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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 03, 2020- BNP Paribas sets out rules for coal financing phase-out
- UK retailers join forces to develop net-zero roadmap
- Indonesia allocates US$195 million subsidy on palm biodiesel producers over smallholders
- Kleenex debuts plastic-free tissue boxes as Mr Muscle unveils 100% 'ocean-bound' plastic bottle
- Business giants invest £500k in youth-led SDG-aligned innovations
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July 02, 2020- Novartis reaches $642m settlement with US authorities
- New laws in Singapore appear to give employers ‘almost unfettered power’ over migrant workers’ movements, say NGOs
- Up to 1.6 million new jobs could be created through green Covid-19 recovery
- Rainforest Alliance aims to help ethical growers get climate-smart
- UN agrees to airlines' Covid-19 pleas on offsetting scheme
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July 01, 2020- Netflix launches $100 million plan to boost black lenders
- McDonald's to install EV chargers at all UK drive-thrus
- Philanthropies pump US$50 million into clean energy projects in Southeast Asia to address Covid-19 funding gaps
- South Korea to pump public money into new Indonesian coal despite green election pledges
- YouTube bans prominent white supremacist channels
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June 30, 2020- US to join summit on global green recovery from Covid-19 crisis
- China’s CO2 emissions surged past pre-coronavirus levels in May
- Finance giants must urgently set biodiversity targets and aim for 'net-positive'
- Environmental experts criticise plan for 'New Deal' in UK
- A new study finds evidence of microplastics in the air