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• Delaware judge calls for end to ‘deluge’ of activist investor votes
• ExxonMobil releases carbon asset risk report following investor pressure
• General Mills, Colgate-Palmolive and Safeway announce sustainable palm oil commitments
• Latin America producing over $1 billion worth of sustainable food each year, but not consuming much of it
• UK businesses identify sustainability as key growth driver

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• Sustainability rising up agenda for real estate investors
• Scotland gives green light to world’s ‘third largest’ offshore wind farm
• Ford to gather data on energy use, driving patterns at new employee EV charging stations
• African Renewable Energy Fund launches with $100 million
• Halfords launches “bikes to Africa” recycling initiative

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• Unilever issues first ever green sustainability bond
• Orange France investigates second wave of suicides among staff
• UK Budget 2014: “dirty business as usual” and social enterprise tax boost
• Singapore held up as “test bed” for sustainable innovation
• Greenhouse gas rise ‘will boost crop yield’

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• Report: responsible investment ‘increasingly important feature’ across EU
• Primark to pay £6m more to victims of Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh
• Rainforest Alliance reinstates IKEA's FSC certification
• Malaysian plane disappearance puts spotlight on polluted seas
• UK 'lagging behind' on water technology innovation

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• Facebook tightens its rules on gun sales
• Rolls-Royce sets up whistleblower hotline for staff with bribery concerns
• £100 billion red alert over UK green energy gap
• eBay aiming to become sustainability ‘facilitator’ for brands
• Awareness growing around environmental benefits of cross-sector collaboration

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• UK investors to use AGMs to get women on boards
• Green buildings study to investigate business case for sustainable workplaces
• China considers smog research facility
• Rolls Royce faces fresh bribery allegations in India
• Dyson exploring use of biopolymers for ‘closed loop’ vacuum cleaners

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• Shell shareholders urged to force Arctic retreat
• Honda appoints first woman to board
• Brussels poised to outline car emissions deal
• Carbon capture scheme dragged into Scottish independence debate
• Sainsbury’s makes packaging reductions with toilet roll

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• Apple confirms conflict free supply chain
• New York green bank opens for business
• Indian textile suppliers see 756% return through water management
• South Korea on course for world’s highest carbon price
• Illegal wildlife trade: 50 nations gather in London for high level summit  

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• BBC and BT top responsible UK pension schemes
• Major trade powers pledge free trade in green goods
• Asia-Pacific rises up sustainability rankings
• Fracking firms 'should pay £6bn a year tax to compensate for climate change'
• Community Energy Strategy launched to help local renewables projects