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Changing Markets Foundation research highlights growing concern among investors that meat and dairy firms are failing to take account of climate risk

A new report from the Changing Markets Foundation warns that profits are at risk if investors do not engage with the meat and dairy industry to cut methane emissions and other climate pollutants.

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Fashion industry told to avoid cotton from Xinjiang, which accounts for 84% of China’s exports of the product

The fashion industry has been told it must wean itself off cotton from China’s Xinjiang region, as a new law comes into force giving US border authorities greater powers to block or seize goods linked to forced labor in China. The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), which came into force yesterday, assumes that any product partly or wholly made in Xinjiang is linked to the region’s labor camps. Since 2017, the Chinese authorities have detained as many as 1 million Uighurs and subject...

Traceability non-negotiable for investors

EU plastics industry ‘on the precipice’ due to unsustainable business model, tightening green regulations and competition from China, Planet Tracker warns

Sobering research by CDP and Planet Tracker lays bare the huge risks and costs companies are already facing as a result of worsening water security

LONDON, May 5 — Financial institutions face losses of at least US$225 billion (RM979.7 billion) from risks related to water, with a third of them doing nothing to assess the potential impact, a report by leading environmental disclosure platform CDP and Planet Tracker estimates. The UN has warned...

The most common impacts included reduced production, increased costs and lower revenues. . Read more at straitstimes.com.