April 25, 2014
- Shareholders spring back into action over top pay
- UK’s largest building society Nationwide announces it will sign up to Living Wage campaign
- Record amount of US electronics recycled in 2013
- Fairtrade jewellery scheme launched for ‘ethical’ gold and silver
- Starbucks suffers first UK sales fall after tax row
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April 24, 2014
- Fashion Revolution Day marks first anniversary of Rana Plaza disaser
- Pioneering companies make commitments on conflict minerals amid legal uncertainty
- Barclays faces rough ride at AGM over tax havens and bankers' bonuses
- Google inks major wind energy deal for green data centre push
- Lufthansa develops taste for 'alcohol to jet' fuel
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April 23, 2014
- Senior executives call for 'urgent and immediate' action on climate change
- Study identifies how companies generate business value from product sustainability
- Plan to equip buses with F1 technology boosted by UK auto funding
- Canadian firm CarbonCure Technologies innovates concrete production with carbon capture
- Novelis introduces high-recycled content aluminium can
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April 22, 2014
- New EU law to help investors pick good corporate citizens
- British Airways gives green light to use waste for jet fuel
- New toolkit helps US businesses cut food waste
- EU moves to sustainable fisheries
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April 17, 2014
- Starbucks relocates to ‘coffee capital of the world’, – and a bigger tax bill
- Rio Tinto heavily blamed by protesters over 41 mine worker deaths
- UN-backed Rana Plaza schemes two thirds short of target
- UK carbon capture scheme to be awarded €300m from Brussels
- GSK caught in further allegations of bribery
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April 16, 2014
- European Parliament passes “landmark” environmental and social reporting law
- Global auto industry accelerates action on conflict minerals
- U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fall 10% since 2005
- UK money transfer firms accused of excessive charges on Africa remittances
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April 15, 2014
- China set to elevate environment over economy in new law
- Women make more rigorous supply chain auditors, study says
- Environmental activists being killed in increasing numbers
- Campaigners call for clarity in Green Bond Principles
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April 14, 2014
- IPCC climate change report: averting catastrophe “will not cost the world”
- Coal will be a main energy source for decades, says Australian environment minister
- Investors predict executive pay protest against UK banks
- New scheme to help Singapore construction companies go green
- Business must 'ramp-up' understanding of built environment issues
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April 11, 2014
- BP shareholders rebel against $8.7 million pay package
- European Commission announces proposals to encourage shareholder engagement;
- Stationer Ryman pens new “eco font”
- Wal-Mart announces low-cost organic food range
- French probe alleged drug collusion
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April 10, 2014
- Researchers, regulators and Roche row over stockpiled drug Tamiflu
- Hewlett-Packard to pay $108 million to settle scandal over bribery of public officials
- Over 75% of Unilever's factories achieve zero waste to landfill
- Harvard and Green Investment Bank sign Principles for Responsible Investment
- Next CEO shares good fortune with £4 million bonus handout
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