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UN Launches Group To Hold Companies To Account For Net-Zero Pledges

The United Nations has announced the members of an expert group that will scrutinise corporate pledges to achieve net-zero emissions, an effort to prevent...

Online Share Of Retail Sales Rises To Close To A Fifth Amid Lockdowns, UN Study Finds

Online and e-commerce sales accounted for nearly a fifth of total retail turnover last year, as lockdowns to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic...

UN Food Chief Urges Bezos, Other Billionaires To Help World's Starving

UN food chief David Beasley has called on the world's billionaires to step up to help save some 30 million people he said are at risk of dying if they don'...

World Food Prices Rise For 4th Month Running, Cereal Outlook Up

World food prices rose for the fourth month running in January, boosted by jumps in quotations for vegetable oils, sugar and wheat, the United Nations food...

Fruits de Ponent Confirms Commitment To Sustainability At Fruit Attraction

Fruits de Ponent has reaffirmed its commitment to sustainability by participating in the presentation of the Spanish Network for the Global Compact, held a...

Farming And Eating Need To Change To Curb Global Warming: UN

The way the world manages land, produces and eats food has to change to curb global warming or food security, health and biodiversity will be at risk, a UN...

Continente Pledges To Promote Circular Economy In Plastic Packaging

Portuguese retailer Continente has signed up to the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment, which aims to promote a circular economy model for plastic...

Peru To Phase Out Throwaway Plastic Bags In Three Years

Peru has joined the club of countries cracking down on plastic. A new law in the South American nation of 32 million people outlaws the manufacturing, i...

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World Food Prices Stable In August Vs July: FAO