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Nestlé first major multi-national to launch human rights white paper
Nestlé has become the first major multi-national company to report publicly on its human rights impacts across seven countries, and what it is doing to address them. Ahead of international Human Rights...
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Google, Microsoft top list of 2013’s most buzzed-about companies: GreenBiz...
In a particularly newsworthy year for sustainability, Google, Microsoft, Tokyo Electric Power, Wal-Mart and BP led the pack in coverage related to green business issues. Such was the finding of...
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Exclusive: Inside McDonald’s quest for sustainable beef
Today, McDonald’s announces that it will begin purchasing verified sustainable beef in 2016, the first step on a quest to purchase sustainable beef for all of its burgers worldwide. Behind McDonald’s...
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L’Oréal Says It Will Phase Out The Use Of Plastic Microbeads In Its Beauty...
Earlier this week New York State Attorney General Eric. T Schneiderman and other lawmakers proposed a ban on plastic microbeads in personal hygiene products, saying the beads can end up polluting our...
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How Gap’s Minimum Wage Pledge Is Already Paying Off
Gap Inc. CEO Glenn Murphy shook up the retail world this week by announcing that the retailer would voluntarily raise its corporate-wide minimum wage to $9 this year and to $10 in 2015. Explaining the...
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Report on the World’s First Certified-Responsible Oil Development Site
Earlier this week, Equitable Origin issued the world’s first certification for socially and environmentally responsible practices by an oil production operation. The certified site, located in Colombia...
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Businesses and Investors Pressing for Green Policy
Hundreds of corporations, insurance companies and pension funds are calling on world leaders gathering for a U.N. summit on climate change this week to attack the problem by making it more costly for...
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Widespread safety issues identified at Bangladesh clothing factories
Inspectors hired by a group of Western clothing brands have found safety problems at all the Bangladesh factories they visited as part of an initiative launched after a building collapse last year...
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Au croisement de la finance verte et du numérique
Le plan d’action des FinTechs vertes sera débattu en présence du conseiller fédéral Ueli Maurer le 19 mai. Eclairage d’Antoine Mach de Covalence. Début avril le réseau des FinTechs vertes présentait...
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Teaching ESG, not as easy as ABC
More business schools and higher education institutions are integrating sustainable finance into their curricula. However, a lack of standardisation in a rapidly evolving sector is just one of the...
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