In the north of England, a convicted crook has been ordered to pay $1,700,000 for defrauding government-backed recycling schemes of millions of dollars.
Source: waste-management-world.com
From pretty much the moment Russia invaded Ukraine, its war in the country has been held up as an example of “fundamental flaws” in sustainable investing. Denunciations have claimed sustainable funds eschew military contractors and fossil fuels at a time the world most needs them. Such critiques are sloppy and unsupported by data. For starters, most critics don’t know what sustainable investing even is. For the most part, their claims reflect a total lack of understanding of the diversity of the field. They seem to think sustainable investing is dogmatic, monolithic, and undifferentiated. What they don’t understand is that sustainable investing is a big tent, addressing a spectrum of investor concerns and preferences. Yes, like all funds, sustainable funds seek to deliver competitive investment results.
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Last month, Vanuatu became one of the first in the world to implement a ban on single use plastic bags, straws and polystyrene food containers.
“[The fashion industry] is 60% larger than it needs to be relative to the actual quantity of demand,” says Paul Dillinger, Head of Global Product Innovation at Levi’s, on the latest episode of the Innovators podcast by the Current Global.
The Foodservice Packaging Institute’s annual trends survey found that the two greatest trends in foodservice packaging — increased delivery and abandoning single-use packaging — were in direct conflict with each other, yet intertwined.
Bottled water brand Buxton has announced that its entire range will be made from 100% recycled plastic by 2021.Its new 750ml and one-litre bottles were la…
Move over, Millennials – there’s a new generation in town. To date, there has been much research conducted on millennial purchasing behaviors.Born between 1981 and 1996, Millennials makeup about 22% of the population, according to Statista, and are about 30% of total retail sales; this generation…