Results for January, 2021
Daily Media Briefing
January 29, 2021- Milestone reached as renewables overtake fossil fuels as main source of UK power
- World's biggest tech firms 'dedicate just 4% of lobbying efforts to climate change'
- GM aims to end petrol and diesel sales by 2035
- PepsiCo and Beyond Meat to collaborate on plant-based snacks
- Depop targets climate neutrality by the end of the year
Daily Media Briefing
January 28, 2021- Hundreds of transport and industrial businesses form ‘Mission Possible Partnership’ climate coalition
- US President Biden signs executive orders on climate change as national security priority
- UK pension schemes face new climate risk reporting rules
- Mastercard commits to net-zero carbon by 2050
- UKRI announces £24 million of funding for projects to curb plastic waste
Daily Media Briefing
January 27, 2021- BlackRock pushes companies to adopt 2050 net zero emissions goal
- S&P warns 13 oil and gas companies they risk downgrades as renewables pick up steam
- Two-thirds of global population think climate change is an emergency, UN finds
- 2 in 3 banks have no commitments to stop financing deforestation
- Ikea to sell spare parts in sustainability push
Daily Media Briefing
January 26, 2021- Firms with science-based targets make great progress towards the Paris Agreement
- MPs push Bank of England to improve green standards in bond purchases
- Circular economy can slash global emissions by 39%, says major new report
- Shell acquires UK's largest electric vehicle charging network
- UK supermarkets not doing enough to cut plastic use, says report
Daily Media Briefing
January 25, 2021- European lenders exit Amazon oil trade after campaigner scrutiny
- UK solar industry exceeds expectations in 2020
- India asks WhatsApp to withdraw privacy policy update
- Hamburg plans green hydrogen plant with Shell, Mitsubishi, Vattenfall
- French tech firm Schneider Electric tops global league of green firms
Daily Media Briefing
January 22, 2021- Google threatens to shut search engine in Australia over news row
- UK Government urged to stop export of plastic to non-OECD countries
- Major gas grid companies team up to outline hydrogen deployment plans
- Tesco's first sustainability-linked bond more than six times oversubscribed
- European firms improve gender diversity scores in pandemic year
Daily Media Briefing
January 21, 2021- Biden returns US to Paris climate accord hours after becoming president
- Unilever sets supply chain living wage aim and €2bn diversity commitment
- Asian garment makers fashion united front to pressure Western brands
- Microsoft teams up with UK start-up to curb climate impact of aircraft contrails
- Heinz removes plastics from canned product packaging
Daily Media Briefing
January 20, 2021- UK Government votes to allow food imports with lower environmental standards
- EU set to adopt carbon border levy
- Fighting climate crisis made harder by Covid-19 inequality, says WEF
- Black and minority ethnic workers hit harder by Covid-19 job losses
- Online algorithms should face regulatory scrutiny, says UK watchdog
Daily Media Briefing
January 19, 2021- First electric car batteries with five-minute charging times produced
- Mining firms face probe over environmental damage and human rights abuses
- Ineos gives Oxford £100 million to set up antibiotic research institute
- Bank of France to exit coal and cap oil and gas investments
- Nuveen to acquire specialist renewables investor Glennmont Partners
Daily Media Briefing
January 18, 2021- France’s Total quits powerful US oil lobby over climate policy
- US retailers told to target forced labour in China after cotton import crackdown
- 2020 was hottest year on record by narrow margin
- Facebook to ban ads promoting weapon accessories, protective gear in US
- Mars and DHL plot £350 million UK logistics hubs to slash one million road miles