Results for July, 2020
Daily Media Briefing
July 31, 2020- Infrastructure investors hungry for green assets in wake of Covid-19
- UN Women and Inter-American Development Bank urge governments to integrate gender as a catalyst for economic recovery (COVID-19) in the Caribbean
- UK broke renewable energy generation record in 2019, latest BEIS figures show
- Flood risk for 1 million in Phnom Penh as wetlands destroyed
- Landsec unveils plans for UK's first net-zero office in London
Daily Media Briefing
July 30, 2020- Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google face claims of 'harmful' power
- Primark kicks off nationwide clothes recycling scheme
- One in three children have dangerous levels of lead in their blood
- ‘Criminalising’ dissent and martial law fuel attacks on Filipino environmental defenders
- Quarter of native UK mammals at imminent risk of extinction
Daily Media Briefing
July 29, 2020- Tech giants Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon to face Congress
- Sustainalytics makes its ESG ratings and data on over 4,000 companies publicly accessible
- Governments underestimating global coal phase-out challenge, energy experts warn
- Aceleron secures £2m boost in quest for waste-free batteries
- Duterte’s Covid-19 recovery plan criticised for excluding clean energy policies
Daily Media Briefing
July 28, 2020- Expand conserved areas to boost global economy ravaged by Covid-19, says report
- Moody’s says Lloyds’ ethnic diversity plan is ‘credit positive’
- France to ban heated terraces in cafes and bars
- 'E-highways' could slash UK road freight emissions, says study
- 'Eat Out to Help Out' risks undermining obesity campaign, say experts
Daily Media Briefing
July 27, 2020- Global Covid-19 recovery plans failing climate and the environment, study warns
- Firms with more female executives 'perform better', according to new research
- Nando’s to trial feeding chickens algae and insects in eco push
- Millions of animals trafficked from the Amazon annually – report
- Work on UK's 'largest' smart city green energy system kicks off in Peterborough
Daily Media Briefing
July 24, 2020- Nature protection critical to preventing pandemics, study finds
- Amount of plastic spewed into ocean on track to triple by 2040
- Labour abuse fears rise for Thai migrant workers in Israel under new deal
- America's oldest conservation group denounces racism of its founder
- £350 million commitment to fuel green recovery in the UK
Daily Media Briefing
July 23, 2020- Apple and Nike among companies urged to cut 'China Uighur ties'
- Fiat sites raided in German diesel-emission investigation
- Apple commits to be 100 percent carbon neutral for its supply chain and products by 2030
- Best- and worst-case scenarios of climate change less likely than thought
- Bank of the West launches new account designed for climate action
Daily Media Briefing
July 22, 2020- UK and banking giants spearhead drive to combat nature-related financial risks
- EU's recovery deal lacking climate spending accountability, green groups warn
- Additional coal supply in Philippines will increase electricity costs for consumers, experts say
- Student accuses Australia of misleading investors on climate risk in ‘world-first’ legal case
- South Korea backtracks on green promise
Daily Media Briefing
July 21, 2020- Morgan Stanley pledges to measure CO2 impact of loans and investments
- New report identifies 27 countries heading for Covid-19-driven food crises
- Uber in final UK court appeal that its drivers are not employees
- UK Government unveils £400 million green aviation funding as it touts 'FlyZero' R&D initiative
- Vertical Future inks £4.5 million licensing deal for 'fully automated' vertical farming technology
Daily Media Briefing
July 20, 2020- Air conditioning curbs could save years' worth of emissions – study
- Electrical waste costing UK £370m in lost valuable raw materials each year
- Australia's environment in unsustainable state of decline, major review finds
- Government confirms £24m agri-tech funding boost
- Philippine court dismisses OceanaGold’s bid to keep mining on expired permit