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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

This week in ESG news: Mars launches $250 million sustainability solutions fund, ties exec compensation to climate goals; EU proposes major simplification of sustainability taxonomy; Google turns the corner on data center emissions, but supply chain drags carbon footprint higher; revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards may cut datapoints (..)

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

This week in ESG news: European Commission proposes cutting emissions 90% by 2040, includes role for carbon credits in target; Microsoft signs new 1 million ton+ carbon removal deal; companies, investors campaign to keep EU sustainable reporting rules intact; JPMorgan tokenizes carbon credits; Nestlé scales program to boost cocoa supply chain sustainability; (..)

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These 50 Canadian corporations are carving out a more sustainable future

Corporate Knights

Yes, greenwashing and window-dressing still dominate the business landscape, but rankings like the Best 50 prove that progress is possible. PREVIOUS RANKINGS Some companies on the Best 50 are making real progress on cleaning up their supply chains. Even the best companies have flaws.

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The misleading accounting behind your ‘recycled’ plastic

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Uncovering the exposome: An emerging field casts a wide net

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New York bets big on green economy with Brooklyn climate innovation hub DuPont agrees to $27M settlement in Hoosick Falls water contamination lawsuit This startup turns steel and aluminum waste into usable metals What Trump’s budget proposal says about his environmental values Cleaner fish: Tiny healers or hidden spreaders in coral reef ecosystems?

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Trump’s second term is creating ‘a limbo moment’ for US battery recyclers

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A look at the secret world where our waste ends up

Corporate Knights

Waste has always been inflicted upon the margins,” said Oliver Franklin-Wallis, author of the new book Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future. Waste, he writes, is often exported from rich countries to poor ones, a phenomenon known as “toxic colonialism.” “Too

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