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...The employees Mars calls associates “won’t stay with us if we don’t care about ESG or purpose or whatever we call it. So from my chair, I think it’s a nonsense conversation,” Weihrauch said....
...Additional reporting by Eung Sea A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on March 12. ©2024 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...“We didn’t care so much about this in 2019 when the cost of polluting in the EU was cheaper, but now we are thinking ‘oh dear’.”...
...“It’s really what clients actually care about right now,” said Joud Abdel Majeid, BlackRock’s global stewardship head....
...How the environmental, social and governance investment movement handles the world’s most profitable coal company is a fascinating test case....
...But building a sustainable investment portfolio requires more care than it did in recent years....
...But Amyris had also branched out into being an incubator for beauty start-ups including Rose Inc, Costa Brazil and JVN hair care, and it proved too huge a leap from developing molecules to developing brands...
...Richard Brooks, climate finance director at Stand.earth, an international environmental advocacy organisation, said the fossil fuel divestment movement “has become a force that is now material risk for fossil...
...On environmental and social petitions, however, Lander’s record is weaker....
...Sunscreen is a must but ideally don’t apply a thick layer before swimming in a babbling brook or pond as it can seep into the water....
...Or you just attract a different kind of tenant — ones who care less about old tiles or draughty windows. Wrong again, I’m told....
...US Republicans this week took significant action against environmental, social and governance investing....
...Nature can take care of many horticultural conundrums while also reducing garden chores. There are other shifts in how we garden....
...Her mental health worsened and, by 14, she had entered residential care to receive treatment for anorexia....
...But the biggest issue is the thorny reality that the vast majority of investors don’t actually want or care to vote....
...There’s clear blue sky overhead, people sharing out homemade fudge, and children splashing about in the brooks that flank the paths....
...They, and others, argue that divestment deprives investors of influence and transfers shares to owners who may care little about climate change....
...“There are also a whole series of financial and environmental concerns affecting our employees. They are worrying about where their fish [in their diet] are coming from, whether the house will flood.”...
...JUST Capital, which rates businesses’ impact on society, puts Walmart in the bottom fifth of US companies when it comes to wages — the issue its surveys show the public cares most about....
...There is a glimmer of hope, as the boy is adopted by another family that promises to take care of him....
...(Gillian Tett) Morningstar finds itself in the Republican crusade against ESG The US Republican party’s attack on environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is broadening....
...“That very action creates an incentive for people who don’t care [about social or environmental concerns] to buy on pure return,” says Zingales....
...Ben Palmer, head of responsible investment at wealth manager Brooks Macdonald, says: “Over longer timeframes we believe the structural drivers behind the sustainability trends at both a policy and consumer...
...Unilever probably doesn’t care. None of which is to say the company is putting it on. Authenticity is the foundation of great marketing, in ice cream and politics....
...These include permits for forest land use, environmental impact analysis and construction of the dams....
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