Results for December, 2019
Daily Media Briefing
December 24, 2019- Statistic of the decade: Amazon has lost 8.4m football pitches of rainforest
- Lloyd's of London whistleblowing hotline was down for 16 months
- Anglo American pledges to align lobbying with Paris Agreement
- UK companies risk being uninsured for data losses and IT problems
- Disney cuts Star Wars same-sex kiss in Singapore
Daily Media Briefing
December 23, 2019- Fund manager defends backing blacklisted Chinese surveillance firm
- FTSE leaves coal and oil firms and G4S on ethical investment list
- Landmark ruling that Holland must cut emissions to protect citizens from climate change upheld by supreme court
- Tesco suspends Chinese supplier after suspected prisoner message
- Geothemal energy market heats up with Climeon and Geo40 partnership
Daily Media Briefing
December 20, 2019- Heatwaves and wildfires across Australia puts government’s climate stance in the spotlight
- Mattel targets 100 percent recycled and recyclable toys by 2030
- Fashion sector on trend to miss 2020 waste targets
- Aid groups warn Boris Johnson against combining DfID with Foreign Office
- UK renewables power past gas for first time
Daily Media Briefing
December 19, 2019- Google and Facebook dominance should be curbed, suggests CMA
- StanChart exits three Southeast Asia coal plants worth an estimated $7 billion
- MSCI flags risks of small pool of women on multiple boards
- UK banks and insurers to be tested on climate crisis response plans
- Separate scandal-hit UK audit sector from accounting, says report
Daily Media Briefing
December 18, 2019- Advertising watchdog bans e-cigarette promotion on Instagram
- Satellite technology proves methane leaks to be far larger than previously thought
- Zero-carbon ships on horizon under fuel levy plan
- UK Plastics Pact 'set to eliminate one billion unnecessary single-use items'
- Novo group invests in sustainable concrete made by adding bacteria
Daily Media Briefing
December 17, 2019- Apple and Google named in US lawsuit over Congolese child cobalt mining deaths
- Germany to raise carbon price to 25 euros in 2021
- Major companies pledge jobs and education for refugees
- Shell links $10bn credit facility to low-carbon progress
- Apple shareholders set to vote on human-rights policies
Daily Media Briefing
December 16, 2019- COP25 comes to an end in Madrid with a failure to reach consensus
- ESG controversies wipe $500bn off value of US companies
- Goldman Sachs curbs new lending on coal and arctic oil
- Indonesia urged to follow ‘game-changer’ Malaysia on palm oil maps
- Hallmark apologises for pulling same-sex ads
Daily Media Briefing
December 13, 2019- Conservatives win UK General Election prompting calls to deliver climate action
- More than 500 B-Corps offer 2030 net zero pledge
- HSBC to pay $192 million penalty in US tax evasion case
- JPMorgan executive ‘sickened’ over racism revelations
- Tesco to help customers visualise the environmental impact of their shopping
Daily Media Briefing
December 12, 2019- Saudi Aramco becomes world’s most valuable company despite climate fears
- Under 10 percent of UK CEOs are paid to tackle climate change
- Top hotels sued for 'industry-wide failures' to prevent U.S. sex trafficking
- Multinationals get behind SDG food drive in UK
- OVO secures approval for £500m SSE Energy Services deal to drive net-zero strategy
Daily Media Briefing
December 10, 2019- British power plant promises to go carbon negative by 2030
- Deadly factory fire highlights dangers facing India's migrant workers
- Shipping firm MSC joins list of top 10 EU polluters
- Climate change is most important issue for 18-25 year olds globally
- Europe to sell avocados with an edible coating for the first time