Results for September, 2021
Daily Media Briefing
September 30, 2021- HSBC, BlackRock, Nestle to help design nature-driven risk framework
- Coffee bean price spike indicates climate-related trend
- Walmart launches online platform to highlight sustainable products
- JetBlue to buy 1bn worth of sustainable jet fuel for New York airports
- Home Depot invests $10 million in three diversity-focused VC funds
Daily Media Briefing
September 29, 2021- UK Government, TotalEnergies and Safran boost net-zero aviation
- Diageo begins distilling bourbon at its first carbon neutral distillery
- Samsung, Hyundai develop technology to recycle wastewater sludge
- CBRE builds out net-zero pledge to cover every property it manages
- Google to show hotels’ sustainability credentials with new search option
Daily Media Briefing
September 28, 2021- Exploitation of meat plant workers rife across UK and Europe
- Boohoo to sign safety pact with Bangladesh garment workers
- EIB backs ArcelorMittal’s activities to decarbonize steelmaking
- Australia PM undecided on attending crucial COP26 summit
- WHO tightens maximum safe levels of key air pollutants
Daily Media Briefing
September 27, 2021- Kering Group announces all its luxury fashion brands are now fur-free
- Honeywell & Wood unveil tech targeting carbon neutral aviation fuel
- New York passes landmark new protections for food delivery workers
- Construction companies told to stop knocking down buildings in UK
- UK completes largest ever inaugural sovereign green bond offering
Daily Media Briefing
September 24, 2021- Unilever outlines plans to halve supplier emissions by 2030
- Tesco extends net-zero target to supply chain and products
- SBTi says 80% of company climate targets not science-based
- Uber to pay pensions to all its UK drivers, backdated to 2017
- California governor legislates to protect warehouse workers
Daily Media Briefing
September 23, 2021- WEF confirms 100 businesses to report on efforts to benefit society
- Philanthropies pledge record $5bn for nature and community protection
- UK watchdog to launch crackdown on ads falsely making green claims
- Centrica, Nestle, Swatch among most exposed to physical climate risks
- US doubles climate finance to $11bn to support developing nations
Daily Media Briefing
September 22, 2021- Investors call for stronger global biodiversity framework from COP15
- British Fashion Council urges major retailers to halve consumer demand
- China pledges to end overseas coal funding and support green energy
- Salesforce and P&G among 86 new companies joining Climate Pledge
- Major food companies failing on climate action and human rights
Daily Media Briefing
September 21, 2021- Antofagasta adopts TCFD recommendations for its climate reporting
- Leading cosmetics firms to develop environmental impact scoring
- GSK to invest in renewable energy & redesign GHG-emitting product
- Livestock industry lobbying UN to support more meat production
- Apple faces employee unrest and complaints of secretive culture
Daily Media Briefing
September 20, 2021- Bill Gates raises $1billion as corporate CEOs join race to scale clean tech
- Climate commitments must redouble to meet Paris Agreement, UN says
- Heineken to trial low-carbon barley farming to reduce beer emissions
- Evian water debuts 100% recycled plastic bottle with Loop partnership
- UN claims work-related deaths kill nearly 2 million people each year
Daily Media Briefing
September 17, 2021- Italy to require all workers to show 'green pass' Covid certificate
- Just one country on course to meet 1.5C target, new research warns
- SAP launches solution to assess and improve product carbon footprint
- UK fashion group ASOS ties exec pay to new environmental goals
- Texas’s largest companies stay silent on state abortion ban