Global resolution could transform the investment case for circular plastics

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The wheels are in motion for a global treaty on plastic pollution – what should financial institutions be doing to seize the opportunity from the changes that will come? asks Kristin Hughes, director of the Global Plastic Action Partnership at the World Economic Forum

In arguably one of the biggest moments in environmental action since the Paris Agreement, last month, we saw the United Nations Environment Assembly take place, where countries came together to endorse...

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