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Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation

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The Amazon rainforest on the Urubu River. Climate litigation is gaining momentum in Brazil as a tool to protect the Amazon rainforest from illegal deforestation. Deforestation in the Amazon decreased significantly (by over 70%) during Lula’s last two terms, while it jumped (about 60%) under President Bolsonaro.

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Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report

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Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report Just Food PaulaR Wed, 01/03/2024 - 15:20 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Simon Harvey Ferrero, Mondelez and Lindt also labelled as “inadequate” in Ethical Consumer’s assessment. In 2019, Nestlé recorded over 1,000 cases of deforestation daily.

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Nestlé faces US lawsuit for allegedly false advertising pet food as ‘natural’

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Environmental Impacts Swiss carbon offset giant pulls plug on Zimbabwe project amid allegations Simon Bradley | Swiss Info | October 27, 2023 Multinationals such as Gucci, Nestlé and Volkswagen have voluntarily offset their emissions by investing in the project, according to Swiss public television SRF.

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Turkish parliament dumps Coke, Nestle from menus over alleged Israel support

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Environmental Impacts Swiss carbon offset giant pulls plug on Zimbabwe project amid allegations Simon Bradley | Swiss Info | October 27, 2023 Multinationals such as Gucci, Nestlé and Volkswagen have voluntarily offset their emissions by investing in the project, according to Swiss public television SRF.