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  • New drive to police ‘wild west’ of net-zero targets ahead of COP26

    Mike Scott, (Dec 9, 2020)

    With corporate climate neutrality claims derided by some as the ‘new world peace’, Mike Scott reports on efforts to call out greenwash and promote scientifically credible action

  • How Biden’s White House could supercharge the battle against deforestation

    Niki Mardas, (Nov 20, 2020)

    Comment: Niki Mardas of Global Canopy says the president-elect’s promise of $20bn to protect the Amazon is welcome, but US leadership could be most decisive in targeting trade in forest-risk commodities like soy, palm and beef

  • 'Tackling palm and timber deforestation is a good start. Now brands must zero in on soy and cattle'

    Ling Sin Fai Lam, (Nov 5, 2020)

    Comment: Ling Sin Fai Lam of CDP says there is an urgent need to hold cattle and soy industries to the same high standards set for other forest risk commodities in supply chains

  • Unilever breaks new ground with bold climate and nature strategy

    Oliver Balch, (Jul 8, 2020)

    In part two of his monthly CSR #CheatSheet column, Oliver Balch looks at some of the latest corporate commitments to a green recovery as Covid-19 jolts business leaders into new appreciation of vulnerability of ‘business as usual’ models

  • Growing evidence of record-high deforestation throws spotlight on role of investors

    Oliver Balch, (Jul 6, 2020)

    In the first part of his Cheat Sheet analysis of sustainability news, Oliver Balch looks at data from Planet Tracker showing agriculture funds failing to address deforestation risk, a new guide for ESG investors from Ceres, Syngenta’s Green Growth Plan, and how a fashion industry effort to source sustainable viscose has won backing from Amazon

  • Mato Grosso’s plan to halve land use for cattle in bid to curb deforestation

    Mark Hillsdon, (Mar 7, 2020)

    Mark Hillsdon reports on a €3.5m joint venture between the Sustainable Trade Initiative and the Carrefour Foundation has the potential to restore 150,000ha of tropical rainforest in the state

  • Last stand for forests in Ethical Corporation magazine

    Terry Slavin, (Feb 11, 2020)

    In the first of a two-part investigation into how brands are performing on their 2020 commitments to ending deforestation in their supply chains, this month we look at palm oil and timber products

  • 'To reverse deforestation in the 2020s we must rebuild trust between forest countries and brands'

    Justin Adams, (Jan 3, 2020)

    Justin Adams of the Tropical Forest Alliance says durable change will only come when companies graduate from individual feelgood efforts and engage in the messy, hard work of collective action

  • CSR Cheat Sheet part 1: Amazon and Gap power up on clean energy

    Oliver Balch, (Aug 28, 2019)

    In the first part of his monthly review of sustainability news, Oliver Balch reports on how power purchase agreements by US companies are driving a boom in wind and solar projects, how falling costs of hydrogen could help speed the energy transition, and the health benefits from renewables

  • ‘While Bolsonaro grandstands in Davos, he is wreaking untold damage in Amazon’

    Dinamam Tuxa, (Jan 23, 2019)

    Dinamam Tuxá of Articulation of the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil says despite the president’s attempts to woo the global elite at WEF, the indigenous people who are protecting forests are under severe threat

  • Want to fight climate change? Start by checking what's on your plate

    Julie Nash, (Dec 18, 2018)

    Julie Nash of Ceres says most food companies are tackling only a tiny fraction of their greenhouse gas emissions, despite the fact the sector produces more climate-causing gases than transport and buildings sectors combined

  • Final countdown for forests in the magazine

    Terry Slavin, (Nov 2, 2018)

    In the November issue of Ethical Corporation we assess progress on corporate zero deforestation commitments as the clock ticks down to 2020, and how the healthcare sector is stepping up efforts to meet the Sustainable Development Goals

  • Ten years on, few have joined Norway in funding the battle against deforestation

    Terry Slavin, (Jul 5, 2018)

    With forests rapidly losing their capacity to regulate the climate, countries have to urgently step up finance for REDD+ and companies must implement their zero-deforestation commitments. Terry Slavin reports

  • CSR Cheat Sheet: UK retailer Iceland ditches palm oil over deforestation fears

    Oliver Balch, (Apr 16, 2018)

    UK retailer to remove palm oil from own-brand products; animal welfare index snubs Sainsbury; shipping industry agrees decarbonisation strategy

  • Top stories of 2017: #7 Green shoots of hope for forests amid setbacks

    Mark Hillsdon, (Dec 13, 2017)

    The battle to stop deforestation continued to rage across the planet in 2017, writes Mark Hillsdon. But the year ended with a flurry of new commitments and partnerships aimed at saving the world’s forests, and restoring millions of hectares of degraded land

  • ‘The spirit of Anita Roddick is strong with us’: why Natura bought The Body Shop

    Terry Slavin, (Oct 26, 2017)

    The founders of the Brazilian cosmetics giant tell Ethical Corporation’s editor Terry Slavin how they could not turn down the opportunity to turn Natura into a global force for positive change

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