Results for June, 2019
Daily Media Briefing
June 14, 2019- Singapore emerges as one of the most sustainable investment markets globally
- UK’s NEST divests from tobacco
- HSBC Women in UK Are Paid Bonuses 70% Below Male Staff
- Amazon gets sued for recording children’s voices via its Echo Dot
- Cargill warns goal of halting deforestation will be missed
Daily Media Briefing
June 13, 2019- Sustainable Living Brands delivered record 69% of Unilever's 2018 turnover growth
- Top food firms spot supply-chain risks to forests in real time
- Investors urge support for Swiss human rights due diligence law
- UK manufacturers reap cost savings with sustainability, despite Brexit challenge
- The Pentagon emits more greenhouse gases than Portugal, study finds
Daily Media Briefing
June 12, 2019- UK government agrees legally binding net-zero emissions target for 2050
- Business Urge for a Robust New Global Law to End Violence and Harassment at Work
- Forest twice size of UK destroyed since 2010 by big consumer brands
- Deutsche Bank threatens to axe 1,000 clients in compliance push
- ESG groups try to thin a thicket of sustainability metrics
Daily Media Briefing
June 11, 2019- Business giants launch plastics 'credit' scheme to tackle pollution
- Executives from major companies sign joint letter against abortion bans
- Ocado invests £17 million into vertical farming industry
- Healthcare in world’s largest economies ‘accounts for 4 percent’ of global emissions
- 'Super battery' approved for UK's largest onshore wind farm
Daily Media Briefing
June 10, 2019- Leading artists call on National Portrait Gallery to cut ties to BP
- Law firms urged to reverse drain of young and female talent
- Michael Bloomberg to spend $500 million to close coal
- Air New Zealand drops ban on staff tattoos
- European food industry driving deforestation and climate change, report says
Daily Media Briefing
June 07, 2019- 'Game changer': French bank Crédit Agricole to ditch EU coal by 2030
- Australian regulator rules Uber drivers are not employees
- TCFD says more companies need to disclose “decision-useful climate-related financial information”
- People eat at least 50,000 plastic particles a year, study finds
- Anheuser-Busch on track to meet 100 percent renewable energy target
Daily Media Briefing
June 06, 2019- Unilever boss calls for business push on net-zero emissions
- UK net zero emissions target will ‘cost more than £1 trillion’
- Brands found targeting junk food ads at children online
- Olay becomes first major skincare brand to trial refillable packs
- Canary Wharf becomes world's first plastic-free commercial centre
Daily Media Briefing
June 05, 2019- World's biggest firms foresee $1 trillion climate cost hit
- BT generates record £5.5 billion through carbon-combative products and services
- AP2 dumps tobacco and nuclear firms in fresh ESG
- JLR and BMW to collaborate on electric vehicle innovation
- Hotel giant Accor partners with app to save 13,000 meals from going to waste
Daily Media Briefing
June 04, 2019- London Stock Exchange Group buys analytics provider Beyond Ratings
- Finland to be carbon neutral by 2035
- Top fashion brands back permanent contract ruling for Cambodian workers
- Canned tuna brands found failing to combat slavery in supply chains
- Waitrose engage customers with new plastic-free pilot initiative
Daily Media Briefing
June 03, 2019- UK government to help savers invest in good under new initiative
- Experts urge Theresa May to confront Trump over climate crisis
- Big Pharma emits more greenhouse gases than the automotive industry
- Big clothes brands found to fall short of own fair wage promises
- No country is set to achieve gender equality by 2030