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October 03, 2019- Melinda Gates commits $1 billion to expand ‘women’s power and influence’ in the US
- Capgemini turns to AI to fix food supply chain sustainability
- Investor pressure slowly pushing firms to set net-zero targets
- BNP Paribas and Neumann Kaffe create $25m loan facility for sustainable coffee
- Uber launches app aimed at connecting workers with businesses
Major US companies call Amazon, Apple and Walmart to account over social responsibility commitments
October 03, 2019The bosses of some of the world’s biggest companies, including Apple and Amazon, have been told to put the planet before profits – not by environmental campaigners, but by the CEOs of other multinationals. The call came in […]
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Morgan Stanley survey finds investor enthusiasm for sustainable investing at an all-time high
October 03, 2019A new survey, published by the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing, has found that 85% of individual investors in the US now express interest in sustainable investing. The third edition of the individual investor survey, Sustainable Signals, […]
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Amazon’s commitment to retraining 100,000 employees
September 02, 2019Last month, Amazon announced it will be investing US$700m to retrain 100,000 of its employees – equivalent to one third of its US workforce – in new technologies as part of its Upskilling 2025 strategy. The employee training […]
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September 02, 2019- BlackRock in Amazon: 'World's largest investor in deforestation'
- Lab meat firms join forces to create new lobby group
- Scotland's first subsidy-free onshore windfarm to be operational by 2020
- Bosses who do not believe in gender bias seen hiring fewer women
- Vanguard seeks more boardroom diversity and wants details
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August 14, 2019- Philadelphia and VW ads banned for gender stereotyping
- Apple promises to embrace fish-friendly gold mining
- Renewable energy sourcing by US-based corporates set for record high in 2019
- Twenty-two states sue Trump administration over carbon rule replacement
- Vanguard discards over two dozen stocks from ESG funds
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April 02, 2019- Bloomberg to launch decarbonisation tracker to drive utilities' green progress
- Sustainable investment funds losing market share in Europe due to clampdown on greenwashing
- Australia government proposes new fund to meet emission reduction targets
- Irish airline Ryanair enters EU’s top 10 emitters list
- Electricity North West launches zero-carbon plan
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April 01, 2019- Google blocks China adverts for sites that help bypass state censorship
- 'Wake-up call' for UK as graduates' gender pay gap widens
- Fashion firms urged to log global supply chains on new digital open-source map
- Climate action compass for Indian states launches
- UK’s Heathrow airport launches fund for low-carbon aviation ideas
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November 12, 2018- US funds with big Amazon farming stakes face Bolsonaro choice
- Most big companies failing U.N. human rights test, ranking shows
- UK retailers to pay up to £1 billion for recycling under waste strategy
- Extreme weather index launched in Australia
- Unilever and Bio-on work together to reduce environmental impact in the Personal Care sector
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November 05, 2018- Demand for EVs is fuelling a rise in child labour - according to campaigners
- World's first Gender Smart Investing Summit takes place in London
- Sembcorp to build 6.2MWp rooftop solar farm in Singapore
- U.S. Supreme court rejects Trump administration bid to halt climate trial
- Antarctic's future in doubt after plan for world's biggest marine reserve is blocked