Swift Beef Co. to Pay 1.3 Million for Environmental Violations

Swift Beef Co., a subsidiary of Brazilian meat giant JBS S.A. and Greeley-based JBS USA, has agreed to pay $1.3 million to the U.S. and the state of Nebraska to settle alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act and Nebraska state law at its beef processing plant in Grand Island, Neb., according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Survey Shows Investors Increasingly Concerned with Climate Change

Pension funds along with other asset owners are more and more trying to find asset operators that include climate change policies inside their investment practices, a new survey of investors which includes $12trn in assets displays.

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