Results for Policy & Research
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September 24, 2020- 12 global cities divest from fossil fuel companies as part of Covid-19 recovery plans
- Brazil meat giant JBS pledges to axe suppliers linked to deforestation
- Crisps, chocolate and cheese worst offenders for recycling
- World Bank's IFC adopts new climate rules to deter lenders from backing coal
- Brussels ready to clamp down on sweetheart corporate tax deals
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September 23, 2020- Big Four accounting firms unveil ESG reporting standards
- China sets sights on climate neutrality by 2060
- Facebook suspends environmental groups despite vow to fight misinformation
- EU aims to cut aviation emissions by 10% with more direct flights
- Australian scientists say suppression of environment research is getting worse
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September 17, 2020- World misses all UN biodiversity targets
- Plug-in hybrids are a 'wolf in sheep's clothing', according to new report
- Carbon prices to climb 50% over next decade following raised EU climate targets
- Novartis ties bond sale to malaria treatment access in sustainability push
- Device to curb microplastic emissions wins James Dyson award
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September 10, 2020- Ex-VW CEO to face diesel fraud trial, court says
- L’Oréal launches make-up recycling across UK shops
- Australian business leaders respond to corporate scandals, #MeToo movement
- Tax frequent flyers, ban new gas boilers and demand carbon labelling, UK Climate Assembly tells politicians
- Covid-19 will weaken energy demand for decades—but world still losing climate fight, warns report
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September 09, 2020- Seafood stakeholders push for stricter sustainability measures in landmark Fisheries Bill
- UK could save £1.6bn and 17,000 deaths by improving air quality, report finds
- More than 1 billion people could face displacement by 2050, according to new report
- Ex-G4S executives charged with defrauding UK government
- Poland to accelerate coal phase-out, spend billions on renewable and nuclear energy
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September 08, 2020- Global regulatory body to harmonise ‘plethora’ of ESG standards
- US$154 billion in capital has gone to 300 forest-risk companies since the Paris Agreement
- Coronavirus fuels modern slavery threat for Asian garment workers
- Nestlé on track to meet sustainable packaging goal
- Criticism over BP bid to help Aberdeen City Council cut emissions
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September 02, 2020- Removing CO2 could spark big rise in food prices
- Unilever pledges to invest €1bn in eliminating fossil fuels from cleaning products by 2030
- Activists turn on Oatly vegan milk after stake sold to Trump-linked Blackstone
- UK seeks to ban supermarkets selling goods from deforestation
- Microplastic pollution devastating soil species, study finds
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September 01, 2020- Businesses urged to harness 'nature-based solutions' to combat climate emergency
- Auditors raised minimum-wage red flags at Boohoo factories
- Climate change and agriculture driving record levels of deforestation, WWF report finds
- Humans' construction 'footprint' on ocean quantified for first time
- Defra announces plan to double 5p plastic bag charge and extend levy to all retailers from next year
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August 24, 2020- Dixons Carphone becomes first tech retailer to join EV100
- 'Melting faster and faster': Greenland lost 1 million tonnes of ice for each minute of 2019
- Australian insurer Suncorp to ditch coverage for oil and gas projects
- Rio Tinto bosses lose bonuses over Aboriginal cave destruction
- Samsung faces youth climate protests over involvement in new Vietnam coal plant
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August 20, 2020- BHP to exit thermal coal mining within two years
- Government seeks legally-binding environmental targets from 2022
- Most Europeans view climate change as more pressing issue than pandemic, according to poll
- Drilling lobby pours millions into Facebook and TV ads claiming natural gas is ‘climate friendly’
- Purdue Pharma escaped serious charges over opioid in 2006, memo shows