Despite the market’s rising share and significance, ETF sponsors to date have not acted on sustainability statements by structuring instruments to explicitly exclude deforestation-linked equities.

Will Fashion Dye Another Day?

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A focus on the financial risks arising from the extensive use and misuse of water in the wet processing stage of clothing production.

Overcapacity and climate risk are increasing stranded asset risk in the U.S. Plastics Production Corridor.

Formosa Petrochemical Corp’s USD 10 billion single-use plastics Sunshine Project facility in Louisiana had its licence suspended by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on 4 November 2020. Now, major construction has stopped.

Traceable Returns

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A new report reveals how traceability could align sustainability with profitability issues in the sector.

Financial think tank finds that – despite significant sustainability and profitability benefits – only one large seafood processor has pledged to implement globally-recognised traceability standards.

Strong growth in athleisure sales amidst a COVID-19 driven online acceleration has been a rare bright spot in a challenging operating environment for the apparel industry.
Yet the related increase in synthetic fibre use is likely to extend and deepen water-related risks to human and animal health.

Deep inside the EU’s seven-year budget and recovery plan, which was approved on Friday 24 July, is a plastics’ waste levy of €800/tonne that comes into force in January 2021, despite the fact that insufficient recycling infrastructure exists throughout the EU.

Planet Tracker’s benchmark analysis of 37 funds in the food and agriculture sectors demonstrates that asset managers need to understand that, for their food and agriculture equity funds to be successful, they must measure, manage and monitor the natural capital risks in their investments by aligning these with sustainable food and agriculture systems to improve investment performance.

Our latest Tracker Report, Loch-ed Profits, shows that while salmon production is fast approaching the practical physical limits permitted by current coastal farming methods, the industry is still some way from moving to more sustainable and cost-effective methods at scale.