The ag giant is teaming up with PepsiCo, Kellogg, General Mills, Monsanto and Walmart. Here’s why.

This month’s Names in the News roundup of green business career moves includes a former Duke Energy executive’s jump to REC solar and a new VP for NRG.

There can be a fine line between leadership and greenwash. Some companies are crossing it.

The U.S. and China have confirmed that the global economy is about to change beyond all recognition. Now businesses and investors have to respond.

Here are 5 tips to engage the upper echelon about the bottom-line benefits. Hint: It’s about materiality.

Local governments are being acknowledged for their exemplary leadership in reducing carbon pollution and addressing climate change


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Asia stocks hit 1-year high as soft US data quells Fed hike talk
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A man stands next to an electronic board showing stock prices in Tokyo, Japan, August 18, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon. By Hideyuki Sano | TOKYO. TOKYO The dollar tumbled and Asian stocks rose to one-year highs on Wednesday after surprisingly …
Asian Shares Mostly Up, But Nikkei Weighed by Strong YenWall Street Journal
Japan Shares Drop, Led by Exporters, as Yen Gains on U.S. ReportBloomberg
Stronger yen keeps pressure on Japanese equitiesFinancial Times
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Australia's Economy Toasts 25 Years Without a Recession
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The nation's economy expanded at its fastest annual pace in four years last quarter. Australia's resource-rich economy expanded at its fastest annual pace in four years last quarter, clinching a remarkable run of 25 years without recession as surging
Australia notches up 25 years of growth as defence spending boosts economyThe Guardian
More Australian Q2 GDP data responsesNasdaq
Australia Celebrates 25 Years Since Last RecessionWall Street Journal
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Judge grants partial stop on North Dakota pipeline work
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WASHINGTON — An American Indian tribe succeeded Tuesday in getting a federal judge to temporarily stop construction on some, but not all, of a $3.8 billion four-state oil pipeline, but its broader request still hangs in the balance. U.S. District
Company agrees to temporarily halt some North Dakota pipeline workReuters
Tribal Protest Spurs Halt to Pipeline in North DakotaWall Street Journal
Native Americans Fighting To Protect Sacred Land Find Ally On Mainstream NewsHuffington Post
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Ackman buys into Chipotle, to talk to management; shares jump
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A Chipotle Mexican Grill is seen the day before it announces its first quarter results, in Los Angeles, California, United States, April 25, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson. By Svea Herbst-Bayliss | BOSTON. BOSTON Activist investor William Ackman's hedge …
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square takes big stake in ChipotleMarketWatch
Pershing Square Reveals 9.9% Stake in ChipotleWall Street Journal
Ackman Sets Sights on Beleaguered Chipotle and Insular BoardBloomberg
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