Coca-Cola said it was working to address packaging waste and disputed the claim that it was making no progress....
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Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Nestlé have been accused of “zero progress” on reducing plastic waste, after being named the world’s top plastic polluters for the third year in a row.
Coca-Cola was ranked the world’s No 1 plastic polluter by Break Free From Plastic in its annual audit, after its drinks bottles were the most frequently found discarded on beaches, rivers, parks and other litter sites in 51 of 55 nations surveyed.
Coca-Cola said it was working to address packaging waste and disputed the claim that it was making no progress.
PepsiCo said the company was taking action to tackle packaging through “partnership, innovation and investments”. A Nestlé statement said it was making “meaningful progress” in sustainable packaging, although it recognised more was needed.
How we communicated in 2020
As COVID-19 cases rose in March, informative tone increased while optimistic tone decreased in writing.
Formal writing dropped 91% from January to November, showing a shift to more casual writing in 2020.
Confidence in writing also dropped significantly, mirroring the uncertainty of 2020.
42 journalists and media workers have been killed while doing their jobs this year, according to the International Federation of Journalists.
The IFJ report is officially released to mark the International Day for Human Rights.
Mexico topped the 2020 list of countries where the most journalists were killed (for the fourth time in five years) with 13 killings, followed by Pakistan with five. Afghanistan, India, Iraq and Nigeria recorded three killings each.
A further 235 journalists are in prison in cases related to their work, the report showed.
In the three decades the IFJ has been keeping count, 2,658 journalists have been killed.
