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‘A historic step’: G20 discusses plans for global minimum tax on billionaires

29-02-2024 16:30

Leaders gather in Brazil to explore solutions to hypermobile super-rich avoiding taxThe G20 group of the world’s most powerful countries is exploring plans for a global minimum tax on the world’s 3,000 billionaires, aiming to end a “race to the bottom” that has enabled the super-rich to pay less than the rest of the population.Leaders gathering in São Paulo on Thursday for a key G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors are preparing to discuss an

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New York sues JBS, world’s largest meatpacker, over sustainability claims

29-02-2024 14:45

State accuses Brazilian company of misleading customers with claims it can reduce carbon footprint despite growth plansThe state of New York is suing the US arm of JBS, the world’s largest meatpacker, accusing the Brazilian company of misleading customers over its climate goals, including a plan to reach net zero carbon neutral standards by 2040.Letitia James, the New York attorney general, filed the suit alleging that JBS USA had repeatedly assured the public and consumers with sustainabi

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‘A historic step’: G20 discuss plans for global minimum tax on billionaires

29-02-2024 14:12

Leaders gather in Brazil to explore solutions to the hypermobile super-rich avoiding taxThe G20 group of the world’s most powerful nations are exploring plans for a global minimum tax on the world’s 3,000 billionaires, aiming to end a “race to the bottom” that has enabled the super-rich to pay less than the rest of the population.Leaders gathering in São Paulo on Thursday for a key G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors are preparing to discuss

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‘In Bananal, God no longer decides whether there’s water – farmers and agribusiness do’

29-02-2024 14:00

Brazil’s Bananal Island lies where the biodiversity hotspots of the Amazon and Cerrado meet, yet traditional Indigenous food sources are disappearing. What went wrong?To mark the transition to adulthood, Brazil’s Javaé people make an offering of manioc flour to Auranã, the divine being who keeps the secret of manhood. The flour is placed ready for the divinity’s visit in a straw-covered hut, known as the “house of the great spirit”.For last year’

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