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...Problems range from supply chain transparency issues (Apple) to heavy use of packaging (Amazon) to privacy and misinformation (Meta). Take the mammoth $22bn iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF....
...More efficient freezers, turning off the stores’ illuminated signs at night and cutting plastic packaging have not only slashed Iceland’s carbon footprint by 74 per cent since 2011 but also saved money,...
...Sourcing, packaging and delivering fresh ingredients is a more complex undertaking than simply providing a website that brings customers and suppliers together....
...She said it was “not uncommon” to see problems at large retailers when, for example, outdated packaging was in use or manufacturers altered their supply chains without updating marketing material....
...That could open the door to packaging its Sling TV service with a wireless internet connection — giving consumers an alternative to Comcast’s cables for their high-speed connections....
...Earlier in the week, Deutsche Telecom’s board agreed to take over MetroPCS, to merge it with T-Mobile USA, prompting investors to question a missed opportunity for Sprint....
...DS Smith, the UK-based maker of recycled packaging, is to buy Swedish rival SCA Packaging in a €1.6bn deal that some bankers hope will boost confidence in mergers and acquisitions in Europe, says the FT....
...Despite a difficult 12 months for dealmaking, which saw the collapse of G4S’s planned acquisition of ISS and of AT&T’s move to acquire T-Mobile USA, shares in both companies rose on the news....
...AT&T, the largest US telecoms group, had in March agreed the $39bn takeover of Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile USA unit....
...The company had been loss-making for four years, and had incurred liabilities of more than $1bn, including more than $40m owed to Penguin USA, a division of Pearson, owner of the Financial Times....
...I expect we’ll hear all about their new packaging soon....
...“Phone makers have already stepped up their efforts to create much more green phones, everything from packaging to toxins that are in the phone. This falls into that same category,” he said....
...The bank also upgraded Boise to “buy” from “neutral”, helping to lift the paper and packaging manufacturer’s shares 8.4 per cent to $5.91....
...Europe’s biggest manufacturer of corrugated packaging fell 2.5 per cent to SKr103.20....
...Both versions have Spanish language packaging, with Ariel USA promising “limpieza cinco estrella” (five-star cleaning), and Gain offering “frescura que dura por semanas” (freshness that lasts weeks)....
...But Pat Conroy, US consumer products leader at consultant Deloitte & Touche USA, says that sustainability is now “very high in importance in the minds of top industry executives”....
...Some of the present outbreak of shrinkage in food packaging is a direct result of a weakening economy....
...FT: How much of a role have you had in backing-up Eduardo Castro-Wright, CEO of the Wal-Mart Stores USA division, in the pretty drastic reorganisation that he’s done?...
...“But for the mechanism of packaging these loans, the fraud never would have existed,” Mr Dann says. “We’re following this trail from homeowner to bondholder.”...
...John Hocevar, Greenpeace USA’s fisheries expert, says the GAA has improved as a result of a dialogue with activist groups encouraged by Wal-Mart – which wants a credible standard....
...It recently moved into Italy and Spain after signing a leaseback agreement with Antalis, the paper and packaging group owned by Sequana Capital....
...The company’s Philip Morris USA unit shipped 47.9bn cigarettes in the quarter, down 0.9 percent from a year earlier....
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