California is the first major state to hold an oil major accountable for plastic pollution after it filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil alleging it falsely promoted the recyclability of plastic. The allegations arrive as state and global governments are increasingly holding companies accountable for plastic pollution. The Financial Times covers the story.
As Climate Week in New York draws to a close, Wall Street banks continue their tack of attempting to change public perception about what financial institutions can do to tackle climate change. Conversations at this year’s Climate Week were tainted by growing sentiment that current net zero goals are near impossible to achieve. Bloomberg covers the story.