Planet Tracker

Sustainable Seafood: New study suggests retailers can protect biodiversity and profitability

Biodiversity

Sustainable Seafood: New study suggests retailers can protect biodiversity and profitability

Planet Tracker's latest report draws on project with French retail giant Carrefour to show how overfished species deliver the lowest margins for retailers

clock 29 June 2022 • 2 min read
Report: EU plastics sector facing €678bn stranded asset risk due to 'unsustainable' business model

Risk

Report: EU plastics sector facing €678bn stranded asset risk due to 'unsustainable' business model

EU plastics industry ‘on the precipice’ due to unsustainable business model, tightening green regulations and competition from China, Planet Tracker warns

clock 30 May 2022 • 3 min read
How the global water crisis is already costing energy and mining firms billions of dollars

Risk

How the global water crisis is already costing energy and mining firms billions of dollars

Sobering research by CDP and Planet Tracker lays bare the huge risks and costs companies are already facing as a result of worsening water security

clock 06 May 2022 • 4 min read
The deforestation dozen: Digging the Gran Chaco's grave

Supply chain

The deforestation dozen: Digging the Gran Chaco's grave

South America's Gran Chaco is suffering alarming deforestation driven by demand for soy largely provided by just 12 traders in the region, explains Planet Tracker's Peter Elwin

clock 22 April 2022 • 4 min read
An environmental duty: How non-exec directors can lead the way to a greener plastics industry

Supply chain

An environmental duty: How non-exec directors can lead the way to a greener plastics industry

Independent directors can hold companies' feet to the fire on plastics - they owe it to their shareholders as well as the planet, argues Planet Tracker's John Willis

clock 02 February 2022 • 5 min read
'Glaring absence': Why corporates' climate-lite financial statements threaten both the climate and investors

Carbon Accounting

'Glaring absence': Why corporates' climate-lite financial statements threaten both the climate and investors

Major report from Carbon Tracker warns majority of world's most polluting firms are failing to embed climate issues into their financial reporting, as Industry Tracker warns steel sector's window to align with climate goals is closing rapidly

clock 16 September 2021 • 7 min read

Supply chain

Second-hand clothing sales are accelerating - and bringing fashion closer to a circular economy

Planet Tracker’s Catherine Tubb, explores the rise of second-hand fashion – and what its growth means for the industry.

clock 02 June 2021 • 5 min read

Supply chain

Industry Tracker: How a new research house plans to put the spotlight on net zero risks for heavy industry

Cement, steel, chemicals, capital goods, tech, and consumer sectors are all set to face fresh scrutiny from a new think tank launched by leading figures from CDP, Carbon Tracker, and Planet Tracker

clock 26 May 2021 • 4 min read

Waste

How can governments turn the tide of plastic pollution post-pandemic?

As economies emerge from Covid-19, it is crucial governments set their sights on rapid action to curb plastic pollution worldwide, a new UNEP and WRI report implores

clock 06 April 2021 • 6 min read

Investment

Asset managers and index providers urged to end ETF market's financing of deforestation

New report from Planet Tracker warns booming ETF market is supporting soybean companies driving mass deforestation in Brazil, Indonesia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

clock 18 December 2020 • 4 min read