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  • How big brands can lead on tackling the global plastics waste epidemic

    Pedro Moura Costa, (Jun 13, 2019)

    BVRio’s Pedro Moura Costa explains how the 3R initiative, backed by Danone, Veolia, Nestlé and Tetra Pak, and launched at this week’s Responsible Business Summit Europe, will put a value on the environmental services provided by waste pickers in countries like Brazil, India and Indonesia

  • Tata Steel's push to reinforce its circular economy credentials

    Angeli Mehta, (Apr 29, 2019)

    Angeli Mehta reports on how Tata Steel Europe is pioneering more efficient production methods and trying to boost reuse and recycling of its energy-intensive product

  • Cobalt supply challenges fuel efforts to recycle EV and smartphone batteries

    Angeli Mehta, (Apr 24, 2018)

    By 2025 nearly a quarter of the cobalt in lithium ion batteries will be recycled, while new chemistries aim to reduce its use. Angeli Mehta reports

  • My top 10 sustainability stories from 2017

    Joe Franses, (Jan 4, 2018)

    Joe Franses of Coca-Cola European Partners picks out his highlights of progress made in 2017, and calls for business to pick up the pace on delivering change in 2018

  • CSR Cheat Sheet: 'No company will meet its 2020 zero-deforestation goals'

    Oliver Balch, (Dec 19, 2017)

    Nestlé, Mars, Marks & Spencer, Danone and Kellogg top scorers in Forest 500 report; ocean plastics backlash grows; EU probes IKEA tax affairs

  • Report review: Climate A-lister Tetra Pak links reporting with SDGs

    Claire Manuel, (Dec 1, 2017)

    The packaging giant has adopted the GRI framework for its latest sustainability report, aligning performance to how it is addressing nine of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. But slow progress on its goal of doubling recycling rates by 2020 has prompted it to adopt new metrics

  • ‘The spirit of Anita Roddick is strong with us’: why Natura bought The Body Shop

    Terry Slavin, (Oct 26, 2017)

    The founders of the Brazilian cosmetics giant tell Ethical Corporation’s editor Terry Slavin how they could not turn down the opportunity to turn Natura into a global force for positive change

  • P&G sends recycling message to consumers with ocean plastics bottles

    Angeli Mehta, (Oct 23, 2017)

    Procter & Gamble is the latest brand to use ocean plastics in its packaging in a bid to boost home recycling rates

  • Who's bending the curve on reusing plastic

    Angeli Mehta, (Oct 20, 2017)

    With increasing attention drawn to their packaging washing up on pristine beaches, brands such as Unilever, Nestle and Procter & Gamble are setting stretch targets to adopt more circular approaches. We look at innovation in use of recycled plastics and the barriers to taking them to scale

  • Brands wake up to tragedy of the oceans

    Angeli Mehta, (Oct 20, 2017)

    Shocking images of marine life choking on plastic waste are finally moving companies to innovate on more sustainable packaging solutions. But it will take more than new technologies to kick a decades-old global addiction to cheap single-use plastic

  • The impact intrapraneurs: How Danone is partnering to boost recycling and create jobs

    Anonymous, (Oct 12, 2017)

    In this guest blog, Karen Deignan of Net-Works interviews Frédérique Rathle to find out how Danone Water France worked with start-up Lemon Tri to create Lemonaide, which employs previously long-term unemployed to increase low recovery rates of PET bottles

  • Coca-Cola GB to double recycled plastics use in new sustainable packaging strategy

    Rebecca Ley, (Jul 13, 2017)

    The drinks company is to boost recycled content of its bottles to 50% in Great Britain and trial a deposit-return scheme

  • WeeklyWatch: 11 May 2017

    Terry Slavin, (May 11, 2017)

    B&Q bans neonics, SAP aims for carbon-neutral, H&M joins EP100, philanthropy award for Hoare, How2Recycle scheme grows

  • Weekly Watch: 18 May 2017

    Terry Slavin, (May 10, 2017)

    M&S, Target join Cotton 2040, Lego hits 100% renewables, Tesco sets science-based target, Waitrose moves on biomethane, Goodhope promises palm traceability, Smurfit Kappa close to 2020 goals

  • Weekly Watch: 5 May 2017

    EC Newsdesk, (May 4, 2017)

    IOI tackles deforestation, De Beers to store CO2, Kensington recycles Nespresso pods, global standard for sustainable procurement, Apple aims circular, new #Squaremilechallenge target, Heathrow climate projections dismissed

  • Smurfit Kappa's zero-waste alchemist

    Terry Slavin, (Apr 27, 2017)

    As manager of one of Europe’s largest recycled paper mills, Jo Cox is turning his nearly zero waste Netherlands facility into the linchpin of a bio-based industrial economy

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Shell wants 'to be at the leading edge, not the bleeding edge' with climate plan

Posted on Sep 3, 2019

Amid accusations that the Anglo-Dutch oil major is trying to extend an unsustainable business model with its embrace of nature-based climate solutions and increased investment in gas, Terry Slavin interviews Shell New Energies' Mark Gainsborough about Shell's Net Zero Carbon Footprint plan

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Posted on Sep 1, 2019

As Beijing ramps up preparations to create the world’s largest carbon market, the burning question is whether it will eventually be part of a global market, reports Jill Baker

‘The IPCC land use report is a wake-up call for Big Food’

Posted on Aug 15, 2019

Maria Lettini of FAIRR argues that scientists, and an increasing number of consumers and investors have recognised the climate imperative for the food sector to transition away from meat and dairy products toward alternative proteins

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‘Banks still only pay lip service to the UN Guiding Principles, with dire consequences’

Posted on Dec 6, 2019

BankTrack’s Ryan Brightwell says its latest human rights benchmark shows only ABN Amro can be considered a 'leader', while four out of five banks meet fewer than half of the benchmark’s requirements


75 CEOs call for US to stay in the Paris Agreement as emissions continue to rise

Posted on Dec 4, 2019

As #COP25 opens in Madrid Oliver Balch reports on a boost in firms signing up to Science Based Targets and research on how 2020 goals have fallen short


‘Consumer goods firms are failing to see the wood for the trees’

Posted on Nov 29, 2019

While Danone, Nestlé, L’Oréal and Unilever are leaders, big brands are failing to respond to increasing deforestation with anything like the urgency needed, warns CDP’s Ling Sin Fai Lam

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