Results for Sustainable Investment
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August 24, 2016- Top investors urge G20 nations to ratify Paris Agreement this year
- Real estate green bonds tipped for rapid growth
- Study: Researchers who tested medicines in 69,000 children failed to publish results
- UK MPs call for ban on plastic microbeads
- Study: Air pollution threat hidden as research 'presumes people are at home'
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August 22, 2016- H&M factories in Myanmar employed 14-year-olds on long hours
- Shareholder advisers take aim at ‘male, stale and frail’ US boards
- Rise in UK women facing discrimination on taking maternity leave
- New online trawler tracking tool aims to help end overfishing
- ISO sustainable procurement draft open for public comment
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August 04, 2016- Apple reports improving racial and gender diversity among employees
- Virgin Media hails 'biggest carbon reduction ever' following major efficiency drive
- Report: Anticorruption efforts in listed firms in Southeast Asia not sufficient
- New UK pensions code of practice “huge boost” for responsible investment
- British anti-slavery database gets sluggish response from business
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July 27, 2016- US investors ploughing billions into palm oil, claims report
- MPs push for certainty on post-Brexit environmental laws
- India child labour bill amendments criticised by UN
- Ice bucket challenge funds ALS breakthrough
- European offshore wind investment hits €14 billion in 2016
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July 21, 2016- Microbeads report reveals loopholes in pledges by biggest firms
- Starbucks trials recyclable cups in move to tackle landfill waste
- FTA promotes stronger links between international trade and sustainable supply chains
- New Development Bank raises $450 million in first green bond sale
- Singapore seizes $177 million as part of Malaysia corruption probe
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July 20, 2016- Euronext Amsterdam tops sustainable stock exchange ranking
- Supermarkets using fake farm brands spark complaint from farmers
- Facebook under fire for 'censoring' Kashmir-related posts and accounts
- Kellogg's ad banned for misplaced health claims
- Drivers take Uber to UK tribunal in threat to business model
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July 15, 2016- Report: Insurers, banks and pensions face climate change risk
- Abolition of DECC 'major setback for UK's climate change efforts'
- Pacific islands nations consider world's first treaty to ban fossil fuels
- Accenture and partners launch South African microgrid programme
- VW failure to compensate UK owners 'deeply unfair'
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July 13, 2016- Study: fastest-growing cause for investors is sustainability
- Natural Capital Protocol launched
- Pearson launches SDG-focused 2015 Sustainability Report
- Discrimination is biggest challenge for Airbnb, CEO says
- Singapore to introduce legislation on sustainable packaging
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July 11, 2016- Big firms in emerging markets accused of 'pathetic levels of transparency'
- Greenpeace reveals ‘detox catwalk’ list of the most eco-friendly fashion brands
- Investors question ‘VW system’ following emissions scandal
- Adidas should reconsider Messi sponsorship after tax fraud conviction, fan survey says
- Report: UK tax relief for social investors generates £3 million for good causes
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July 08, 2016- Oxfam: Progress made in Unilever's labour practices in Vietnam, but significant challenges remain
- Elon Musk Twitter rant a 'case study' in how not to handle a crisis, experts say
- Deutsche Bank pulls back from deals in coal mining sector
- Numbers of women in UK boardrooms still low
- Climate bonds market grows as investors look for Paris alignment