Results for January, 2021
Daily Media Briefing
January 15, 2021- Health and tech groups aim to create digital Covid ‘vaccination passport’
- Concern grows over WhatsApp's privacy disclaimer
- Chevron and Shell-Exxon invest in carbon capture and storage
- PepsiCo sets net-zero by 2040 goal
- Toyota settles US probe into delayed emissions defect reports for $180 million
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January 14, 2021- Siemens spin-offs create breakthrough in mass renewable hydrogen production
- Major asset managers still voting against tougher climate measures
- UK urged to introduce mandatory climate votes at AGMs
- TSB and Aviva Investors plot pathway to net-zero carbon
- Half of women put off by ‘masculine’ language in job adverts
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January 13, 2021- BlackRock holds $85bn in coal despite pledge to sell fossil fuel shares
- Pinduoduo hit by new allegations over working practices
- Beefeater removes plastic from new bottle range
- Uber expands ‘green trip’ option to over 1,400 cities in North America
- UK report reveals 'disgraceful' gender inequality in the arts
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January 12, 2021- Britain tightening laws on imports linked to Chinese human rights abuses
- Corporate America pulls political donations after Capitol assault
- Unilever and Alibaba launch 'world first' AI-powered closed-loop recycling system
- Boris Johnson promises £3 billion of climate finance for nature by 2026
- OnePlanetCapital launches specialist green economy investment fund
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January 11, 2021- Investors file climate resolution at HSBC
- State Street to insist companies disclose diversity data
- Parler social network drops offline after Amazon pulls support
- Chile threatens legal action to get Albemarle to disclose lithium reserves
- Garnier to launch digital sustainability labelling this month
Daily Media Briefing
January 08, 2021- CEOs and business groups condemn US Capitol Hill riot
- China prepares to launch its first emissions trading scheme
- M&S backs call to stop forced labour in China's Xinjiang
- Air Protein raises $32 million to spur commercialisation of lab-made meat
- Circular economy businesses outperform those linear economy businesses, says survey
Daily Media Briefing
January 07, 2021- Trump blocked by Twitter and Facebook
- Exxon discloses for the first time emissions from burning its fuels
- Banks 'have provided $1.7 trillion of unconditional support to plastic polluters since 2015'
- Lenovo to deliver global rollout of customer offset scheme
- Record 500,000 people take part in Veganuary as supermarkets promote plant-based food in mainstream media
Daily Media Briefing
January 06, 2021- Apple will modify executive bonuses based on environmental values in 2021
- German cabinet agrees quota for women on company boards
- Electric cars rise to record 54% market share in Norway
- UK banking customers want greener financial services, says poll
- Banks in Southeast Asia lack recognition of deforestation and biodiversity risks
Daily Media Briefing
January 05, 2021- Over 200 US Google employees form a workers’ union
- Tesco removes one billion pieces of plastic packaging
- South Korea to cut railway CO2 emissions by replacing diesel trains by 2029
- CDL secures $740 million green loan for property portfolio
- Trump administration opens more Arctic land to oil leasing
Daily Media Briefing
January 04, 2021- UK carmakers have three years to source local electric car batteries
- Macquarie confirms over £3 billion financing of UK green projects
- Sustainable investments to accelerate in 2021 as ESG focus intensifies, says BlackRock
- Australia records fourth-warmest year in 2020, despite La Niña
- South Asia could see 40 million climate migrants by 2030