Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Britain starts building ‘guard rails’ for green bonds
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Issuers of bonds that raise cash for "green" projects should voluntarily apply industry standards to avoid hoodwinking investors, Britain's Financial Conduct Authority ...
Jun 28, 2022
Britain failing to deliver on net zero emissions climate promise – advisers
By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's plans to meet its climate target of net zero emissions by 2050 will not deliver the changes needed to meet the goal, the country's climate advisers said...
Jun 28, 2022
More investors call on firms for environmental transparency – disclosure charity
By Juliette Portala (Reuters) - A growing number of financial institutions are urging companies to disclose environmental data, non-profit disclosure platform CDP said on Wednesday. More and more clim...
Jun 28, 2022
U.S. steps up fight against monkeypox, allocates more vaccines to states
By Julie Steenhuysen and Jeff Mason CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government is ramping up efforts to staunch the spread of monkeypox by sending hundreds of thousands of vaccine doses to stat...
Jun 28, 2022
Curb deforestation or you won’t hit net-zero targets, U.N. group tells firms
By Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) - Companies critical to reducing tropical deforestation have no chance of meeting their greenhouse gas emission targets unless they make much faster progress on ending...
Jun 28, 2022
Surfing-Brazil’s Toledo scores perfect 10 to win his fourth Rio Pro
(Reuters) - Brazil's Filipe Toledo won the Oi Rio Pro Saquarema for the fourth time on Tuesday, scoring a perfect 10 in the final against young countryman Samuel Pupo to cement his spot at the top of ...
Jun 28, 2022
Chip shortages result in record wire fraud reports by desperate buyers
By Jane Lanhee Lee WASHINGTON D.C (Reuters) - A severe semiconductor shortage has resulted in record wire fraud cases last year reported by desperate buyers, a company that tracks counterfeit and frau...
Jun 28, 2022
Texas attorney general opens investigation into Walmart’s opioid sales
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) -Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Tuesday he was investigating whether Walmart improperly filled prescriptions and failed to report suspicious orders when selling...
Jun 28, 2022
Golf-‘Listen to the players’: Reed, Perez blame PGA Tour for departure to LIV
(Reuters) - Americans Pat Perez and Patrick Reed said on Tuesday the PGA Tour had only itself to blame for losing players to the Saudi-backed breakaway LIV Golf Invitational Series, ahead of a tournam...
Jun 28, 2022
CEO of Brazil’s Caixa under investigation for sexual harassment -local media
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The chief executive of Brazil's state lender Caixa Economica Federal, Pedro Guimaraes, is being investigated by the federal prosecutor's office for sexual harassment, local news ...
Jun 28, 2022
