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ecommerce pollution solutions: from truck platooning to smart lockers
February 27, 2019By 2021, estimates indicate that e-commerce will make up 18 percent of total sales in the U.S., 20 percent of sales in the UK, and 30 percent of sales in China. This growth doesn’t show any sign of […]
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February 26, 2019- Large shareholders vote against excessive CEO pay
- Start-up gets ready for factory robots working alongside humans
- SEAT and IBM develop phone app to encourage greener city travel
- Accenture and Mastercard launch blockchain-enabled supplier 'tip' scheme
- World's food supply under 'severe threat' from loss of biodiversity, UN warns
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February 22, 2019- Start-up that turns insects into animal feed raises $125 million
- UK investor body to apply red warning if a company's board lacks women
- Climate change 'cause of most under-reported humanitarian crises'
- Development bank investments could halt emissions rises in developing nations, report finds
- Norway starts payments to Indonesia for cutting forest emissions
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February 20, 2019- Nissan panel to recommend outside director to chair board
- Honda says up to 7,000 jobs at risk from closure of UK plant
- Centrica steps up investment in 'intelligent home' vision
- Majority of European firms have no CO2 reduction targets
- UK plans to make plastic packaging producers pay for waste disposal
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February 13, 2019- NGOs push to expel Brazil miner Vale from UN pact over dam disaster
- Global energy demand to decouple from economic growth by 2035 – study
- US Senate passes a sweeping land conservation bill
- Electric cars are already cheaper to own and run, says study
- Vodafone announces winners of UK Techstarter accelerator
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February 11, 2019- Verizon to spend $1 billion to help the environment
- Chevron announces emissions cut target aligned with Paris agreement
- Selfridges launches suit bags made from plastic bottles
- Corporate reporting ‘fails to provide meaningful impact information’
- Drax begins capturing biomass carbon emissions in 'world first'
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February 08, 2019- Democrats float 'Green New Deal' to end fossil fuel era
- World's largest wealth fund to press firms for climate data at AGMs
- Facebook to link employee bonuses to progress on social issues
- Danone and Nestlé-owned company could join Brazil's slavery 'dirty list' – officials
- English language medical journals fail to comply with international ethical standards – study
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February 07, 2019- Facebook Messenger users to get 10-minute 'unsend' window
- Major funds launch toolkit to help investors measure SDG impact
- Google pays more money in European privacy fines than in taxes
- UK worst offender in Europe for electronic waste exports – report
- US companies demand regulation of proxy advisers
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February 06, 2019- Top Senate Democrats propose limits to corporate buybacks
- ING Research: The Race to a Circular Economy Heats Up For U.S. Companies
- CDP: Corporate demand for supplier transparency increased eight-fold since 2008
- UK greenhouse gas emissions dip, but transport remains biggest emitter
- German cabinet to hold secret session on Huawei's role in 5G network
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January 31, 2019- Britain proposes tougher stewardship code for asset managers
- Ben & Jerry's pledges to ban all single-use plastics by 2020
- Six UK fashion retailers fail to cotton on to sustainability
- Google Shareholders and Workers call on board to fix ‘diversity crisis’
- New agricultural technique to increase crop yield and reduce emissions