Results for 2018
Daily Media Briefing
June 18, 2018- UK pension funds get green light to dump fossil fuel investments
- Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes charged with fraud
- Reusable cup use soars 10-fold at Pret thanks to 50p discount
- KFC Singapore to stop providing plastic caps and straws for drinks
- Renault pledges €1 billion of funding for EV research and manufacturing
Daily Media Briefing
June 15, 2018- As You Sow launches investor alliance to engage companies on plastic pollution
- UBS Global Wealth Management debuts private client sustainable investment portfolio
- Report: India facing the “worst water crisis in its history”
- European banks launch green mortgage pilot scheme
- Report: BP’s global data for 2017 shows record highs for coal and renewables
Daily Media Briefing
June 14, 2018- Volkswagen fined €1 billion by German state prosecutors
- Ben & Jerry’s joins campaign to support onshore windfarms
- Plastic waste export tide turns to south-east Asia following China ban
- Apple to undercut popular law-enforcement tool for cracking iPhones
- Tesla to cut nine percent of workforce in search of profitability
Daily Media Briefing
June 13, 2018- Goldman Sachs Asset Management launches exchange-traded fund to track JUST Capital’s Index
- UK MPs urge banks to end “alpha male culture” to close gender pay gap
- Seattle City Council repeals “head tax” following big-business opposition
- Asia Pacific computer users most vulnerable to cyberattacks due to high percentage of unlicensed software use
- Germany to miss 2020 climate target, government concedes in official report
Daily Media Briefing
June 12, 2018- Report: Two-thirds of top UK auto-enrolment pension providers lack policy against chemical weapon investments
- Citigroup issues stark warning on automation of bank jobs
- Mondelēz to use 100% sustainably-sourced wheat in EU
- Hotel sector unites under International Tourism Partnership to tackle forced labour
- Dow Chemical Company generates £90 million from natural capital projects
Daily Media Briefing
June 11, 2018- UK to force big companies to publish worker to boss pay gap
- Legal & General to step up activism over climate change
- Pope Francis tells oil bosses world must reduce fossil fuel use
- Amazon blasted over China Echo factory conditions
- American Express to release ocean plastic credit card
Daily Media Briefing
June 08, 2018- Google lays out AI rules after staff protests over military use
- Credit Suisse to pay $47 million to end US Department of Justice probe into hiring practices in Asia
- India to abolish all single-use plastic by 2020, vows prime minister
- M&S announces “huge rise” in responsible cotton sourcing
- Vodafone and Iron Mountain commit to 100 percent renewables
Daily Media Briefing
June 07, 2018- Alphabet shareholders reject diversity proposal backed by employees
- Report: Green economy now worth as much as fossil fuel sector
- Report: All new diesel cars fail EU emissions standards
- Microsoft sinks data centre off Scottish coast
- Johnson & Johnson announces progress towards Health for Humanity goals
Daily Media Briefing
June 06, 2018- Major sporting bodies make “biggest commitment ever” to cut plastic waste
- Facebook and Google broke campaign laws, says Washington State
- All-male job shortlists banned by PwC
- Report: Abuse is daily reality for female garment workers for Gap & H&M
- Universal Climate Disclosure Challenge issued to more than 300 global corporates and cities
Daily Media Briefing
June 05, 2018- Apple’s new software to deal with screen addiction
- Big investors urge G7 to step up climate action
- Hawaii signs law to become climate neutral by 2045
- Lush removes #SpyCops posters from some shops after “intimidation from ex-police officers”
- US appeals against ruling that Trump could not block Twitter followers