Results for February, 2019
Daily Media Briefing
February 28, 2019- SC Johnson launches 100% ocean plastic bottle with future plans to support social plastic
- U.S. Supreme Court revives India power plant lawsuit
- BHP promotes 3 women to senior executive team in reshuffle
- Women have only three quarters of economic rights of men, finds World Bank
- Energy company Engie to exit 20 countries and back renewables
Daily Media Briefing
February 27, 2019- Costa Rica targets electric cars and forest growth in 2050 climate strategy
- IBM job applicants outraged over racially insensitive labels
- Workers making clothes for Australian fashion firms can't make ends meet – study
- DeepMind and Google train AI to predict energy output of wind farms
- China’s tech firms monitor pig faces to predict disease and illness
ecommerce pollution solutions: from truck platooning to smart lockers
February 27, 2019By 2021, estimates indicate that e-commerce will make up 18 percent of total sales in the U.S., 20 percent of sales in the UK, and 30 percent of sales in China. This growth doesn’t show any sign of […]
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How disclosure is pushing positive change down the supply chain
February 27, 2019There has been step-change action on environmental impacts within the supply chain in the last decade as demonstrated by the recently published CDP report. Headlines include: (1) more than 110 of the world’s largest companies are now requesting […]
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Full transportation history as simple as QR codes and smartphones
February 27, 2019January 2019 saw the launch of a new tracking platform, developed by WWF and BCG Digital Ventures, called OpenSC. It uses product QR (Quick Response) codes that consumers can scan with a smartphone to automatically display information revealing […]
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Daily Media Briefing
February 26, 2019- Large shareholders vote against excessive CEO pay
- Start-up gets ready for factory robots working alongside humans
- SEAT and IBM develop phone app to encourage greener city travel
- Accenture and Mastercard launch blockchain-enabled supplier 'tip' scheme
- World's food supply under 'severe threat' from loss of biodiversity, UN warns
Daily Media Briefing
February 25, 2019- Australia launches climate change plan to tackle emissions
- Microsoft workers demand it drop $480 million U.S. Army contract
- Knorr and WWF partnership suggests 50 future foods to fix the food system
- Amazon pledges 50 percent ‘net zero carbon’ deliveries by 2030
- UN should use crowdfunding platforms to meet SDGs, researchers suggest
Daily Media Briefing
February 22, 2019- Start-up that turns insects into animal feed raises $125 million
- UK investor body to apply red warning if a company's board lacks women
- Climate change 'cause of most under-reported humanitarian crises'
- Development bank investments could halt emissions rises in developing nations, report finds
- Norway starts payments to Indonesia for cutting forest emissions
Daily Media Briefing
February 21, 2019- PRI signatories must report climate change risks from 2020
- Science Based Targets initiative unveils bid to help more businesses set 1.5C goals
- Google failed to notify customers it put microphones in Nest security systems
- EU agrees to cut greenhouse gas emissions from trucks
- Waitrose installs Formula One technology to boost energy savings from fridges
Daily Media Briefing
February 20, 2019- Nissan panel to recommend outside director to chair board
- Honda says up to 7,000 jobs at risk from closure of UK plant
- Centrica steps up investment in 'intelligent home' vision
- Majority of European firms have no CO2 reduction targets
- UK plans to make plastic packaging producers pay for waste disposal