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Underlying net profit attributable to shareholders down 35% to US$1,094 million and underlying earnings per share down 34% to US$1.96 ·
Southeast Asian businesses and Mandarin Oriental severely impacted by the pandemic, but resilience in Hongkong Land, Dairy Farm, Jardine Pacific and Jardine Motors ·
Continued investment for the long-term exemplified by US$4.5 billion investment by Hongkong Land in West Bund in Shanghai 2020 has brought major challenges to our teams and businesses, but also demonstrated once again the Group s ability to adapt and thrive as our businesses accelerated the pace at which they adopt technology and embraced digital ways of working. High levels of uncertainty remain in respect of this year, however, given the continuing impact of the pandemic. The Group s performance in the first part of 2021 is expected to be affected in particular by the continuing headwinds faced by ou
Headlines · Underlying net profit attributable to shareholders down 32% to US$1,085 million and underlying earnings per share down 30% to US$2.95 · Southeast Asian businesses and Mandarin Oriental severely impacted by the pandemic, but resilience in Hongkong Land, Dairy Farm, Jardine Pacific and Jardine Motors · Continued investment for the long-term exemplified by US$4.5 billion investment by Hongkong Land in West Bund in Shanghai · Dividend maintained at US $1.72 per share for the year, reflecting Board s confidence in long-term strength of underlying businesses and balance sheet · Separate announcement of offer to acquire remaining c.15 % of Jardine Strategic for US$33 per share in cash 2020 has brought major challenges to our teams and businesses, but also demonstrated once again the Group s ability to adapt, pe
WBCSD Launches Carbon Transparency Pathfinder
iPoint Group part of new initiative to decarbonize industry through data transparency
Published 03-09-21
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REUTLINGEN, Germany, March 9, 2021 /CSRwire/ – The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has launched the Value Chain Carbon Transparency Pathfinder, a new initiative to enable widescale exchange of primary, carbon emissions data. CircularTree (Member of iPoint Group) has been invited to join the initiative as an innovation member, based on its successful completion of the CarbonBlock pilot project with Porsche AG, BASF, and Motherson, supported by Europe’s largest open innovation platform STARTUP AUTOBAHN powered by Plug and Play.
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Bunge: We are committed to using our position and scale to lead the industry s progress on deforestation By Jane Byrne Agribusiness giant, Bunge, last week announced it was launching a new monitoring program in the Cerrado, becoming the first global company to foster mass action in that region to track indirect purchases of soybeans.
The company said the move will have benefits for the entire supply chain.
The Cerrado, writes the WWF, is one of the most threatened and over-exploited regions in Brazil, second only to the Atlantic Forests in vegetation loss and deforestation:
“Unsustainable agricultural activities, particularly soy production and cattle ranching, as well as burning of vegetation for charcoal, continue to pose a major threat to the Cerrado s biodiversity. Despite its environmental importance, it is one of the least protected regions in Brazil.