ESG/Sustainability Highlights

Source: CNN - The job market in Las Vegas has been the hardest-hit among large US metro areas during the pandemic. The region is heavily reliant upon travel, discretionary spending, business conferences and large gatherings, but has seen those...
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Source: CNBC - ermany’s economy contracted by 5% in 2020, according to full-year GDP (gross domestic product) data released on Thursday.
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Source: Financial News London - BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, has bolstered its sustainable investment analytics on its influential risk and operations platform with the acquisition of a minority stake in a data fintech.
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Source: The Hill - The environmental movement in the United States just received its diversity report card for 2020, and it's doing better. But activists argue that improvement just isn’t happening fast enough.
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Source: Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - There is little evidence efforts by the world’s top coffee roasters and traders to prevent human rights and environmental abuses are having any impact, with most farmers operating at a loss and unable to...
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Source: Report Alert - Companies disclosing their impacts through the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting standards are to adhere to three new and updated standards, for reports they publish from this year onward.
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Source: Techerati - As the insatiable appetite for digital transformation increases, it’s incumbent upon the world’s most influential sectors – from agriculture to buildings and construction, to data centres, IT, energy and utilities – to make a...
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Source: Forbes - Even before the Covid-19 pandemic changed everything, Lime was already known across the world, responsible for 200 million trips across 100 cities in more than 30 countries.
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Source: Solar Industry Magazine - PepsiCo Inc. has unveiled plans to more than double its climate goal, targeting a reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its value chain by more than 40% by 2030.
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Source: Forbes - Our goal was to make the brand relevant to today's consumer. To make them think that this is something that they should be using because they feel really good about the product.
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