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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 subjected them to forced labor. The fashion industry would be particularly affected by the new law. About 2...