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March 10, 2021- Major investors apply net-zero alignment framework to $8trn of assets
- Pearson targets net-zero carbon by 2030
- Instagram recommendation algorithms are pushing anti-vaxx and QAnon posts, NGO report says
- EU prepares to turn the screw on asset managers over greenwashing
- The Fashion Pact launches new push to help curb industry's impact on biodiversity
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March 09, 2021- Unilever drops word 'normal' from beauty products and bans excessive editing of models
- Temasek commits $500m to impact investing specialist LeapFrog Investments
- Goldman Sachs pledges net-zero supply chain by 2030 and financed emissions by 2050
- Biden signs executive orders to advance gender equality in organisations and education
- Almost 80% of UK bank directors have connections to high-emitting corporates
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March 08, 2021- Young women 'must work 40 years longer than men' to plug £100k pension gap
- Britain's Morrisons targets supply from net zero carbon farms by 2030
- Microsoft and Chevron partner on bioenergy and carbon capture project
- Henkel targets climate positivity and Nokia unveils 1.5C science-based targets
- Google won’t use new ways of tracking users as it phases out browser cookies for ads
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March 05, 2021- German cabinet backs law to protect human rights in global supply chain
- Bank of England given new mandate to buy ‘green’ bonds
- Burger King to phase out all single-use plastic by 2025 in the UK
- China’s new 5-year plan to cut energy intensity but removes energy consumption cap
- eBay UK launches Certified Refurbished hub in circularity push
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March 04, 2021- UK Government pledges to put green investment ‘at the heart’ of 2021 budget
- P&G launches refillable shampoo bottles in the UK
- Australia unveils national plan to curb plastic waste and pollution
- US Energy Department readies $40 billion in loans to boost clean energy
- Equivalent of Covid-19 emissions drop needed every two years to meet Paris goals
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March 03, 2021- Netflix to invest $100 million to improve diversity in TV shows and films
- Boohoo faces probe over supply chain forced labour that could cut access to US
- Strong net zero policy could help UK attract £350bn of investment by 2050
- The coronavirus pandemic is reversing gender equality progress in the workplace
- Climate extremes linked to lower birth weights in Brazil's Amazon
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March 02, 2021- Banks in EU to publish world's first 'green' yardstick from 2022
- UN warns nations' CO2 emissions pledges 'far away' from Paris target
- Swedish carmaker Volvo Cars to only sell electric vehicles by 2030
- Plant-based Beyond Meat signs deals with McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut
- UK government to launch interim environmental watchdog and emissions trading scheme
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March 01, 2021- A third of top UK firms emit enough CO2 to push up global warming by 2.7◦C
- Women earn two-thirds less than men in top finance roles
- Asian banks are the biggest backers of the coal industry and still growing
- British insurer Aviva sets out net zero 2040 climate strategy
- CDP warns water risk will cost corporates five times more than cost of action
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February 26, 2021- UK companies pressed to appoint more women executives
- Vanguard and BlackRock uncovered as largest investors in coal industry
- 600 business giants form new network on climate resilience and adaptation
- Facebook and Instagram ban Myanmar military as first pro-coup rally takes place
- Drax scraps plan for Europe's largest gas plant after climate protests
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February 25, 2021- Australia passes new law requiring Facebook and Google to pay for news
- Food and drink businesses meet carbon reduction goals five years early
- Deforestation for palm oil reduced ten-fold in Southeast Asia in 2020
- Boost for biofuels as E10 petrol given green light across UK
- Scottish craft brewer BrewDog announces B Corp certification