Confronting novel entities – a severe problem that’s being ignored
I live in a wealthy part of the British Isles, a Unesco site, famed for clean beaches and beautiful scenery. ...
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WholeFoods “banned” Black Lives Matter masks
Bloomberg reports that Whole Foods Market illegally banned employees from wearing “Black Lives Matter” masks and punished workers who did, ...
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 ...
Restaurant groups to block worker protection
Bloomberg reports that restaurant industry groups sued to block new laws that give many fast-food workers in New York City ...
Why McDonald’s is supersizing its wages
The Economist reports that McDonald’s has been a prime target of the battles of labour-rights campaigners over miserly pay. The ...
Corporates asked to play a key role in “ending hunger by 2030”
Businesses and in particular food businesses which have thrived in the Covid pandemic are being asked to support a fund ...
New York Times: the end of meat is here
In an Opinion article for the New York Times, Jonathan Safran Foer asks, Is any panic more primitive than the ...
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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