70 firms, financial institutions call for UN treaty against plastic pollution
Signatories are advocating for a robust policy on plastic pollution amid concerns that states would support a less ambitious mandate.
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More than 70 businesses and financial institutions have signed a petition, calling on the United Nations (UN) to initiate a legally binding global treaty on plastic pollution, marking the strongest bid from leading firms to stop plastic pollution in its tracks in recent years.
In a first for the business community, the firms, which include UK-based Local Pensions Partnership Investments, BNP Paribas Asset Management and Fortune 500 companies such as Nestle and the Coca-Cola Compan…
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