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• Why sustainable business leadership must become the new normal post-IPCC

  29-01-2019 16:35
  EXCLUSIVE: As businesses strive to bolster their sustainability commitments in the face of ever-growing climate challenges, policymakers must do more to make 1.5C targets the norm rather than the exception.
  
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• Plan B: Post-IPCC, sustainable business leadership must become the new normal

  29-01-2019 16:35
  EXCLUSIVE: As businesses strive to bolster their sustainability commitments in the face of ever-growing climate challenges, policymakers must do more to make 1.5C targets the norm rather than the exception.
  
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• Corporate clean energy purchases smash record in 2018

  29-01-2019 13:58
  Businesses obtained 13.4GW of clean energy through power purchase agreements (PPAs) in 2018, more than doubling the record set in the previous year.
  
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• In numbers: How the UK public is shunning sustainable actions in favour of convenience

  29-01-2019 13:42
  While most Brits say they are keen to change their behaviour to become more sustainable, most don't follow through on their commitments, a new survey of 2,000 people has found. Here, edie rounds up the key findings of the poll.
  
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• Investors urge KFC, McDonald's and Burger King to cut emissions

  29-01-2019 13:32
  Coalition worth $6.5tn challenge fast food chains over lack of low-carbon plan McDonald’s, KFC and Burger King have been urged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in their supply chains by a coalition of global investors, with the animal agriculture industry criticised for being one of the world’s highest-emitting sectors without a low-carbon plan.Increasing concern that the industry is neglecting climate change and has failed to set emissions targets – unlike other sectors &nda
  
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• Rescuers sift through toxic mud in search of Brazil dam victims – video report

  29-01-2019 12:29
  Rescue workers in Brazil waded through treacherous mud looking for bodies as pressure mounted on the mining company responsible for a dam that burst and spilled a flood of iron-ore wasteBrazil dam collapse: five arrested including three mining firm staffContinue reading...
  
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• Major expedition targets Thwaites Glacier

  29-01-2019 12:08 via bbc.co.uk
  A research cruise gets under way as part of the biggest ever US-UK joint venture in Antarctica.
  
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• M&S rolls out in-store take-back scheme for hard-to-recycle plastics

  29-01-2019 12:07
  Retail giant Marks & Spencer (M&S) has pledged to install take-back bins for hard-to-recycle plastics across the UK by the end of the year, after launching a new plastics recycling scheme this week.
  
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• Selfridges launches insect-based food range as demand for sustainable protein grows

  29-01-2019 11:25
  Department store Selfridges has unveiled plans to stock a range of insect-based snacks, in a bid to showcase the environmental and nutritional benefits of alternative proteins to UK customers.
  
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• Ben & Jerry's pledges to ban all single-use plastics by 2020

  29-01-2019 11:00
  Ice cream brand Ben & Jerry's has pledged to remove all single-use plastic items and packaging from its products and stores by the end of 2020, replacing them with biodegradable or compostable alternatives.
  
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• SeaWorld Orlando orca whale Kayla dies after illness

  29-01-2019 10:08 via bbc.co.uk
  SeaWorld says Kayla, aged 30, "inspired generations of guests and employees to care and learn".
  
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• 'Alone in the darkness': life for Liberia's fishermen – in pictures

  29-01-2019 08:00
  The threat of poaching by foreign trawlers has eased for the nation’s 33,000 local fishermen, who are hauling in the rewards of a coastguard crackdownPhotographs: Nicole Schafer/Sea ShepherdContinue reading...
  
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• Agency protecting English environment reaches ‘crisis point’

  29-01-2019 08:00
  Exclusive: Natural England struggling to protect important sites after suffering budget cutsThousands of environmentally important sites across England are coming under threat as the government body charged with their care struggles with understaffing, slashed budgets and an increasing workload.Natural England has wide-ranging responsibilities protecting and monitoring sensitive sites, including sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) and nature reserves, and advising on the environmental i
  
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• Fast food giants under fire on climate and water usage

  29-01-2019 02:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Investors are calling on KFC, McDonalds and others to cut warming gases from their dairy and meat supply chains.
  
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• Periodic table turns 150

  29-01-2019 01:55 via bbc.co.uk
  How much do you know about the iconic symbol of science pinned to every classroom wall?
  
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• 150 years of the periodic table: Test your knowledge

  29-01-2019 01:55 via bbc.co.uk
  How much do you know about the iconic symbol of science pinned to every classroom wall?
  
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• Desalination, dams and the big dry: managing Australia's water supply – video

  29-01-2019 01:54
  As Sydney turns on its desalination plant for the first time in seven years, the way Australia manages its water resources has come into stark focus.Adam Lovell, the executive director of the Water Services Association of Australia, discusses the challenges of climate change and population growth to the country's water supply – and how these are being met through a combination of techniques, including desalination, dams, water recycling and improved efficiency Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Welcome to my high-fashion, trash shopping mall’

  29-01-2019 01:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Anna Bergstrom runs a shopping mall in Sweden where everything for sale is recycled. Her goal is to make sustainable shopping fashionable.
  
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• Water companies urged to 'up their game' on pollution and natural capital through to 2025

  29-01-2019 01:10
  The UK water sector has stepped up its environmental ambition in the current business planning period, but gaps remain when it comes to reducing sewage pollution incidents and factoring in the value of natural capital.
  
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• Investors press fast food giants to 'urgently' improve supply chain sustainability

  29-01-2019 01:05
  A coalition of investment firms with more than $.65trn in assets under management have called on six of the world's largest fast food companies to take more ambitious action to tackle the climate and water risks within their supply chains, as a "matter of urgency".
  
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