Results for September, 2019
Daily Media Briefing
September 30, 2019- Mastercard, clothing giants partner to help garment workers secure financial futures
- Boeing adds safety committee, considers changes to airplane development
- SC Johnson on track to make all plastic packaging closed-loop by 2025
- New WholeFruit chocolate cuts waste by using entire cacao fruit
- Carlsberg cuts ribbon on plant promising to halve water use at Danish brewery
Daily Media Briefing
September 27, 2019- Hermes, UBS and Federated launch SDG engagement high yield funds
- IHS Markit launches world-first carbon credit index
- UN plans vast urban forests to fight climate change
- Energy suppliers accused of 'greenwashing' tariffs to attract environmentally friendly customers
- Kering goes carbon-neutral through offsets
Daily Media Briefing
September 26, 2019- Markets face major risks over lax climate forecasts, top investors warn
- The Sustainable Development Goals will not be achieved if refugees continue to be excluded
- Filmmaker Richard Curtis assembles ‘Business Avengers’ to promote action on the SDGs
- Barbie toymaker Mattel creates gender-neutral dolls
- Net-zero not possible without circular economy, Ellen MacArthur Foundation finds
Daily Media Briefing
September 25, 2019- Google wins landmark case limiting 'right to be forgotten' to Europe
- Volkswagen bosses charged over emissions cheating
- Net-zero strategies for shipping and aviation 'must cap growth in demand'
- Minderoo Foundation pledges $300 million to create 'cashable commodity' from plastic waste
- HP to fund restoration of 200,000 acres of forest
Daily Media Briefing
September 24, 2019- Trial begins for French drug maker and regulator in Mediator scandal
- Most of world's biggest firms 'unlikely' to meet Paris climate targets
- UK firms save £85 million-worth of food from going to waste, WRAP finds
- Europol raids on French winemakers uncover dozens of suspected slaves from Bulgaria
- Google & Ikea make major new renewable energy investments
Daily Media Briefing
September 23, 2019- More than 1,000 jobs lost in Peterborough and customers stranded abroad as Thomas Cook collapses
- 130 banks worth $47 trillion to align with Paris Agreement
- Apple reduces mining impact through recycled rare earth elements
- Global dairy giants team up for industry-wide sustainability drive
- Facebook suspends tens of thousands of apps
Daily Media Briefing
September 20, 2019- Global Climate Strike: How are businesses responding?
- Amazon announces new 2040 ‘Climate Pledge’ ahead of employee protests
- Climate crisis seen as 'most important issue' by public, poll shows
- UN climate summit to test world’s resolve to halt warming
- Businesses, campaign groups and scientists set out how to halve emissions by 2030
- London closes its city centre for what will be its biggest car-free day to date
Daily Media Briefing
September 19, 2019- 200 investors call on US companies to align climate lobbying with Paris Agreement
- Job applications 'filtered by university ranking'
- Bosch pledges to become carbon neutral from 2020
- Lloyd's 'devastated' at sexual misconduct report
- Coca-Cola to replace plastic shrink wrap across can multipacks sold in Great Britain
Daily Media Briefing
September 18, 2019- Wall Street investment giants voting against key climate resolutions
- Japanese companies lead world in disclosing climate risks
- US attack on WHO 'hindering morphine drive in poor countries'
- Body Shop trials refillable shower gel and activism zone
- New report shines light on the farming subsidies having significant environmental impact
Daily Media Briefing
September 17, 2019- World's biggest mobile operators vow climate disclosure in first step towards net-zero
- Major firms sign up to The Climate Group's 'Cooling Challenge'
- Iceland hosts first major international #MeToo conference
- Unilever criticised over food nutrition claims
- General Motors employees strike against management 'greed’