Results for Sustainable Investment
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June 22, 2018- Facebook should be dumped by all sustainable funds, Nordea says
- Shell joins Carbon Trust programme to drive lower offshore wind costs
- Wind and solar will reach 50% of global generation by 2050
- Netflix paid no UK corporate tax in 2017 – and received a €200k rebate
- MPs to examine environmental footprint of UK fashion industry
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June 21, 2018- Report: Oxfam scores US and European supermarkets on food supply chains
- Report: World’s newest development bank invests in coal despite green promise
- US lawmakers want Google to reconsider links to China’s Huawei
- EU can toughen its emissions-cut target under Paris climate deal
- C&A Foundation backs fashion industry circular economy pilot projects
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June 18, 2018- UK pension funds get green light to dump fossil fuel investments
- Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes charged with fraud
- Reusable cup use soars 10-fold at Pret thanks to 50p discount
- KFC Singapore to stop providing plastic caps and straws for drinks
- Renault pledges €1 billion of funding for EV research and manufacturing
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June 15, 2018- As You Sow launches investor alliance to engage companies on plastic pollution
- UBS Global Wealth Management debuts private client sustainable investment portfolio
- Report: India facing the “worst water crisis in its history”
- European banks launch green mortgage pilot scheme
- Report: BP’s global data for 2017 shows record highs for coal and renewables
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June 13, 2018- Goldman Sachs Asset Management launches exchange-traded fund to track JUST Capital’s Index
- UK MPs urge banks to end “alpha male culture” to close gender pay gap
- Seattle City Council repeals “head tax” following big-business opposition
- Asia Pacific computer users most vulnerable to cyberattacks due to high percentage of unlicensed software use
- Germany to miss 2020 climate target, government concedes in official report
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June 12, 2018- Report: Two-thirds of top UK auto-enrolment pension providers lack policy against chemical weapon investments
- Citigroup issues stark warning on automation of bank jobs
- Mondelēz to use 100% sustainably-sourced wheat in EU
- Hotel sector unites under International Tourism Partnership to tackle forced labour
- Dow Chemical Company generates £90 million from natural capital projects
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June 11, 2018- UK to force big companies to publish worker to boss pay gap
- Legal & General to step up activism over climate change
- Pope Francis tells oil bosses world must reduce fossil fuel use
- Amazon blasted over China Echo factory conditions
- American Express to release ocean plastic credit card
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June 01, 2018- Europe’s largest asset manager sees “tipping point” on climate
- Report: Two-thirds of G20 member states are engaged with TCFD recommendations
- ANZ Bank faces criminal cartel prosecution
- Report: Antibiotic supply chains are putting basic health at risk
- Chile adopts new law to ban the use of plastic bags
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May 30, 2018- Starbucks closes 8,000 stores in US for racial-bias training
- RBS cuts lending to new coal and Arctic oil projects
- Ben & Jerry’s blockchain pilot allows customers to buy carbon-offset ice cream
- China’s carbon emissions set for fastest growth in seven years
- Dutch government appeals against court ruling over emissions cuts
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May 24, 2018- Concerns raised over healthiness of major food & beverage companies’ products
- Asset managers agree on 8 questions to put to companies
- Brexit, Trump wouldn't have happened without Facebook
- New York Stock Exchange appoints first female leader
- Congress approves first big Dodd-Frank rollback