Results for May, 2020
Daily Media Briefing
May 29, 2020- Zalando and Sustainable Apparel Coalition issue sustainable metrics for brands and retailers
- Textile Exchange launches Material Change Insights Report
- Chevron shareholders approve calls for more transparency on climate lobbying
- New date agreed for COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow
- Studies add to alarm over deforestation in Brazil
Daily Media Briefing
May 28, 2020- SEC chair warns of risks tied to ESG ratings
- Lockdown pressures on mothers could stall gender pay gap progress
- Improve water supply in poorer nations to cut plastic use, say experts
- 'Substantial quantities' of microplastics from tyres contaminating rivers and oceans
- The Berkeley Foundation takes business of the year at the 2020 Business Charity Awards
Britvic signs for £400m sustainability-linked loan
May 28, 2020 A first in the UK and another example of the increasingly popular credit facilities, with pricing linked to sustainability targets. Is this a sign of the times? Read more >
Build back better: Canadian government offers coronavirus loans for big businesses that demonstrate sustainability commitments
May 28, 2020 How Canada is using the opportunity to re-open the economy with sustainability criteria embedded within recovery plans to create a more resilient future. Read more >
Executive pay becoming virus focal point for ESG investors
May 28, 2020 How the pandemic is upping investor interest and action on salaries, bonuses and incentives for executives. Read more >
Daily Media Briefing
May 27, 2020- Twitter tags Trump tweet with fact-checking warning
- Rio Tinto blasts 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site to expand iron ore mine
- Food waste start up Apeel Sciences snags $250m backing
- CORONAVIRUS: Pakistan garment workers fight for rights amid Covid-19 crisis
- Copenhagen Airport spearheads green hydrogen project for transport fuel
Daily Media Briefing
May 26, 2020- Global healthcare groups join calls for green, healthy Covid-19 recovery
- HSBC raises £386m fund for climate mitigation in developing countries
- BT pulls in £5.5bn from helping customers cut 13 million tonnes of CO2
- Iceland to give unsold food to staff as it cuts food waste by almost a quarter
- COVID-19 failures show need to prep for climate threats
Daily Media Briefing
May 22, 2020- Facebook expects half of employees to work remotely over next five to 10 years
- Lloyds investors rebel against bonus plan for top bosses
- Singapore postpones packaging reduction deadline for companies in light of Covid-19 disruption
- Leaked EU green recovery plan targets building efficiency, hydrogen, transport, and renewables
- Planning application for UK's first waste-to-jet fuel plant given green light
Daily Media Briefing
May 21, 2020- CDP: 24 per cent jump in corporates calling on suppliers to beef up green effort
- Female Fortune 500 CEOs reach an all-time high, but it's still a small percentage
- Study: Plastic recycling labelling ‘confusing and inconsistent’
- Hundreds of charities in UK added to waiting list for food redistribution
- Coronavirus fallout to slow global growth in renewable energy
Daily Media Briefing
May 20, 2020- Lockdowns trigger dramatic fall in global carbon emissions
- Business giants failing to disclose climate-related risks
- #PridePledge Asks Corporations to Pivot Funds They Aren’t Using on Pride Festivals This Year
- JPMorgan's CEO joins other billionaires sounding the alarm on inequality in the US
- British supermarkets threaten Brazil boycott over proposed forest law