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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

31.07.21

Environment

Reign of fire: blazes surge on ‘protected’ Amazon land under Bolsonaro

The Bureau’s investigation also found that beef from farmers accused of illegal deforestation was still making its way into global supply chains, including those serving at least two of the world’s bi...

19.05.21

Environment

Loophole lets soya farmers tear down the Amazon

An investigation has uncovered how three of the world’s biggest food businesses have purchased soya from companies whose supply chains have been the subject of concerns over links to illegal deforesta...

13.02.21

Environment

Walmart among US retail giants selling beef linked to Amazon destruction

Campaigners call for major grocers to cut ties with controversial Brazilian meat firm JBS

25.11.20

Environment

British chicken driving deforestation in Brazil’s “second Amazon”

Britain’s leading supermarkets and fast food outlets are selling chicken fed on soya that has been linked to vast deforestation and thousands of fires across a vital region of tropical woodland

25.11.20

Environment

Cargill: the company feeding the world by helping destroy the planet

It's a controversial corporate giant that transformed how we eat and has the global food industry in its grip. So why haven't we heard of it?

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

Reign of fire: blazes surge on ‘protected’ Amazon land under Bolsonaro

Loophole lets soya farmers tear down the Amazon

Walmart among US retail giants selling beef linked to Amazon destruction

British chicken driving deforestation in Brazil’s “second Amazon”

Cargill: the company feeding the world by helping destroy the planet

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