Legal Planet
APRIL 13, 2023
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. The movement follows a worldwide upsurge in climate change-related cases, which have more than doubled since 2015. Photo by Andre Deak via Flickr.
A Greener Life
MARCH 31, 2024
Between 2016 and 2023 these major influential financial players provided a staggering 21.1% of total global credit to companies in these sectors. In addition, the authors of the report highlight that the European Union (EU) provides 9.4% of current global investments to these sectors which they describe as ‘ecosystem risk sectors’.
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Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
But in 2023 the script has been flipped and the good news keeps on coming. The World Resources Institute reported that the world lost more primary rainforest in 2022 than in 2021. For several years, headlines about Amazon deforestation have all been bad. Good news in Brazil where deforestation in the Amazon declined 66.1
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JANUARY 3, 2024
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.
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JANUARY 3, 2024
USA: Nestle bottled water operations spark protests amid California drought Rose Hackman | The Guardian | May 20, 2015 Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of two Nestle bottling plants in California on Wednesday to deliver petitions demanding the company stop bottling operations in the drought-stricken state.
Legal Planet
JULY 5, 2023
According to the Center for International Environmental Law as of April 2023, the World Bank “has financed and incentivized up to $165 billion in fossil fuel investments since the Paris Agreement was signed [in 2015].” Right now, in 2023, that does not exist.
Corp Watch
JANUARY 3, 2024
USA: Nestle bottled water operations spark protests amid California drought Rose Hackman | The Guardian | May 20, 2015 Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of two Nestle bottling plants in California on Wednesday to deliver petitions demanding the company stop bottling operations in the drought-stricken state.
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