Plastics investors could be 'sleepwalking' into $100bn liability risks, study warns

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Planet Tracker warns investors are failing to price threats from tightening environmental regulations and consumer changes into its plastics risk profiles

Investors in the plastics industry are collectively "sleepwalking" into liability risks that could exceed $100bn a year by the end of the decade, according to Planet Tracker. The think tank argues in...

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