Results for 2018
Daily Media Briefing
August 14, 2018- Investors worth $6.7 trillion urge RSPO to strengthen palm oil standards
- Royal Mail fined record £50 million for allegedly breaking competition law
- “Due diligence” on AU$444 million Great Barrier Reef grant was for separate project
- Facebook leads record clean power purchases in 2018
- DBS and Wilmar sign US$100 million sustainability linked-loan
Daily Media Briefing
August 13, 2018- UK Government publishes Civil Society Strategy
- The International Olympic Committee commissions move toward gender equality
- Nike hit with lawsuit from four women who allege gender discirmination
- Australia urged to restrict Monsanto's Roundup after US court rules it caused cancer
- Brazil cuts emissions from deforestation two years ahead of schedule
Daily Media Briefing
August 10, 2018- Farm workers protest in Italy after migrant crash deaths
- Adani knew of Abbot Point pollution risk before spill, conservationists say
- Sainsbury’s claims greenest supermarket prize
- Caribbean states kick off green defence against disasters
- Apple partners with Etsy, Swiss Re and Akamai on renewables project
Daily Media Briefing
August 09, 2018- Wall Street is adding a new “Weinstein clause” to deals
- California strikes back against Trump administration’s auto pollution rollback
- Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defends failure to ban Alex Jones
- New runway at Heathrow Airport faces legal challenge
- Aldi aims for “carbon neutral” status by 2019
Daily Media Briefing
August 08, 2018- WWF launches spoof Singapore ivory store in awareness stunt
- New database to highlight benefits of integrated reporting
- Apple tells US lawmakers iPhones are not listening in on consumers
- Landsec rolls out shopping centre “Refill Me” campaign
- AstraZeneca settles Texas drug lawsuits for $110 million
Daily Media Briefing
August 07, 2018- Deliveroo's substitute courier policy called into question under GDPR rules
- Global carbon tax in isolation could ‘exacerbate food insecurity by 2050’
- Australians want higher renewable energy target, says poll
- Chile bans plastic bags for businesses
- Veolia to recycle 120 million coffee cups in 2019
Daily Media Briefing
August 06, 2018- New Amazon Alexa skills challenge seeks positive impact
- UK insurers attacked over climate risk omissions
- Lloyds bank to stop financing new coal plants and thermal coal mines
- Pepsi Foundation commits $10m to boost US recycling rates
- The world now has more than one terawatt of wind and solar, Bloomberg research
Daily Media Briefing
August 03, 2018- Kraft Heinz unveils new circular packaging strategy in plastic reduction drive
- Elle UK dedicates September issue to sustainability
- Brands make 'mixed progress' on viscose pollution in Asia
- Twitter turns to academics to improve conversational health on the platform
- Analysts raise EU carbon price forecasts following market reforms
Daily Media Briefing
August 02, 2018- Google draws up plans to relaunch search engine in China
- Smaller firms should have to report gender pay gap, UK MPs say
- De Beers is building blockchain to trace diamonds from mine to customer
- AB InBev launches green innovation start-up accelerator
- Levi Strauss commits to 100 percent renewables and science-based targets
Daily Media Briefing
August 01, 2018- Anti-slavery app will help users spot potential victims of labour exploitation
- France bans smartphones in school in order to tackle tech addiction
- Coles backs down on plastic bag ban because customers “need more time”
- PRI steps up engagement on cyber security
- UK GPs to halt fossil fuel investments