“RSPO adopts ‘transformative’ new sustainable palm oil standard” – Confectionery News – November 15, 2018
On November 15, 2018 Confectionery News reported that “(t)he 15th annual general assembly of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) closed today, with over 850 representatives of the global palm oil and food industry agreeing to new certification standards for sustainable palm oil. You may read the article on the Confectionery News internet site.
“Passive boom sees number of market indices hit 3.7m” – Financial Times – November 14, 2018
On November 14, 2018 the Financial Times reported that “(i)ndices measuring markets have ballooned in number by another 438,000 to more than 3.7m in the past year, as providers produce a blizzard of bond market, environment, social and governance benchmarks.” According to the article, “(i)ncreasing use of benchmarks in ethical and fixed-income investing drives the […]