Retailers to tackle sustainability at key conference
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Global fashion retailers gathering in Barcelona this week will discuss how they respond to pressure from regulators…
Environment
Factbox-Global offshore wind tenders including floating techology
By Susanna Twidale and Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) – Floating wind is viewed as the final frontier for offshore wind…
Brazil hopes for conclusion to EU-Mercosur trade deal this year
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) – Brazil hopes the Mercosur trade deal with the European Union (EU) will be concluded…
Activists gather for Earth Day, urge action to avoid ‘dystopian’ future
(Reuters) -Climate change campaigners gathered in New York’s Times Square on Earth Day to urge action on global warming and…
Elephant in Pakistan zoo dies, reviving concern over animal treatment
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) -Noor Jehan, an elephant in Pakistan’s Karachi Zoo whose illness revived criticisms of the nation’s zoos, died…
Two people die, 12 hurt in Madrid restaurant blaze
MADRID (Reuters) -Two people died and 12 others were injured in a fire at a restaurant in the Spanish capital…
Factbox-Industry targets of U.S. Republicans’ anti-ESG efforts
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – Republican federal and state lawmakers, governors, and attorneys general are pushing back on growing efforts…
Biden signs executive order on ‘environmental justice’
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order directing every single federal agency…
Pace of rise in global sea level has doubled -UN climate report
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Global sea levels are rising at more than double the pace they did in the…
Activists mark Earth Day as scientists warn of more extreme weather
By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Volunteers in dozens of countries were set to plant trees, clean up trash and…