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Chemicals of Concern
Chemicals of concern are substances with potential toxic effects on human health or the environment due to their distribution, concentration, or mode of toxicity. They pose financial, legal, operational, and reputational risks for companies, particularly in industries like chemical manufacturing, textiles, pharmaceuticals, agriculture and consumer goods.
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Bankrolling extinction: The banking sector's role in the global biodiversity crisis
This report explores the contribution of the banking sector to the biodiversity crisis and the destruction of nature as of 2019. The report ranks the 50 largest banks globally based on their financing of unethical operations, finding a large impact on deforestation, ecosystem destruction and overfishing.
