any of the six to fully exit animal slaughter.
Publicly pressed six major meatpackers/food companies to convert plants to vegan-only production
As a shareholder, PETA demanded these companies "convert all slaughterhouses to producers and packers of only vegan meats." At Maple Leaf Foods' June 24, 2020 virtual annual meeting a PETA representative directly questioned the CEO, who acknowledged pandemic-driven demand for plant-based alternatives; PETA reported no concrete commitment from any of the six to fully exit animal slaughter.
Publicly pressed six major meatpackers/food companies to convert plants to vegan-only production
As a shareholder, PETA demanded these companies "convert all slaughterhouses to producers and packers of only vegan meats." At Maple Leaf Foods' June 24, 2020 virtual annual meeting a PETA representative directly questioned the CEO, who acknowledged pandemic-driven demand for plant-based alternatives; PETA reported no concrete commitment from any of the six to fully exit animal slaughter.
Publicly pressed six major meatpackers/food companies to convert plants to vegan-only production
As a shareholder, PETA demanded these companies "convert all slaughterhouses to producers and packers of only vegan meats." At Maple Leaf Foods' June 24, 2020 virtual annual meeting a PETA representative directly questioned the CEO, who acknowledged pandemic-driven demand for plant-based alternatives; PETA reported no concrete commitment from any of the six to fully exit animal slaughter.
Pressed Pfizer as a shareholder over the forced swim test, from the annual-meeting floor
A PETA scientist/shareholder challenged Pfizer executives from the floor of the April 25, 2019 annual meeting over the company's failure to adopt a no-forced-swim-test policy, alongside an outside protest. PETA later announced (undated precisely in sources reviewed) that Pfizer banned the test; the exact ban date and whether a formal 14a-8 resolution (as opposed to floor engagement) was filed at Pfizer specifically were not confirmed.
Filed a forced-swim-test resolution at Eli Lilly, went to a vote
Same forced-swim-test ask as at BMS/AbbVie/Pfizer. Scheduled for a shareholder vote on May 6, 2019; vote percentage not confirmed in sources reviewed.
Filed a forced-swim-test resolution at Bristol-Myers Squibb
PETA asked BMS's board to adopt a policy against funding, conducting, or commissioning the forced swim test, an animal-behavior assay PETA argues is scientifically unreliable and inhumane. Vote outcome not confirmed in sources reviewed.
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