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Leading ‘Sustainable’ Investment Funds Backing Fossil Fuels, Research Finds

DeSmogBlog

Major investment funds available to UK consumers are marketing themselves as “sustainable” and “ethical” while financing fossil fuel companies, research has found. The fund with the most fossil fuel-linked holdings in its portfolio was iShares Dow Jones Global Sustainability Screened. Fuelling the Fire’.

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New Scientist Festival Shuns Fossil Fuel Sponsorship After Campaign Pressure

DeSmogBlog

The New Scientist magazine has quietly dropped fossil fuel sponsorship of its science festival amid mounting pressure from climate campaigners. However, the New Scientist Live (NSL) festival, which runs in Manchester this weekend, has no fossil fuel sponsors or exhibitors listed on its website.

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Bulk of UK banks lack convincing climate strategy, Ethical Consumer warns

Business Green

Conclusion based on research conducted by the magazine, which asked how banks were measuring and evaluating the climate impacts of their investments. The overwhelming majority of UK banks offering current and savings accounts lack convincing plans to reduce their carbon impact, according to new research from Ethical Consumer magazine.

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Conference to address the environmental impact of digitalisation

Envirotec Magazine

It also points to predictions that the computing (technology) sector will soon consume around 20% of global electricity, due to energy still being produced by fossil fuels. Earlier this month it was suggested by 8 Billion Trees that the sending just one short email to an individual via a wi-fi connected laptop consumes 3.3

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Webinar: How clean energy makes life more affordable—and how to talk about it

Clean Energy Canada

Canadians will spend less money on energy than they do today as we transition from fossil fuels to clean energy, but big challenges remain: the way energy will be consumed and paid for will change, and certain families may find the whole process difficult without help. She is a member of the Federal Net Zero Advisory Body.

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Havas CEO Yannick Bolloré Staked His Brand on Caring About the Climate. So Why Is His Company Working for Shell?

DeSmogBlog

.” “I believe that when you have the power of making the world a better place by your action, let’s do it”, Yannick Bolloré told Thomas Kolster, an activist advocating for ethical advertising, in a June 2023 video interview about the advertising industry’s role in solving climate change. billion euros (around $2.49

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Supermarkets Urged to End Russian Diesel Sales and Stop ‘Pumping for Putin’

DeSmogBlog

As Europe wrangles over its strategy for stopping fossil fuel imports from Russia to starve Putin’s war effort, supermarkets including Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Morrisons, and Asda have all made public statements of support for Ukraine. People up and down the country want them to do more and do better. “If

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