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A Crisis of Convenience
To what degree are global FMCG companies doing to address the environmental and social impacts of their plastic packaging and waste?
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Minimalism
“It all started with a lingering discontent,” explain Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus, who post the on-line “Minimalists” podcasts. “Nearly a decade ago, while approaching age 30, we had…
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These 10 companies are flooding the planet with throwaway plastic
Volunteers collected and catalogued more than 187,000 pieces of trash from beach cleanups around the world to find out who’s flooding our planet with plastic.
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Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestlé found to be worst plastic polluters worldwide in global cleanups and brand audits
"These brand audits offer undeniable proof of the role that corporations play in perpetuating the global plastic pollution crisis."
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The Zero Draft Legally Binding Instrument on Business and Human Rights
This is a story about power; who has it and how they use it. The growth of corporate power over the decades has changed how governments make policy and what…
Charlie Holt, Shira Stanton and Daniel Simons • 4 min read -
How I woke up to the plastic pollution problem
"The water seemed more like a trash site than ocean."
Torben Lonne • 4 min read -
10 things you’ve always wanted to ask about plant-based nutrition
Can you REALLY get all the vitamins you need from fruits and vegetables alone?
Natalie Siniora • 7 min read -
New Zealand ban on single-use plastic bags a win for people power
"It’s time for the world’s largest governments and companies to recognise that we cannot recycle our way out of this problem."
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Plastics aren’t just polluting our oceans — they’re releasing greenhouse gases
As if you needed another reason to break free from plastic there's now a link between greenhouse gases and plastic in the environment.
Sarah-Jeanne Royer • 2 min read