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EsTech seems likely to press that line of argument — although at the time of writing it was still preparing its policy plan. So we are going to take this as a base scenario and try to propose different improvements,” says Szpilka. “The other thing that we need is investment.
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billion sustainable investment firm has filed a shareholder resolution asking the board of directors for a third-party review of current policies. Google claims she violated its security policies. It’s important to lift that up because they use trade secrets and data policy as an excuse for retaliating against worker organizers.”.
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