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The golden age is before us, not behind us: ageism against jobseekers
March 10, 2022 Employers have been shown to have bias against hiring jobseekers aged 45+ and this demographic faces clear obstacles when looking for work. But the biases employers hold are easily debunked: they do use tech, upskilling can be facilitated by better programmes, and intergenerational collaboration actually makes for better workplaces. Read more >
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September 03, 2021- Amazon invests in nature-based carbon removal solutions in Brazil
- National Lottery unveils £2.5m funds for community climate action
- UK & India agree $1.2bn sustainable tech & energy funding package
- European Investment Bank launches climate-focused advisory council
- Large increase in weather disasters over the past five decades found
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August 11, 2021- 12 companies responsible for over half of UK's packaging pollution
- Princes targets carbon neutrality by 2030 and JBS joins Race to Zero
- UK could allow animal tests for cosmetics for first time since 1998
- Gousto partners with DPD to redistribute undelivered food boxes
- Airline easyJet to make “eco” uniforms out of recycled plastic bottles
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December 23, 2020- UK's biggest restaurants team up to plot pathway to net-zero
- US companies warned against mandatory vaccine for staff
- Australian transport emissions back to pre-pandemic levels, report suggests
- Bankers draft net zero rules for financial services sector
- EasyJet board member steps down over her Wirecard role
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December 22, 2020- Global food industry on course to drive rapid habitat loss, according to research
- A plan by Eastern states to cap tailpipe emissions gets off to a slow start
- Rampant labour abuse uncovered at some RSPO-certified oil palm plantations
- BP invests and gets majority stake in US forest offset firm Finite Carbon
- Vestas invests €500m in new wind farm partnership
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December 08, 2020- No country compliant with Paris Agreement climate goals, analysis warns
- Companies form initiative to scale up green hydrogen production
- Deutsche Bank to link management pay to sustainability targets
- Airbnb non-profit to focus on finding housing for disaster and pandemic workers
- Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Nestlé named top plastic polluters for third year in a row
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November 13, 2020- Global corporate net zero drive 'resembles Wild West', BNEF warns
- Top business groups urge government to plot 'just transition' to net zero
- Almost half Goldman Sachs’ new partners are women or minorities
- Charity sector faces £10bn funding shortfall and 60,000 job losses
- EU launches LGBT protection strategy as homophobia rises in east
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August 19, 2020- Ten times more plastic dumped in Atlantic than previously believed
- Retail giants prepare to launch TerraCycle's 'zero-waste' refill service in stores
- COP26: UK seeks corporate sponsors with 'strong climate credentials'
- Unilever touts supply chain mapping pilot in fresh bid to tackle deforestation
- Charity sector loses 25,000 jobs during pandemic - and 35,000 more likely to go
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August 06, 2020- Facebook and Twitter punish Trump over video where he says children ‘almost immune’ to Covid-19
- Microsoft vows to become a 'zero-waste' business by 2030
- Almost half of UK charities for world's poorest set to close in a year
- Japan's climate change efforts hindered by biased business lobby, research shows
- Helping the poor can protect forests too, Indonesian welfare programme finds
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August 03, 2020- Credit Suisse earmarks more than $300 billion for sustainable finance
- Patagonia ups regenerative agriculture efforts
- Adverts for large polluting cars 'should be banned'
- Bank of America to disclose climate impact of its lending and investments
- Barely a quarter of charities' coronavirus fund for England allocated