Results for Sustainable Investment
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July 03, 2018- Google delay on ads standard for EU privacy law creates compliance mess
- PwC ordered to pay $625 million over Colonial Bank collapse
- Macquarie’s Green Investment Group launches in North America
- Report: NHS could save £130 million a year by updating outdated energy systems
- Lyft follows Uber into bike-sharing, buying owner of CitiBike
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July 02, 2018- JUST Capital launches interactive tool to rank US companies on environmental impact
- Pension funds snap up £701 million stake in EDF Renewables wind farms
- Australian plastic bag ban sparks abuse and violence from angry shoppers
- Companies under strain from GDPR requests
- China could impose “special emissions” limits on firms in up to 80 cities
Investing in a Just Transition: integrating a social dimension into investor climate strategies
June 28, 2018 The goal of a just transition for workers and communities was included as part of the Paris Agreement, but this is an often overlooked part of an investment climate strategy. Nick Robins et al. make the case for change and provide a plan of action. Read more >
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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