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November 24, 2020
- CO2 hits new record despite COVID-19 lockdowns
- John Kerry named as US President-elect Biden's new climate tsar
- UNICEF to ship 2 billion COVID-19 vaccines to poor nations in 2021
- Half of big businesses are using AI to cut their climate impacts, according to Capgemini
- UK companies seen missing sustainability targets due to COVID-19
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November 23, 2020- Investors step up pressure on companies over use of antibiotics
- Germany agrees ‘historic’ mandatory boardroom quota for women
- New rule clears Indonesia’s protected forests for agribusiness
- Vodafone brings forward net-zero commitment to 2040
- Kellogg's and Britvic attack plan to ban junk food ads online
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November 20, 2020- Asia overtakes United States in corporate climate disclosure, Arabesque says
- Megaprojects risk pushing forests past tipping point – report
- Apple and Facebook trade accusations over data privacy
- UKRI doles out £8m to innovative plastic packaging waste projects
- E.ON: 7 in 10 Brits want air pollution information in daily weather forecasts
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November 19, 2020- Food firms neglecting climate resilience in supply chains, CDP warns
- Apple to pay $113m to settle iPhone 'batterygate'
- Canada set to table landmark net zero legislation
- Just 3 in 10 European businesses are properly disclosing their climate impact
- One in five people in UK in lower-status jobs than parents, according to study
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November 18, 2020- Morningstar formally integrates ESG into its analysis of stocks, funds, and asset managers
- UK Government announces 10-point plan for a Green Industrial Revolution
- Unilever sets €1bn sales target for plant-based food alternatives
- ESG falls down the investment agenda
- 1% of people cause half of global aviation emissions – study
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November 17, 2020- Indian factory workers supplying major brands allege routine exploitation
- Palm oil industry failing to honour 2020 no-deforestation pledges
- Jeff Bezos unveils first cohort of recipients of $10 billion Earth Fund
- Biden urged to protect US digital rights
- Bank of England needs more powers to decarbonise economy, say experts
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November 16, 2020- UK set to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030
- Investors tell European firms to reveal 'missing' climate costs in their accounts
- New skills programme risks excluding 1.4m workers
- Toshiba to stop taking new orders for coal-fired power stations
- Ministers accused of using pandemic as excuse to delay food waste reporting
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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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November 12, 2020- Government funds five 'state of the art' circular economy R&D centres
- Banks around world in joint pledge on 'green recovery' after Covid
- UK Government ramps up social value requirements
- Investors target French companies over lack of women in top jobs
- Top $5 trillion investor group pushes firms to cut out thermal coal
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November 11, 2020- 10,000 companies worldwide disclosed environmental data in 2020, according to CDP
- UK to ban all online junk food advertising to tackle obesity
- Gender pay gap narrows only marginally in Europe
- Renewables will overtake gas and coal globally in 2024, IEA predicts
- Lockdown has made Brits more aware of fashion's environmental impact