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Insurer Phoenix sets carbon targets for $339 billion of investments
(Reuters) - Phoenix Group laid out new carbon reduction targets on Monday, which it said will cut the emission intensity of 250 billion pounds ($338.75 billion) of investments by at least half by 2030...
Oct 04, 2021
Qantas extends Emirates alliance for another five years till 2028
(Reuters) - Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd and Dubai-based Emirates would extend their partnership for another five years till 2028, they said on Monday, as both airlines battle with the impact of the...
Oct 04, 2021
Marketmind: Emerging Britain
A look at the day ahead from Julien Ponthus As the Northern hemisphere autumn gets going, there is but one colour -- green. The dollar is trading just below one-year highs against a basket of currenci...
Oct 04, 2021
Tikehau Capital aims for around 5 billion euros of assets dedicated to tackling climate change
PARIS (Reuters) - French investment company Tikehau Capital said on Monday it was hoping to manage at least 5 billion euros ($5.8 billion) worth of assets by 2025 that would be dedicated solely to fig...
Oct 04, 2021
In India’s city of silk sarees, rising prices pose risk to nascent recovery
By Manoj Kumar VARANASI, India (Reuters) - In the narrow lanes of the Hindu pilgrimage city of Varanasi, the centre of a famed silk-weaving industry, there's little sign of the nascent economic recove...
Oct 04, 2021
Fossil fuel demand shakes off pandemic in blow to climate fight
By Noah Browning and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin LONDON (Reuters) - Demand for coal and natural gas has exceeded pre-COVID-19 highs with oil not far behind, dealing a setback to hopes the pandemic would spu...
Oct 04, 2021
From ‘Animal Crossing’ to Netflix: Unilever and P&G search for young consumers in a pandemic
By Richa Naidu CHICAGO (Reuters) - Unilever Plc and Procter & Gamble, the world's top two advertisers, are seeking out younger audiences by reallocating some 2021 spending away from traditional TV and...
Oct 04, 2021
Meet the 81-year-old climbing Scottish mountains for his sick wife
By Natalie Thomas BALLACHULISH, Scotland (Reuters) - At the windswept summit of Buachaille Etive Mr, a Scottish peak more than 1,020 metres (3,350 ft) above sea level, 81-year-old Nick Gardner stops t...
Oct 04, 2021
Japan’s outgoing Finance Minister Aso said he urged BOJ to lower inflation target
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's outgoing finance minister, Taro Aso, said on Monday he had proposed lowering the central bank's 2% inflation target when prices took a hit from plunging oil prices from 2014 ...
Oct 04, 2021
IMF urged to create new trust to bolster work on climate resilience
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should create a new instrument that lets richer countries channel their newly created IMF reserves to help a broader set o...
Oct 04, 2021
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