Bank of America: Food shocks will destabilise ESG
Bloomberg says that for analysts at Bank of America, the record surge in food prices illustrates risks at the intersection of environmental and societal ...
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Companies urge convergence on climate reporting standards
Representatives of 7,000 companies are calling for compatibility and interoperability around the world on Sustainability reporting standards. They say this ...
Unilever’s tea business a test of private equity’s conscience
A Financial Times feature says that almost 15 years after an attack on a tea plantation in Kericho, Kenya, many ...
Climate change and profitless farming pose critical business risks
Climate change is the most influential risk to food and agriculture, according to a new report by the World Business ...
High risk meat and dairy production could “create new pandemic”
Intensively farmed protein like pork, beef, dairy and fish, could incubate the next pandemic, according to a new working paper ...
Schroders joins WWF in calling for swift EU anti-greenwashing laws
A coalition has warned against delays to Europe’s proposed Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive. Asset manager Schroders joined ShareAction, the UN-convened Principles ...
Unilever investors fear nutritional “regulatory and reputational risks”
A Unilever shareholder resolution is urging the company to sell more healthy food. Unilever is behind Ben & Jerry’s icecream, ...
Terry Smith vs Unilever: guilty of mayo madness?
The Financial Times says Terry Smith has mayo on his mind — and presumably on his sandwiches and salads. The ...
Unilever tea bidders had rights concerns
The Financial Times reports that two of the three final bidders for Unilever’s tea division balked at taking on the ...
Private equity’s falling out of love with plastic
Reuters says that a decade ago, private equity couldn't get enough of plastic packaging. They snapped up companies making bags, ...
Free, prior and informed consent required as clean energy threatens Indigenous Peoples
A new coalition of Indigenous Peoples is calling for free, prior and informed consent to be negotiated without exception as...
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