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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...She said it was “not uncommon” to see problems at large retailers when, for example, outdated packaging was in use or manufacturers altered their supply chains without updating marketing material....
...Pressure from the City eventually led Mr Trahar to spin off Mondi and increase Anglo’s focus on mining. But Anglo was also struggling to cement relations with Pretoria....
...Mondi dropped 4.7 per cent to £14.09 after Goldman Sachs added the packaging maker to its “sell” list. It worried that the European kraftliner market is moving into oversupply....
...Packaging maker Mondi, which had previously avoided the Russian sell-off, slipped back 3.2 per cent to £10.04 on worries about the earnings impact from the rouble’s slump....
...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....
...Mondi also issued a well-received trading update, leaving the South Africa-based paper and packaging company’s shares 2.3 per cent higher at £10.84....
...Mondi, the packaging maker, rose 2.8 per cent to £10.23 after US industry data for April showed box shipments increasing....
...This did not stop noticeable pops in the stocks of Sports Direct, a fast-growing UK sports retailer, and Mondi, a paper and packaging group, even though both had already enjoyed spectacular rallies this...
...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....
...Mondi , the paper and packaging group, was an outside bet for promotion, ending 0.2 per cent higher at 569p....
...I expect we’ll hear all about their new packaging soon....
...Packaging maker Mondi led the mid-cap risers, up 5 per cent to 509½p after Finland’s UPM-Kymmene agreed to buy two magazine paper producers, Myllykoski and Rhein Papier, for €900m....
...Nordenia International, the German flexible packaging maker, is considering a high-yield bond issue after talks broke down between its owners Oaktree Capital and rival private equity group TPG over a €600m...
...“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)....
...In effect, this removed a restriction barring South African investors holding the packaging group’s UK shares....
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