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Science-Based Targets initiative sees uptake double
05 December 2019The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has seen uptake from corporates double over the past year-and-a-half.
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Nestlé, Coca-Cola and Unilever 'have plastics-risk exposure'
20 November 2019Nestlé, Coca-Cola and Unilever are the developed market companies most exposed to plastics-related risk, according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) data specialists RepRisk.
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Meat, fish and dairy producers not addressing sustainability risks, says FAIRR
04 September 2019The vast majority of meat, fish and dairy producers have not meaningfully addressed basic sustainability risks, according to a report by investor network FAIRR.
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US consumer goods sector must up its low-carbon game, CDP says
25 February 2019Major US companies in the fast-moving consumer goods sector, including Kraft Heinz, Estée Lauder and P&G, must up their game or risk falling foul of changing consumer demands and increased environmental regulation.
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CDP unveils Johnson & Johnson, Gap and Kao in green leaders list
22 January 2019Johnson & Johnson, Gap and KAO have reached the top 2% of firms covered by CDP's annual environmental ranking.
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ERM snaps up SustainAbility as industry consolidation continues
14 January 2019Environmental Resources Management (ERM), a specialist consultancy with 160 offices worldwide, has acquired SustainAbility, the pioneering think tank and advisory firm set up by John Elkington and Julia Hailes in 1987.
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Large food brands’ reporting failure raises their climate risk, says Ceres
28 November 2018The majority of the largest food and drinks brands in the US and Canada currently fail to report on emissions from their supply chain, raising their exposure to climate-related risk, Ceres has said.
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Terry Smith bullish on anniversary of sustainable equities fund
23 November 2018Fundsmith's foray into sustainable investing has yielded early success and is poised for further growth, founder Terry Smith tells Graham Cooper
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Investors and corporates join forces in new plastics initiative
31 October 2018More than 15 major institutional investors and organisations representing several hundred companies have joined forces in support of a new initiative "to eradicate plastic waste and pollution at source".
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BMO starts examining companies' 'plastic footprints'
28 September 2018BMO Global Asset Management is working to introduce the concept of 'plastic footprints', similar to carbon footprints, to encourage companies to measure and disclose their plastic usage to investors.