Major international legal report backs growing institutional investor focus on achieving positive sustainability impacts

Freshfields has today released a new report, providing the first ever comprehensive analysis of how far the law requires or permits investors to take deliberate steps to tackle sustainability challenges.

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Western Indian Ocean region declares 550,000 sq km as protected, a 63% jump since 2015

The Western Indian Ocean region has declared 143* marine and coastal areas as protected – an area covering 553,163 square kilometers, representing 7 percent of the total Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for the region – according to a new publication by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)-Nairobi Convention and the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association.

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Commentary: World looks to ‘Uncle Sam’ and the ‘Red Dragon’ to avert climate catastrophe

Saturday marks 100 days to the COP26 Summit, with vital UN climate talks opening in Glasgow on November 1. Scores of world leaders will attend, and officials from a total of 196 countries will spend two weeks in high-pressure negotiations to set a new path to a safer climate.

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New report shows 40pc of all food grown goes uneaten, contributing to 10pc of global greenhouse emissions

Today, WWF and Tesco published 'Driven to Waste', a new report that quantifies the total amount of food lost on farms globally, revealing an estimated 2.5 billion tonnes of food goes uneaten around the world each year.

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Global emissions to reach all-time high as governments rebuild Covid-ravaged economies

Governments worldwide are deploying an unprecedented amount of fiscal support aimed at stabilising and rebuilding their economies, but only about 2% of this spending has been allocated to clean energy measures

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