Hacker News with Generative AI: Corporate Responsibility

Big Oil Must Pay for Storm Damage (newsweek.com)
In 1989, Shell published an internal report analyzing two possible futures, one in which fossil fuels were brought under control and one in which they weren't. In the former, which they called the "sustainable world" scenario, greenhouse gas emissions began declining rapidly around the year 2000 and global warming was kept in check.
McDonald's and supermarkets failed to spot slavery (bbc.com)
Signs that modern slavery victims were being forced to work at a McDonald’s branch and a factory supplying bread products to major supermarkets were missed for years, the BBC has found.
ExxonMobil deceived the public with plastic recycling, lawsuit claims (theverge.com)
ExxonMobil has misled consumers for years by perpetuating a “myth” about plastic recycling, according to a new lawsuit filed by the state of California.
Mitsubishi financial group execs take pay cut to atone for data breach (japantimes.co.jp)
Google, Amazon and the problem with Big Tech's climate claims (technologyreview.com)
Amazon says it now runs on 100% clean power. Employees say it's more like 22% (fastcompany.com)
Google is no longer claiming to be carbon neutral (bloomberg.com)
Apple execs are giving themselves bonuses as a reward for illegal dumping (twitter.com)
Taste the Plastic: How Coca Cola Is Poisoning the Planet for Profit [video] (youtube.com)
How 3M discovered, then concealed, the dangers of forever chemicals (newyorker.com)
3M executives convinced a scientist forever chemicals in human blood were safe (propublica.org)
"Sustainable" company behind POM juice among California's top paraquat sprayers (thenewlede.org)