Results for 2018
Daily Media Briefing
September 20, 2018- WEF: More than half of workers will need reskilling by 2022
- Businesses must avoid 'knee-jerk' plastic phase-outs
- Global carbon prices too low to combat climate change - OECD
- LGBT Great launches #hereiam campaign to investment industry
- World Bank renews UN Sustainable Development Goals bonds partnership
Daily Media Briefing
September 19, 2018- McDonald’s workers across the U.S. stage #MeToo protests
- Syngenta accused of exporting pesticides linked to involuntary poisoning of cotton farmers
- Danske Bank CEO quits in $234 billion money laundering scandal
- Ikea to use EVs for last-mile home deliveries in five cities by 2020
- Shell announces near-zero methane emissions target for 2025
Let’s stop playing SDG bingo
September 18, 2018 Progress is patchy towards addressing the Global Goals, says Mike Tuffrey. Companies need to embrace the logic of the business case and stop their pick-and-mix approach. Read more >
Responsible business should make our world happier
September 18, 2018 It’s about time responsible business considered its contribution to the overall life satisfaction of stakeholders. Richard Hardyment summarises the main thrust of his new book – “The Wellbeing Purpose”. Read more >
Girl power – the business of investing in girls
September 18, 2018 The private sector has a key role to play in the empowerment of girls in society. Josefin Smeds identifies just some of the ways in which leading businesses are taking bold action to invest in girls. Read more >
Retail investors look to increase exposure to sustainable investments
September 18, 2018 Retail investors are becoming interested in the investment potential of companies that place sustainability at their core. Chris Morris details the findings of a new report by Sustainable Ventures. Read more >
Daily Media Briefing
September 18, 2018- Oxfam claims pharmaceutical companies are avoiding significant tax liabilities
- IMF boss says it should be politically incorrect for firms not to have senior women
- US trumps Europe in a sustainability league table dominated by emerging markets
- Saudi Wealth Fund to invest $1 billion in Tesla's rival Lucid
- The UPS Foundation pledges $1 Million to Hurricane Florence relief efforts
Daily Media Briefing
September 17, 2018- PwC chairman encourages talks on race after Dallas shooting
- Investors worth $6.4 trillion call on firms to tackle supply chain deforestation risks
- Investor Agenda launched to track investor progress in meeting Paris Agreement goals
- Anti-Slavery tsar post vacant for six months despite Theresa May's pledge to combat trafficking
- SIMEC Atlantis Energy unveils plans for 'world's largest' tidal turbine
Daily Media Briefing
September 14, 2018- Businesses, cities, and regions pledge to deliver net zero building sector by 2050
- Half of European clinical trials haven’t reported results
- Apple invests in a huge mangrove forest in Colombia
- The North Face adds products made through regenerative agriculture
- Single-use plastic bottles banned from half marathon in London
Daily Media Briefing
September 13, 2018- British pension schemes to disclose climate change strategy
- HSBC raises alarm over low levels of TCFD awareness
- Report: Fashion industry accounts for more than a third of ocean microplastics
- Shiva Foundation launches the Stop Slavery Blueprint
- Palm Oil Alliance initiates blockchain solution to drive sustainable practices