'Companies must set their sights higher': Investors sound alarm over weak corporate plastic pollution policies

Dozens of investors with trillions of assets under management have this morning made a joint call for supermarkets, consumer goods firms, and other companies to significantly ramp up their efforts to clamp down on plastic waste. More than 185 investors have signed the joint call to action coordinated by the Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO), which urges companies to significantly reduce material consumption, eliminate single-use packaging, and rapidly expand reusable packaging systems. The investors, who collectively hold $10tr in assets under managemen...