Results for Policy & Research
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December 08, 2016- Madagascar’s £152m vanilla industry soured by child labour and poverty
- Sports Direct chairman criticises ‘extreme campaign’ as profits fall 57%
- Children’s online junk food ads banned by UK industry
- GRI sets sights on water, health & safety in 2017
- Paris makes all public transport free in battle against ‘worst air pollution for 10 years’
‘Tis the season of goodwill and glad tidings
December 08, 2016 Mike Tuffrey looks back at some of the better news stories of 2016. Read more >
Responsible research is our corporate responsibility
December 08, 2016 In the “post-truth” age, companies have a responsibility to use and promote science, evidence and critical thinking, writes Jesse Nishinaga. Read more >
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December 01, 2016- Forbes launches ‘Just 100’, ranking America’s best corporate citizens
- UNDP launches Gender Equality Seal in Asia Pacific
- Tesco launches biggest ever Neighbourhood Food Collection
- Breitbart at ‘war’ with Kellogg’s over advertising
- France becomes first European country to label products from Israeli settlements
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November 30, 2016- Firms such as Kellogg’s, Unilever and Nestle ‘use child-labour palm oil’
- Barry Callebaut targets 100 percent sustainable chocolate by 2025
- WWF and Sodexo cook up low-carbon meals
- EU declares war on energy waste and coal subsidies in new climate package
- Boeing tax break ruled unlawful by WTO
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November 24, 2016- Patagonia will donate 100% of Black Friday sales to environmental groups
- Facebook said to create censorship tool to get back into China
- From bitcoin to puke-tracking: Walmart uses blockchains to monitor food
- Trump to scrap Nasa climate research in crackdown on ‘politicized science’
- NGOs criticise “business as usual” European SDG plans
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November 17, 2016- Governments are doing a poor job at fighting corruption across Europe and Central Asia
- Over 360 businesses urge President-elect Trump to back Paris Agreement
- UK's social mobility problem holding back Thatcher generation, says report
- Chile connects Latin America’s largest solar plant to the national grid
- EU climate commissioner brings fossil fuel interests to COP22 climate summit
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November 16, 2016- UK temp agencies' tax avoidance scheme costs 'hundreds of millions'
- China warns Trump against abandoning climate change deal
- San Francisco deals major blow to Airbnb with short-term rental law
- New Balance decries bigotry after endorsement from neo-Nazi site
- El Niño and the IMF force water tariff hikes across the global South
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November 15, 2016- Google and Facebook move to restrict ads on fake news sites
- New study shows companies slow to tackle costly water risk
- Sarkozy proposes carbon tax on US goods if Trump scraps Paris climate pact
- Centrica warns over government intervention on UK energy bills
- VSO reveals ‘life-changing’ impact of volunteering