Results for Sustainable Investment
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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
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May 23, 2018- Shell boss hit by shareholder revolt over £8 million pay
- Legal & General launches fund to boost gender diversity
- Most GDPR emails unnecessary and some illegal, say experts
- “Climate change is real,” carmakers tell White House in letter
- Report: Global carbon market increases by 56% in one year, says World Bank
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May 18, 2018- Bursa Malaysia launches info hub on corporate governance and sustainability
- 60 investors call for oil and gas groups to step up climate change efforts
- Employers face landmark legal action over sexual harassment
- Chilean villagers claim British appetite for avocados is draining region dry
- National Geographic launches effort to reduce plastic waste
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May 17, 2018- Deliveroo to give staff £10 million share pot – but couriers will miss out
- Top Novartis lawyer quits after payments to Trump aide
- Water shortages to be key environmental challenge of the century, NASA warns
- UK green finance inquiry report released
- EU bank to invest €300 million in Chinese climate projects
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May 15, 2018- Human rights activists name and shame giant companies
- Amazon adopts new policy to promote board diversity
- World Health Organisation pushes for ban on trans fats
- Lloyds Bank announces further £2 billion funding for sustainable investment
- Fears for post-Brexit climate laws as UK green watchdog plans revealed
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May 04, 2018- Allianz to stop selling insurance to coal companies
- EU plans to massively increase spending on climate change
- New York City Comptroller suggests Airbnb is crippling apartment supply
- Volkswagen former boss faces charges in US over “dieselgate”
- Twitter urges all users to change passwords after glitch
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May 03, 2018- Commonwealth Bank admits to losing records for 20 million accounts
- Cambridge Analytica to close following Facebook data controversy
- Barclays unveils new ‘green trade loans’ for businesses
- Hawaii approves ban on sunscreens believed to kill coral reefs
- Wimbledon announces ban on plastic straws for 2018
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May 02, 2018- Companies ignore calls for greater disclosure on labour practices
- Apple to buyback $100 billion in stock, in line with wider trend following US corporate tax reform
- Ben & Jerry’s and 350.org campaign for a freeze on Australian fossil fuel investments
- UN Climate Change secretariat releases first annual report
- EDF plan for tallest UK onshore wind turbines prompts outcry