From ‘quiet quitting’ to 'conscious quitting' – 45% of employees would consider resigning if employers do not align with their own values. ESG is now influencing the employment decisions of nearly half the UK’s office workers, and more than three-quarters want to work in businesses with a positive impact.
Key players from across the UK’s industrial segment have launched a collaborative initiative to transform captured greenhouse gases into sustainable everyday products.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) have announced the launch of an 'Inclusive Circular Economy' project.
Global commodity and chemicals producer Kao Corporation (TYO:4452) has joined Unilever (NYSE:UL) and biotechnology firm Genomatica (Geno) in their efforts to commercialise a responsible palm oil alternative.
One • five are intending to replace single-use plastics (like condiment sachets), using biomaterials based packaging. This will play a role in reducing the 56 gigatons of GHG emissions projected from plastic by 2050.
Unilever has pulled an ad for Persil washing liquid after the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled that its description of the product as ‘kinder to the planet’ was insufficiently clear.
Insurance, FMCG and private equity players join forces in a new regenerative agriculture fund for innovation, in a market that looks set for low carbon transition.