Results for July, 2015
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July 31, 2015- Proposed US legislation mandates corporate disclosure on trafficking and slavery risks
- Co-operative Bank upholds ‘Beyond Carbon Neutral’ commitment
- Virgin Media announces Digital for Good sustainability strategy
- Online tool provides ESG benchmark for SMEs
- UK Football League launches carbon-saving car share initiative
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July 30, 2015- UPS makes move to renewable fuels
- Majority of banks fail to encourage sustainable forestry
- Google Street View cars starting to map air pollution
- Turning coffee, mango and cashew waste into valuable resources
- Wendy’s removing chicken antibiotics in new test
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July 29, 2015- Green thinking saves Liberty Global $325 million
- Tesco to ban sugary drinks aimed at children
- Carbon Trust floats plan for new water footprint certification project
- Solar lamps turn Pakistani women into green energy entrepreneurs
- New breakthrough in energy-efficient smart windows
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July 28, 2015- American firms pledge USD$140 billion to support Obama's climate action plan
- Facebook and other tech giants expand Internet access to millions in Africa
- Musk, Wozniak and Hawking urge ban on warfare AI and autonomous weapons
- Recycling project targets industrial waste around Beijing
- FDA wants more detail about sugar on food labels
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July 27, 2015- Pollution from copper mining in Northern Laos destroying local livelihoods
- GSK not-for-profit malaria vaccine given green light
- Argos launches waste-tackling gadget trade-in service
- Aviva commits £2.5 billion to green investments following climate risk report
- Internet companies face 'tax crackdown'
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July 24, 2015- California tech industry searches for ways to cut water use
- P&G to make 230 million bottles a year out of recycled plastic
- UK authorities 'lack resources' to investigate Trafigura over toxic waste
- Survey: Many mothers 'feel discriminated against at work'
- Myanmar sentences 153 Chinese nationals to life for illegal logging
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July 23, 2015- World mayors warn of threats to mankind, commit to UN development goals
- Investors back campaign for more transparency in the pharmaceuticals industry
- Hong Kong companies far behind global peers in carbon reporting
- New York state to raise fast food minimum wages
- UAE drops fuel subsidies to boost finances and cut emissions
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July 22, 2015- Small scale solar energy subsidies set to end in UK
- World Bank holds first methane emissions auction
- Construction firms receive '3 trees' for sustainable timber progress
- Recession cut US emissions, rather than falling coal use
- 'Social supermarket' unites with surplus charity to tackle food poverty
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July 21, 2015- Google worker claims her bonuses were blocked for exposing pay inequality
- A plastic road could be piloted in the Netherlands within three years
- Australia’s war on wind farms threatens biggest renewable project
- Colombia’s National Development Plan threatens to allow mining firms to operate on illegally acquired lands
- University caterers tuck in to new sustainability scheme
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July 20, 2015- Ikea to pay UK workers more than National Living Wage in 2016
- Myanmar garment factories oppose 40-cent hourly minimum wage
- Mitsubishi Materials apologises for using US POWs as slave labour
- Climate talks advancing faster towards December deal
- Peatland emissions from oil palm conversion highly understated