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EU body sets out draft sustainability disclosure standards

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -Companies will have to set a much broader range of sustainability tar...

3rd May, 2022

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Hong Kong’s mandatory COVID testing in schools fuels plastic waste woes

HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong government rule that all school students and staff take daily COVI...

29th April, 2022

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Norway arrests activists blocking tanker unloading Russian oil

OSLO (Reuters) – Norwegian police said they had arrested 20 Greenpeace and Extinction Rebellion camp...

25th April, 2022

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On Earth Day, climate activists rally against fossil fuels

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Climate change campaigners kicked off a wave of protests for Ear...

22nd April, 2022

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Brazil’s largest indigenous reservation overrun by illegal gold mining, says report

By Anthony Boadle and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) – An illegal gold mining boom on Brazil...

11th April, 2022

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In Brazil, satellites help scientists zone in on Amazon deforestation

By Fabio Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A group of Brazilian researchers usi...

8th April, 2022

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The global finance industry is demanding more sustainable data centres – what should you be looking for?

By David Watkins, solutions director for VIRTUS Data Centres Like all sectors, the global banking an...

6th April, 2022

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Now’s the time for accurately communicating sustainability credentials

By Amyn Jaffer, Ultima Labs Director Over the past two years, a company’s impact on wider society ha...

31st March, 2022

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Explainer-First global guidelines for company sustainability disclosures

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The newly created International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB...

31st March, 2022

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Facebook owner Meta puts plans to build Dutch data centre on ice

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Facebook owner Meta said on Tuesday it was suspending plans to build a giant d...

29th March, 2022

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Can Your Company Claim From the Diesel Emissions Scandal?

In the UK alone, an estimated 500,000 vehicles could benefit from considerable compensation due to t...

28th March, 2022

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How organisations can align their digital sustainability credentials with existing physical sustainability philosophy

By Amy Czuba, senior account manager at Nexer Digital The internet emits a massive amount of CO2, wi...

22nd March, 2022