07 January 2021
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Discarded plastic is responsible for one of the world's most severe environmental crises
The world’s biggest banks are indiscriminately funding firms responsible for devastating marine ecosystems and fuelling climate change via their plastics production, a new report from Portfolio Earth concludes
Major banks are "co-responsible" for the plastics crisis that is afflicting the world's oceans and fuelling climate change, according to a first-of-its-kind investigation into the loans and funding provided...
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