Results for June, 2019
Daily Media Briefing
June 28, 2019- Britain's new net zero emissions target becomes law
- Leon restaurants co-founder to lead review of UK food system
- Asian firms with women leaders deliver better financial results
- Dutch Retailer Ahold Delhaize Issues $681 million Sustainability Bond
- BP Ventures invests $30 million in green animal feed
Daily Media Briefing
June 27, 2019- Investors with $34 trillion demand urgent climate change action
- Tata to build UK’s biggest carbon capture project
- LGBTQ Google employees ask San Francisco Pride to remove the company from celebrations
- Wayfair workers and supporters protest furniture sale to US immigrant camp
- Ikea works with BoKlok to build affordable homes in UK
Daily Media Briefing
June 26, 2019- Net-zero targets now cover one-sixth of global economy
- Arriva signs telematics deal to slash bus emissions
- Japan's Suntory joins rival Coca Cola to push Vietnam on plastic recycling
- Robots May Displace 20 Million Manufacturing Jobs by 2030
- Britain’s top jobs still in hands of private school elite, study finds
Daily Media Briefing
June 25, 2019- Southern Water faces prosecution after record £126 million penalty
- Media companies ruled liable for Facebook comments in Australia
- €28bn nuclear decommissioning fund adopts new MSCI climate indices
- Burberry to reduce emissions by 95 percent through approved 1.5C science-based target
- G20 coal subsidies rise despite climate pledges, say energy researchers
Daily Media Briefing
June 24, 2019- Best Buy’s new Science-Based Target helps customers reduce energy use in their homes
- HSBC to help modern slaves 'rebuild lives' with bank access
- Boots to roll out paper carrier bags
- Peru Presents PepsiCo’s ‘Recycling with Purpose’ to Promote Circular Economy
- Poland eyes green energy investments in Western Balkans
Daily Media Briefing
June 21, 2019- Bank of England calls on Lloyd’s to tackle sexual harassment
- MSCI launches new climate change indexes
- UN Global Compact launches event series to accelerate progress on the SDGs at the local Level
- Food and drink giants press for long-term policies on decarbonisation and circularity
- Trump administration unveils rules to help coal industry
Daily Media Briefing
June 20, 2019- UK's big energy firms accused of failing to tackle climate crisis
- Aerospace giants back technology to provide 'relentless' aviation decarbonisation
- YouTube under federal investigation over allegations it violates children’s privacy
- Bookmakers pledge £100 million to avoid gambling crackdown
- Asian Development Bank to stop funding coal-fired power plants
Daily Media Briefing
June 19, 2019- EU issues "green" investment guide to help combat climate change
- Banks to include CO2 emission measures in shipping loan decisions
- Blackstone boss hands Oxford record £150 million gift to fund work on ethics in AI
- Google to invest $1 billion to fight tech-fuelled housing crisis
- UK and Colombia begin climate partnership to promote green growth
Daily Media Briefing
June 18, 2019- UK government rejects mandatory environmental targets for big-name fashion brands
- World’s top 500 companies set to miss Paris climate goals
- Mastercard’s ‘true name’ card aims to revolutionise banking for trans and non-binary communities
- Malaysian banks lead Southeast Asian peers for board diversity
- G20 launch new framework for combating marine plastic pollution
Daily Media Briefing
June 17, 2019- Drugmakers sue to stop rule requiring prices in TV ads
- Amazon and other large companies accused of lack of transparency on climate impact
- Major companies found using courts to avoid Brazil's slave labour 'dirty list'
- Costa joins UK Government-led pledge to halve food waste by 2030
- Global plastics boom fuelled 2018 CO2 emissions rise