Major investors call on petrochemical companies to tackle plastic pollution

Cecilia Keating
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Major investors call on petrochemical companies to tackle plastic pollution

Seventy financial institutions join call for petrochemical companies to publicly support legally binding plastic pollution treaty

Dozens of financial institutions with $6.8tr of assets under management are calling on the petrochemicals sector to step up in the fight to tackle plastic pollution and transition to "safe and environmentally...

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