Results for Sustainable Investment
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March 25, 2021- Big banks provided over $3trn in finance for fossil fuels since Paris Agreement
- Net-zero emissions targets adopted by one-fifth of world's largest companies
- Key UK financial regulators mandated to consider climate issues
- Northern Gas Networks and Hitachi UK launch green bonds
- Trade unions call for greater regulation on AI use in the workplace
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March 24, 2021- Climate Action 100+ benchmark shows companies not evidencing net-zero ambitions
- Aviva Investors refuses to invest in Deliveroo amid concern over riders' rights
- Unilever sets out net zero plans for shareholder vote at upcoming AGM
- Europe and US could reach 'peak meat’ in 2025 with 1 billion tonnes of CO2 savings
- Green groups angered at UK Government’s £16bn oil and gas sector 'bailout’
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March 15, 2021- UK charity launches world's first LGBT+ climate fund
- Primark supplier accused of locking workers in factory in Myanmar protests
- Only small percentage of Covid-19 recovery allocated to green initiatives
- Italy pledges to cut its carbon emission by 60% by 2030
- Footwear brands Clarks and UGG unveil sustainable shoe innovations
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March 12, 2021- Nike sets fresh diversity targets for 2025 and ties them to executive compensation
- Goldman Sachs to invest $10 billion over 10 years to support Black women
- France’s biggest insurer dumps German power giant over coal
- Shipping industry backs ambitious $5 billion decarbonisation project
- UK Government launches £150 million rainforest protection push
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March 11, 2021- Wells Fargo is latest US bank to adopt net-zero financing pledge
- UK banks lost about 10,000 women last year in diversity blow
- HSBC tables company vote on phasing out financing of coal
- American Airlines and Kuehne+Nagel ink pioneering sustainable aviation fuel agreement
- Mondelez and PepsiCo set new plastic pledges following NGO pressure
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March 10, 2021- Major investors apply net-zero alignment framework to $8trn of assets
- Pearson targets net-zero carbon by 2030
- Instagram recommendation algorithms are pushing anti-vaxx and QAnon posts, NGO report says
- EU prepares to turn the screw on asset managers over greenwashing
- The Fashion Pact launches new push to help curb industry's impact on biodiversity
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March 09, 2021- Unilever drops word 'normal' from beauty products and bans excessive editing of models
- Temasek commits $500m to impact investing specialist LeapFrog Investments
- Goldman Sachs pledges net-zero supply chain by 2030 and financed emissions by 2050
- Biden signs executive orders to advance gender equality in organisations and education
- Almost 80% of UK bank directors have connections to high-emitting corporates
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March 08, 2021- Young women 'must work 40 years longer than men' to plug £100k pension gap
- Britain's Morrisons targets supply from net zero carbon farms by 2030
- Microsoft and Chevron partner on bioenergy and carbon capture project
- Henkel targets climate positivity and Nokia unveils 1.5C science-based targets
- Google won’t use new ways of tracking users as it phases out browser cookies for ads
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March 05, 2021- German cabinet backs law to protect human rights in global supply chain
- Bank of England given new mandate to buy ‘green’ bonds
- Burger King to phase out all single-use plastic by 2025 in the UK
- China’s new 5-year plan to cut energy intensity but removes energy consumption cap
- eBay UK launches Certified Refurbished hub in circularity push
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March 04, 2021- UK Government pledges to put green investment ‘at the heart’ of 2021 budget
- P&G launches refillable shampoo bottles in the UK
- Australia unveils national plan to curb plastic waste and pollution
- US Energy Department readies $40 billion in loans to boost clean energy
- Equivalent of Covid-19 emissions drop needed every two years to meet Paris goals