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09.03.23

Environment

How Indigenous people protect the world’s forests

Indigenous territories cover more than half of the forested areas in Brazil’s Amazon – but account for a tiny fraction of forest loss

08.03.23

Environment

‘No excuse’ for collagen brands sourcing from deforested land

Calls are mounting for tougher scrutiny of the collagen industry our investigation revealed how the product is linked to vast deforestation and Indigenous land invasions in Brazil

06.03.23

Environment

Collagen craze drives deforestation and rights abuses

Behind the wellness fad lies an opaque industry driving human rights abuses and the destruction of rainforests

07.02.23

Environment

Insurance giant ‘breached international guidelines’ by backing oil pipeline

A group of NGOs allege that Marsh is contributing to the serious harm caused by the pipeline by providing the insurance services necessary for the project to progress

11.01.23

Environment

HSBC’s secretive loan to a coal company bulldozing a village

Senior bankers greenlit $340m deal with energy giant RWE but recommended HSBC's involvement was kept quiet

22.11.22

Global Superbugs

Swimming in superbugs: MRSA and E coli found in British rivers

Testing commissioned by the Bureau, World Animal Protection and the Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics has found evidence of drug resistance in waterways near farms

21.11.22

Global Superbugs

McDonald’s and Walmart beef suppliers risk public health with ‘reckless’ antibiotics use

The most important antibiotics to human health are still being used within the supply chains of major US food companies, risking the spread of dangerous superbugs

31.10.22

Environment

Mines, pipelines and oil rigs: what HSBC’s ‘sustainable finance’ really pays for

Bank is using ‘green’ initiatives to raise billions for companies that are fuelling the climate crisis

22.09.22

Environment

Nestlé supplier used Brazilian beef from seized Indigenous land

Abattoir owned by meatpacking giant Marfrig is at the centre of murky supply chain that also includes McDonald’s and Burger King

05.07.22

Global Superbugs

Dangerous salmonella found in UK farms and meat

Results obtained by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism reveal a spike in poultry products contaminated with salmonella infantis in recent years

05.07.22

Global Superbugs

Deadly superbug found in British supermarket pork

More than 10% of sampled pork products, including joints, chops and mince, have found to be infected with a bacteria that showed resistance to a ‘last resort’ antibiotic used to treat serious illnesse...

16.06.22

Environment

I am angry about the murders in the Amazon. And you should be too

Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira dedicated their lives to a war against extinction in the Amazon

19.05.22

Environment

Insurance giant Marsh signs on for environmentally disastrous pipeline project

Company defies its employees to broker project that will generate 33 million tons of carbon emissions each year

09.03.22

Environment

BlackRock tells oil regulator: ignore our CEO’s climate pledges

Chief executive of world's biggest assets manager has said sustainability will be at the heart of the company's investments

14.01.22

Environment

Soybean giant breaks pledge on Amazon deforestation

Cargill found to be trading with farm responsible for swaths of cleared rainforest

17.12.21

Environment

Supermarkets drop Brazil beef over links to deforestation

Sainsbury's and five other European supermarkets have said they will not source some or all of their beef products from Brazil's biggest meat business after concerns over links to deforestation

08.11.21

Environment

HSBC led big banks’ charge against climate change action

Bank lobbied to delay key deadline and scrap mandatory science-based targets for 50-bank net-zero alliance

15.10.21

Environment

Getting rich while the world burns: a surreal trip through Brazil’s soya boomtowns

A 400-mile voyage between two soya superfarms threw up two constants: charred woodland and serious prosperity

13.10.21

Environment

The bean destroying the planet: can the soya trade be cleaned up?

For farmers, it is a magic bean that helps pack muscle onto chickens, pigs and cattle. But there are mounting concerns about the expansion of soya farming around the world

13.10.21

Environment

British supermarket cheese linked to catastrophic deforestation in Brazil

Agribusinesses in the global food chain claim they can make soya sustainable, but mounting evidence suggests otherwise

How Indigenous people protect the world’s forests

‘No excuse’ for collagen brands sourcing from deforested land

Collagen craze drives deforestation and rights abuses

Insurance giant ‘breached international guidelines’ by backing oil pipeline

HSBC’s secretive loan to a coal company bulldozing a village

Swimming in superbugs: MRSA and E coli found in British rivers

McDonald’s and Walmart beef suppliers risk public health with ‘reckless’ antibiotics use

Mines, pipelines and oil rigs: what HSBC’s ‘sustainable finance’ really pays for

Nestlé supplier used Brazilian beef from seized Indigenous land

Dangerous salmonella found in UK farms and meat

Deadly superbug found in British supermarket pork

I am angry about the murders in the Amazon. And you should be too

Insurance giant Marsh signs on for environmentally disastrous pipeline project

BlackRock tells oil regulator: ignore our CEO’s climate pledges

Soybean giant breaks pledge on Amazon deforestation

Supermarkets drop Brazil beef over links to deforestation

HSBC led big banks’ charge against climate change action

Getting rich while the world burns: a surreal trip through Brazil’s soya boomtowns

The bean destroying the planet: can the soya trade be cleaned up?

British supermarket cheese linked to catastrophic deforestation in Brazil

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