Results for November, 2016
Daily Media Briefing
November 30, 2016- Firms such as Kellogg’s, Unilever and Nestle ‘use child-labour palm oil’
- Barry Callebaut targets 100 percent sustainable chocolate by 2025
- WWF and Sodexo cook up low-carbon meals
- EU declares war on energy waste and coal subsidies in new climate package
- Boeing tax break ruled unlawful by WTO
Daily Media Briefing
November 29, 2016- Cadbury withdraws from Fairtrade in favour of own-brand Cocoa Life scheme
- UK to unveil boardroom crackdown on private big business
- Laing O’Rourke launches 10 point plan to bridge construction skills gap
- Top automakers fund charging sites to boost electric-car demand
Daily Media Briefing
November 28, 2016- Fossil fuel battle heats up at the pension fund for British MPs
- Sustainable investing boosts bond portfolio performance
- Goodwill partners urge people to donate using the Give Back Box this Cyber Monday
- Swedish court rules Myanmar “Green Book” inadequate for EU importers
- New GMOs kicked out of US organics guidelines
Daily Media Briefing
November 25, 2016- Tesco to phase out microbeads from its products by end of 2016
- OECD: Income inequality remains high in the face of weak recovery
- A shot at coffee cup recycling in Australia
- Humana launches mobile app designed to improve health and social engagement for employers
Daily Media Briefing
November 24, 2016- Patagonia will donate 100% of Black Friday sales to environmental groups
- Facebook said to create censorship tool to get back into China
- From bitcoin to puke-tracking: Walmart uses blockchains to monitor food
- Trump to scrap Nasa climate research in crackdown on ‘politicized science’
- NGOs criticise “business as usual” European SDG plans
Daily Media Briefing
November 23, 2016- EU agrees law to curb flow of conflict minerals
- New funding platform launched for sustainability projects in Asia
- Google nears tax settlement with Indonesian government
- No evidence of aloe vera found in aloe vera gels at Wal-Mart, CVS and Target
- Investors release guide to increase climate change engagement with oil and gas organisations
Daily Media Briefing
November 22, 2016- New initiative aims to advance responsible sourcing in technology supply chains
- Mars calls for bold climate action, accelerates renewables commitments
- UK backtracks on putting workers on company boards
- 40,000 Nigerians take Shell to UK court over oil spills
- Credit scores 'pushing millennials towards payday loans'
Daily Media Briefing
November 21, 2016- CEOs no longer say ‘people are our greatest asset,’ according to new report
- US food giants pledge to halve food waste by 2030
- Samsung and Panasonic accused over supply chain labour abuses in Malaysia
- World's poorest countries to aim for 100% green energy
- Survey reveals surge in sustainable investing
Daily Media Briefing
November 18, 2016- Oil groups ‘not investing enough’ in green energy
- Experts raise alarm over declining effect of antibiotics
- Two hour commute is reality for 3.7 million UK workers
- Indonesian palm oil institute wins smallholder innovation challenge
- J.P. Morgan settlement lays bare the practice of hiring ‘princelings’
Daily Media Briefing
November 17, 2016- Governments are doing a poor job at fighting corruption across Europe and Central Asia
- Over 360 businesses urge President-elect Trump to back Paris Agreement
- UK's social mobility problem holding back Thatcher generation, says report
- Chile connects Latin America’s largest solar plant to the national grid
- EU climate commissioner brings fossil fuel interests to COP22 climate summit