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Global war on plastic waste gathers speed with powerful new allies
Terry Slavin, (Oct 10, 2019)

Terry Slavin rounds up a slew of new initiatives as BlackRock enters partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Unilever commits to halve its use of virgin plastic by 2025, PepsiCo launches a green bond, and Andrew Forrest's Sea the Future initiative to tax plastic use wins Fortune 500 backing
‘The consumer revolt over single-use straws is just the beginning’
Yasmin Crowther, (Nov 20, 2018)

Yasmin Crowther of Polecat Intelligence says Coca-Cola is the brand most in the firing line, but all companies will be caught in the widening net of concerns over plastic waste
Analysis: UK retailers’ plastics pact ‘must be backed up by real change’
Angeli Mehta, (May 4, 2018)

Angeli Mehta peels the lid off the commitment by Britain’s biggest supermarkets and brands to create a circular economy for plastics by 2025 and finds that huge barriers will need to be overcome
CSR Cheat Sheet: Plastics war comes to Davos
Oliver Balch, (Jan 25, 2018)

Big brands announce slew of recycling targets at WEF; growing gender pay gap; colleges falling short on sustainability teaching, SDG reporting grows
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

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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

All eyes on China as national carbon market plan emerges from haze

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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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

'We are moving towards a zero-carbon future – but we need to go faster'

Posted on Nov 28, 2019

Ahead of next week’s COP25 meeting, Nigel Topping of We Mean Business and Elizabeth McKeon of the IKEA Foundation say companies can play a vital role in keeping global warming below 1.5C, but only if the entire business community is on board

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