Results for Waste
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September 24, 2020- 12 global cities divest from fossil fuel companies as part of Covid-19 recovery plans
- Brazil meat giant JBS pledges to axe suppliers linked to deforestation
- Crisps, chocolate and cheese worst offenders for recycling
- World Bank's IFC adopts new climate rules to deter lenders from backing coal
- Brussels ready to clamp down on sweetheart corporate tax deals
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September 18, 2020- Consumer goods giants accused of covert lobbying against stronger plastics legislation
- Canada launches emissions reduction fund from Volkswagen fine
- 'Total failure' on English river water quality, according to Environment Agency
- Tate & Lyle sweetens climate efforts with science-based CO2 targets
- Chinese fishing armada plundered waters around Galápagos, data shows
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September 11, 2020- Rio Tinto chief to quit over Aboriginal Sébastien cave destruction
- Plans unveiled for 'world's biggest' recycling facility in bid to meet soaring European demand
- Citigroup becomes first big Wall Street bank to be run by female CEO
- BP enters offshore wind with Equinor deal
- Advertising sector launches new initiative to eliminate negative environmental impacts
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September 10, 2020- Ex-VW CEO to face diesel fraud trial, court says
- L’Oréal launches make-up recycling across UK shops
- Australian business leaders respond to corporate scandals, #MeToo movement
- Tax frequent flyers, ban new gas boilers and demand carbon labelling, UK Climate Assembly tells politicians
- Covid-19 will weaken energy demand for decades—but world still losing climate fight, warns report
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September 08, 2020- Global regulatory body to harmonise ‘plethora’ of ESG standards
- US$154 billion in capital has gone to 300 forest-risk companies since the Paris Agreement
- Coronavirus fuels modern slavery threat for Asian garment workers
- Nestlé on track to meet sustainable packaging goal
- Criticism over BP bid to help Aberdeen City Council cut emissions
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August 26, 2020- Forest positive: Kingfisher pledges to plant more trees than it consumes
- RE100 Leadership Awards shortlist: companies going above and beyond on clean energy
- Study: Consumer carbon emissions have plummeted through 2020 - and some savings could continue
- Businesses including Glencore launch joint bid to improve conditions in cobalt supply chains
- Plastic Pact launches in the US as industry giants pledge action
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August 25, 2020- Consumer goods giants accused of sourcing palm oil from 'top deforester'
- Jaguar Land Rover turns to recycled aluminium to cut manufacturing CO2
- Over 80% of White employees see themselves as allies at work, but Black women and Latinas disagree
- Facebook agrees to pay France €106m in back taxes
- Climate fund for poor nations vows to drive green Covid recovery
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August 19, 2020- Ten times more plastic dumped in Atlantic than previously believed
- Retail giants prepare to launch TerraCycle's 'zero-waste' refill service in stores
- COP26: UK seeks corporate sponsors with 'strong climate credentials'
- Unilever touts supply chain mapping pilot in fresh bid to tackle deforestation
- Charity sector loses 25,000 jobs during pandemic - and 35,000 more likely to go
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August 12, 2020- Sustainable investment funds just surpassed $1 trillion for the first time on record
- New rules may force online political adverts in UK to carry labels
- Apple imported clothes from Xinjiang firm facing US forced labour sanctions
- New platform to help corporates forge circular economy partnerships
- Brand leaders have a duty to pay a premium for sustainability to improve industry, says L'Oréal supply chain chief
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August 06, 2020- Facebook and Twitter punish Trump over video where he says children ‘almost immune’ to Covid-19
- Microsoft vows to become a 'zero-waste' business by 2030
- Almost half of UK charities for world's poorest set to close in a year
- Japan's climate change efforts hindered by biased business lobby, research shows
- Helping the poor can protect forests too, Indonesian welfare programme finds