DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Just over half of all directors at 30 of the world’s largest insurance companies have affiliations to polluting companies and organisations, reveals an investigation by DeSmog, including several individuals holding senior roles at some of the world’s largest energy companies.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2020

Central to the new plans was a commitment to "increase taxes on pollution", which will see the government raise the Climate Change Levy (CCL) on gas for businesses in a bid to encourage investments in energy efficiency and green heat technologies. But he also insisted that today's Budget would mark the "first steps" in that process.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

And DeSmog can also reveal that a growing group of ethical investors are demanding that ad and PR companies come clean about their true climate impact. Green Tinge The new research by DeSmog shows that big ad companies score well on environmental risks from some of the big ESG raters (see graphic) despite their ties to oil and gas.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

And DeSmog can also reveal that a growing group of ethical investors are demanding that ad and PR companies come clean about their true climate impact. Green Tinge The new research by DeSmog shows that big ad companies score well on environmental risks from some of the big ESG raters (see graphic) despite their ties to oil and gas.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 31, 2019

As we begin a new decade, we’re taking a look over the biggest environmental news stories since 2010. There’s a little good news, and a lot of not-so-good news. million barrels of crude oil polluting the coasts of Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida. But awareness of ocean plastic also grew.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The new Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework should drive a step change nature protection natural world - here's why the world's new biodiversity targets matter for businesses. In the early hours of Monday morning, a new global pact for nature was agreed by the vast majority of the world's governments.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 14, 2022

The complex contains a circuit board of pipes and steel tanks that cough out steam, flames and toxic substances as it creates the building blocks for plastic from natural gas liquids. or SABIC, a chemical manufacturing giant tied to one of the world’s richest royal families, and Exxon Mobil, America’s biggest energy company.

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