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16 states pass bills against lab-cultured meat, and the SEC was sued over its new climate-disclosure rule approved last week.
by Leah Garden
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Fossil fuels, electric vehicles and critical elections will top the list of sustainability concerns.
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COP28 is oversaturated with events and important conversations. Here’s how business professionals can prioritize.
by Leah Garden
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AI could help find new sources for lithium, cobalt, copper and nickel more quickly and, theoretically, with less environmental degradation than previous methods.
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What's coming next for sustainability: Mining, oceans, artificial intelligence and justice.
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A new report from McKinsey sets out how businesses and government can work together to preempt potential shortfalls in supplies of nickel and rare earth minerals.
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Featuring a conversation with Lucia Athens, who recently retired from her role as the city of Austin’s first chief sustainability officer.
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Developing sector-based benchmarks for issuing carbon credits would open markets to emerging companies and mark significant progress toward Paris Agreement goals.
by Lee Recht
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Mike Werner, Google’s head of circular economy, says companies should move quickly to measure their reliance on critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt and copper.
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A boom in small-scale gold mining in Bolivia has raised concerns about pollution from mercury used in the mining process. Researchers are citing the health impacts on downstream villages, but the government has yet to act to stem the widespread use of the highly toxic chemical.
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It’s essential that decision-makers make progress to advance future international climate action and support:
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New Climate Transparency report reveals fossil fuel production subsidies surged to the highest levels on record in 2021.
by Amber Rolt
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Investors must engage strategically across the whole mining sector to ensure it is able to play the role society demands of it.
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A mining boom in mountainous Argentina, Chile and Bolivia, home to half the world’s lithium reserves, could drain vital ecosystems and deprive Indigenous communities of water.
by Fred Pearce
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Sustainable passive funds attracted a record $69 billion in net flows in 2021 — but their growth has raised question.
by Lihuan Zhou
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New analysis suggests corporations in the G7 are currently far off track, but decarbonization trends are at least heading in a greener direction.
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A major new academic study sets out a new climate progress assessment framework for corporates — and they are falling short.
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Diving into risk? The ocean depths are rich with metals and minerals critical for the clean economy transition.
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Minerals supply chains often obscure the impacts of mining, exposing companies to operational, financial and legal risks.
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New report calls for revamped safety standards as companies race to meet demand for clean energy minerals.
by Lina Tran
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Deep-sea minerals are not currently commercially available, and whether they have a role in future supply chains is the subject of heated debate.
by Winnie Yeh
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Digging in: New initiatives aimed at “mining” materials from products already in circulation and out of the waste streams help cut extraction of natural resources.
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Mining companies may in future have to report on the impact of individual operations as part of more stringent ESG data reporting.
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Mining firms are using the green energy movement as an excuse to keep extracting rare earth minerals on public land for next to nothing.