Results for August, 2020
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August 28, 2020- Forecasted price of offshore wind energy halved by UK Government
- Global coalition calls for sustainability to be central to post-Covid recovery in fashion, apparel and textile sector
- PRI and WBCSD collaborate to drive corporate-investor action on sustainability
- Over 50,000 new jobs to be created in Singapore over next 10 years amid sustainable development push
- Staff say sexism, racism and abuse are 'systemic' in UN-led climate fund
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August 27, 2020- Environmentalists celebrate Exxon Mobil being dropped from Dow Jones
- Up to half of world's water supply stolen annually, study finds
- Sky boss pledges to harness 'power of storytelling' to help drive climate action
- HSBC teams up with Pollination for 'natural capital' venture
- Deploy 'Blue Bonds' to align interests of fishing industry and marine life, study argues
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August 26, 2020- Forest positive: Kingfisher pledges to plant more trees than it consumes
- RE100 Leadership Awards shortlist: companies going above and beyond on clean energy
- Study: Consumer carbon emissions have plummeted through 2020 - and some savings could continue
- Businesses including Glencore launch joint bid to improve conditions in cobalt supply chains
- Plastic Pact launches in the US as industry giants pledge action
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August 25, 2020- Consumer goods giants accused of sourcing palm oil from 'top deforester'
- Jaguar Land Rover turns to recycled aluminium to cut manufacturing CO2
- Over 80% of White employees see themselves as allies at work, but Black women and Latinas disagree
- Facebook agrees to pay France €106m in back taxes
- Climate fund for poor nations vows to drive green Covid recovery
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August 24, 2020- Dixons Carphone becomes first tech retailer to join EV100
- 'Melting faster and faster': Greenland lost 1 million tonnes of ice for each minute of 2019
- Australian insurer Suncorp to ditch coverage for oil and gas projects
- Rio Tinto bosses lose bonuses over Aboriginal cave destruction
- Samsung faces youth climate protests over involvement in new Vietnam coal plant
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August 21, 2020- Lego launches braille version of its plastic bricks
- Green-energy shares rise along with Joe Biden’s polling
- GM says over 40% of new China launches in next five years will be EVs
- Fashion's reliance on dirty coal exposed
- RWE eyes renewables deals as part of $8.4 billion expansion
Amazon debuts $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund to back “visionary” green innovators
August 20, 2020 Amazon commits to a new climate fund that is expected to invest in multiple industries, and over time will look to involve other Climate Pledge signatories in the venture investment programme. Read more >
“Disappointing” Zuckerberg meeting fails to yield results, say Facebook boycott organisers
August 20, 2020 How Facebook continues to defy calls for concrete solutions to address hate speech and misinformation, despite threat of advertising boycott by more than 1,000 companies. Read more >
Tech giants pledge millions to BLM movement in push for racial equity
August 20, 2020 Tech companies have begun to take a public stance on racial injustice, making pledges and taking action in an acknowledgement of how tech products and services can deepen racial divides. Read more >
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August 20, 2020- BHP to exit thermal coal mining within two years
- Government seeks legally-binding environmental targets from 2022
- Most Europeans view climate change as more pressing issue than pandemic, according to poll
- Drilling lobby pours millions into Facebook and TV ads claiming natural gas is ‘climate friendly’
- Purdue Pharma escaped serious charges over opioid in 2006, memo shows