Results for July, 2020
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July 17, 2020- 6 in 10 UK businesses cutting environment-related investment due to coronavirus, survey shows
- Samsung Securities pledges no further financial backing for Adani coal after protest
- Burning UK's non-recyclable waste could provide 'green' heat for half a million homes
- Shell Energy launches seasonal solar-battery storage tariff
- TfL eyes renewables contracts to power London's Tube network
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July 16, 2020- Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned
- Scientists concerned by ‘record high’ global methane emissions
- Indonesia approves coal road project through highly biodiverse forest
- Invest in nature-led Covid-19 recovery to reap $10trn economic opportunity, says WEF
- Coca-Cola eyes European plastic bottle recycling plant with CuRe investment
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July 15, 2020BlackRock punishes 53 high-emissions companies over climate inaction, puts 191 more on watch Floating wind set to sail to 70GW of capacity by 2040, study predicts Radical zero-waste shopping scheme launches in UK Increase in invasive species poses […]
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July 14, 2020- Washington Redskins to drop controversial team name following review
- Offshore wind energy investment quadruples despite Covid-19 slump
- Cross-sector action needed to improve flexible plastics recycling
- Diageo unveils 'world's first' plastic-free, paper-based spirits bottle
- Investors’ next high-yield bets should be on ocean sustainability, researchers say
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July 13, 2020- UN Secretary-General: Coal has no place in COVID-19 recovery plans
- Japan vows to slash financing of coal power in developing world
- Indonesian lawmakers to probe pulpwood firm’s dispute with indigenous group
- Cambodia tightens repression under virus cover according to rights groups
- Covid-induced food insecurity has exposed underinvestment in food tech, says sustainability entrepreneur
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July 10, 2020- Amazon to buy bio jet fuel to lower air cargo emissions
- Environment Agency debuts new five-year plan for green post-Covid recovery
- Widespread air quality data gaps threaten global pollution fight, study finds
- Governments are bowing to fossil fuel lobbying in Covid-19 recovery planning, according to report
- UN experts call on rich countries to end export of banned pesticides
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July 09, 2020- 'Rising chance' of exceeding 1.5C global target, says World Meteorological Organisation
- EU targets 40GW of hydrogen capacity in sweeping new strategy
- Christine Lagarde hints at green bond push from the European Central Bank
- Covid-19 exposes 'distorted picture' of global poverty gains, UN envoy says
- Banks and pension funds among investors bankrolling meat and dairy
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July 08, 2020- CDP kicks off corporate temperature rating system
- Boohoo dropped by Next, Asos and Zalando over exploitation claims
- Sport broadcasters form new sustainability consortium
- 'Disappointing' Zuckerberg meeting fails to yield results, say Facebook boycott organizers
- Shell plots course for a decarbonised shipping industry
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July 07, 2020- Facebook, Google, Twitter and TikTok among firms 'pausing' police help in Hong Kong
- Fujitsu announces permanent work-from-home plan
- Fear over rise in animal-to-human diseases
- Three quarters of UK businesses feel threatened by climate crisis
- Covid-19 lockdown gives rise to deforestation across Asia and South America
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July 06, 2020- $10bn of precious metals dumped each year in electronic waste, says UN
- Boohoo to investigate use of Leicester factory with 'unacceptable' conditions
- Green groups urge government to back heat pumps in recovery plans
- Furloughed Indonesian tourism workers hired to clean beaches
- Bangladeshi solar-sharing start-up aims to cut power waste