Currently less than nine per cent of plastic waste is recycled and attention is too often focused on the container’s material to the neglect of the type of label used. However, the availability of recycled plastics is not currently able to meet this rising demand. Consumer brands should adopt a self-help approach which ensures that labels are of the same material as the container.

Hot Money names the 20 investors and 20 banks currently financing the methane-generating activities of fifteen leading meat and dairy companies worldwide, identified in terms of equity ownership, bond ownership and bank lending.

Textile industry shareholder meetings need increased focus on Environmental proposals. Of the 1,198 ESG proposals submitted to the annual shareholder meetings of retailers in the Planet Tracker universe since 2015, only 2% were environmental proposals. Key industry issues, such as fibre mix are not raised in shareholder meetings.

According to the latest report by financial think tank Planet Tracker, The Greenwashing Hydra, greenwashing has become increasingly sophisticated, taking many different forms.