Results for May, 2020
Daily Media Briefing
May 19, 2020- Business giants call for science-based green economic recovery
- BlackRock accused of climate change hypocrisy
- Viridor unveils plans for circular economy plastics hub
- SGN launches bid for world’s first green hydrogen-to-homes project in Fife
- Coronavirus: Bosses' bonuses banned in exchange for virus loans
Daily Media Briefing
May 18, 2020- More than one million citizens back calls for EU green investments to spur Covid-19 recovery
- Tesco's slavery review reports abuses in Malaysia and Thailand
- NGOs call on businesses to break off deals with APP after poison sprayed on villagers’ crops
- Large areas of London to go 'car-free' as Mayor plots green Covid-19 recovery
- Pernod Ricard moves single-use plastics phase-out forward to 2021
Daily Media Briefing
May 15, 2020- World heading for 'climate lockdown' unless firms get prepared, top investment body warns
- BP calls on governments to ‘press ahead’ with climate push
- UN labour agency warns Indian states on scrapping of workers' rights
- Flights that use non eco-fuels should be more expensive, says Heathrow chief
- Chinese official hails 'incomparable' improvement in air quality as virus hits industry
Daily Media Briefing
May 14, 2020- Renewable energy is poised to eclipse coal in U.S. for first time
- Fidelity, Vanguard and JPMorgan accused of ignoring human rights
- EU's live export trade puts welfare of millions of animals at risk – report
- UN warns of global mental health crisis due to COVID-19 pandemic
- Carbon Trust launches cross-sector investigation into prospects for flexible energy system
Daily Media Briefing
May 13, 2020- Goldman Sachs says the only other commodity ‘looking as precarious as oil’ is livestock
- Twitter allows staff to work from home 'forever'
- Rockefeller fund returns shine after ditching fossil fuels
- Deutsche Bank targets 200 billion euros of sustainable investment by 2025
- Majority of British public support weekly car-free days in towns and cities
Daily Media Briefing
May 12, 2020- Oil and gas giants are overstating net-zero ambitions, study finds
- Asia's pandemic stimulus may slow the demise of coal, analysts say
- UK Government promises £2bn for active transport, as fears grow over post-lockdown pollution
- Schneider Electric and Sustainable Ventures launch clean tech competition
- The Fed thawed debt market and big companies built a $500 billion war chest to fight the virus
Daily Media Briefing
May 11, 2020- UK gambling firms' social messages are ‘thinly veiled’ adverts, say MPs
- Ocean microplastic hotspots – new study
- Wildlife habitat destruction will cause more deadly pandemics, scientists warn
- Coronavirus: UK hits coal-free month during period of lower energy demand
- Iberdrola set to snap up French renewables developer Aalto Power in €100m deal
Daily Media Briefing
May 07, 2020- Splits emerge over investor response to Total's net zero pledge
- Amazon executive “quit in dismay” at sacking of climate activists
- New study finds pollution causing birth defects in children of DRC cobalt miners
- Unilever calls on government and corporates to end 'business as usual'
- World cannot return to 'business as usual' after Covid-19, say mayors
Daily Media Briefing
May 06, 2020- Coronavirus: UK warned to avoid climate change crisis
- Albert launches contract-based sustainability initiative for film and TV industry
- Financiers join EU 'green recovery alliance'
- Total commits to net-zero emissions by 2050 following investor pressure
- Economic development racking up unpayable debt to nature, researchers warn
Daily Media Briefing
May 05, 2020- Green stimulus can repair global economy and climate, study says
- World leaders pledge billions for coronavirus vaccine fight
- Australia to pour $190 million into hydrogen projects
- Global charities team up on coronavirus lifeline for social entrepreneurs
- Apple, Google ban use of location tracking in contact tracing apps