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- | As another example to have a look at, how about a look at the way transparency around worker rights and environmental impacts has influenced the clothing industry? Both cheap and high end. http:// | + | **Sustainable Seafood Finance Initiative (SSF)** further details |
- | interesting when considering transparency as a potential lever of change by engaging the public. | + | **Windward** |
+ | **Global fishing watch** http:// | ||
**Fish Online** http:// | **Fish Online** http:// | ||
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**Traceability** - is what you are being sold in the supermarket ACTUALLY what it says it is? Where did it really come from? What checks are actually made? What accountability is there? Would it be possible to actually do some detailed traceability studies - ocean to plate. Is that dolphin friendly tuna really dolphin friendly? | **Traceability** - is what you are being sold in the supermarket ACTUALLY what it says it is? Where did it really come from? What checks are actually made? What accountability is there? Would it be possible to actually do some detailed traceability studies - ocean to plate. Is that dolphin friendly tuna really dolphin friendly? | ||
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"There are approximately 31,000 Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) around the UK. Their sole purpose is to discharge untreated human sewage and waste-water when the sewerage system is overloaded. CSOs act as emergency discharge valves in our sewerage system, discharging untreated sewage and wastewater when the system comes close to bursting, supposedly during periods of intense rainfall. Without CSOs, sewage could start backing up in our houses and gardens, so they are a vital part of our sewerage infrastructure. However, SAS is increasingly concerned that they are being used to regularly dispose of untreated sewage, even during times of low rainfall or none at all. In theory, CSOs should only discharge a maximum of 3 times per bathing season (May - September) but worryingly many CSOs discharge far more frequently than this." | "There are approximately 31,000 Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) around the UK. Their sole purpose is to discharge untreated human sewage and waste-water when the sewerage system is overloaded. CSOs act as emergency discharge valves in our sewerage system, discharging untreated sewage and wastewater when the system comes close to bursting, supposedly during periods of intense rainfall. Without CSOs, sewage could start backing up in our houses and gardens, so they are a vital part of our sewerage infrastructure. However, SAS is increasingly concerned that they are being used to regularly dispose of untreated sewage, even during times of low rainfall or none at all. In theory, CSOs should only discharge a maximum of 3 times per bathing season (May - September) but worryingly many CSOs discharge far more frequently than this." | ||
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+ | As another example to have a look at, how about a look at the way transparency around worker rights and environmental impacts has influenced the clothing industry? Both cheap and high end. http:// | ||
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What are water companies actually doing? What environmental and health and wellbeing impacts does that have? | What are water companies actually doing? What environmental and health and wellbeing impacts does that have? | ||
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+ | **Shareholder action:** | ||
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+ | ClientEarth has worked with institutional investors and other organisations to create shareholder resolutions to require Shell and BP to report on how they plan to deal with the impacts of climate change. | ||
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+ | ClientEarth worked on using the Companies Act to improve company reporting on environmental impacts (concentrating on the extractive industries): | ||
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