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L’Oréal first company to partner C40 cities on empowering women

Diana Rojas, (Mar 17, 2017)

The French cosmetics company pledges to help 10 cities mobilise women to lead the fight on climate change at Women4Climate conference in New York

Weekly Watch: 23 February 2017

EC Newsdesk, (Feb 22, 2017)

French supply chain law, technology boost to resource sector, WWF backs multistakeholder standards, oil pipeline controversy, organic market growth, banks pressured on climate, clean energy rebounds, Uganda's solar bus and Smurfit Kappa achieves certification goal

Weekly Watch: 16 February 2017

Rebecca Ley, (Feb 1, 2017)

Tourists choose Iran over US, climate risks, the downside of hydropower, fashion supply chains and UK smog warning

Issue 6: Green finance goes global

Nadine Hawa, (Dec 15, 2016)

Chinese leadership in the green bond market helped make 2016 a bumper year for climate-smart investment

Issue 3: Climate change: The best of times, the worst of times

Martin Wright, (Dec 15, 2016)

Amidst soaring temperatures and Trumpian rhetoric, it was a challenging year for businesses trying to act on climate change. But growing collaboration and rapid ratification of the Paris Agreement offer hope

Issue 1: Holding steady in the Trump tsunami

April Streeter, (Dec 15, 2016)

There are hopes that sustainable business will weather the storm as an unpredictable new president sweeps into the White House

WeeklyWatch: 25th November 2016

EC Newsdesk, (Nov 25, 2016)

AI, Autumn Statement, water risks, labour violations in Malaysia, SRI fund, Trump on climate, Black Friday, carbon labelling, RB targets wellbeing

Connecting the dots at Marrakech

Amy Brown, (Nov 18, 2016)

Cop22 will be judged a success if it promotes the SDGs alongside the climate agenda, observers say

Comment: Shock therapy for the US sustainability movement

Martin Wright, (Nov 14, 2016)

Martin Wright sees some glimmers of hope amid the undeniable setback of Trump’s election victory

Comment: Community energy is at the heart of engaging citizens in climate action

Mike Barry, (Nov 10, 2016)

As COP22 begins in Marrakech, Mike Barry of Marks & Spencer argues that the world has to think small as well as big

Green finance gains ground

Stephen Gardner, (Oct 14, 2016)

Governments have accepted the need for a global shift to low-carbon investment, but the challenge is huge

Bee decline Briefing Part 2: No easy answers in battle to save bees

Angeli Mehta, (Oct 14, 2016)

From neonics to parasites, pollinators are under assault. New methods of farming to preserve biodiversity may be needed

Smallholders Review: 500 million small steps to feed the world

April Streeter, (Oct 13, 2016)

With climate change threatening global food production, companies from Olam to Unilever are focusing on lifting smallholder farmers out of poverty

BrandWatch – September 2016

Nadine Hawa, (Sep 23, 2016)

Oil firms 'failure', Coca-Cola hits water goal, GSK tops Change the World list and GM turns bottles into coats

EthicsWatch: US – ExxonMobil under fire for 'hiding knowledge of climate change'

April Streeter, (Sep 21, 2016)

The oil major is being investigated by 12 US states for fraud after decades of funding denial groups

The low-carbon economy can foster May’s ‘country that works for everyone’

Nick Molho, (Aug 27, 2016)

Many observers fear that the vote to leave the EU will result in the dilution of measures to protect the environment. This doesn’t have to be the case.

Sustainable Rubber briefing: Sustainable rubber search hits the road

Angeli Mehta, (Aug 23, 2016)

Amid rising concerns about the environmental and human threats posed by rubber, Bridgestone and Michelin lead the search for green alternatives

BrandWatch – August 2016

Nadine Hawa, (Aug 18, 2016)

Human rights in the Philippines, the power of ice cream, B Corp status for Bulb and Virgin's big carbon reduction

Post-brexit: Climate of uncertainty

Stephen Gardner, (Aug 18, 2016)

The United Kingdom may have voted to leave the European Union, but international climate change commitments are unchanged, meaning business must still face up to the challenge of decarbonisation

PolicyWatch – August 2016

Stephen Gardner, (Aug 17, 2016)

Aircraft emission fears, Scottish wind power, child labour loophole and dam damned

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