Results for May, 2022
Daily Media Briefing
May 31, 2022- JPMorgan collects data on borrowers’ race in wealth gap push
- Vanguard exec refuses to end new fossil fuel investments
- Women’s promotions at financial services firms lag behind
- EU missed climate spend target, despite claiming it was met
- Amazon investor plastics review proposal narrowly fails to clear
Daily Media Briefing
May 30, 2022- Victoria's Secret to finance $8.3m settlement for Thai workers
- Hyundai accused of ‘greenwash’ following plans for gas plant
- G7 nations agree on plans for fossil funding phase-out
- Twitter fined $150m by US authorities for selling user data
- HSBC faces investor doubt after senior banker comments
Daily Media Briefing
May 27, 2022- UK imposes 25% energy windfall tax to help households as bills surge
- Amazon shareholders vote against 15 historic investor-led proposals
- SEC targets greenwashing with new ESG Fund disclosure guidelines
- BlackRock opposes McDonalds racial audit while under one itself
- Research finds 6 in 10 women of colour ‘hide identity’ at workplace
Daily Media Briefing
May 26, 2022- HSBC suspends head of responsible investing for calling climate crisis ‘shrill’
- $80 billion at risk in forest supply chains due to lack of deforestation policies
- Glencore to plead guilty to bribery charges and pay a total $1.5 billion penalty
- Global multinational tax deal delayed until 2024 over ‘difficult decisions’
- Asia Pulp & Paper eyes 2060 net-zero goal aligned with Paris Agreement
Daily Media Briefing
May 25, 2022- Home Depot investors back racial audit, deforestation proposals
- BoE: UK banks face up to £225 billion in climate-related credit losses
- ONS: hybrid working grew in the UK even as pandemic rules relaxed
- Clearview AI fined £7 million in UK for illegally storing facial images
- UK now third most attractive clean energy investment economy
Daily Media Briefing
May 24, 2022- Retailers blasted over ‘deceitful’ plastic phase-out claims
- US to invest $3.5 billion in four direct air capture networks
- ScotRail to hold talks with union in effort to resolve pay
- On UK boss warns 40% of customers face fuel poverty
- BNY Mellon pays $1.5m SEC fine for ‘omissions’ on ESG
Daily Media Briefing
May 23, 2022- Fossil fuel pollution found to be responsible for one in six deaths globally
- Pay gap between CEOs and workers is set to widen across FTSE 350
- Climate sceptic thinktank reported to authorities over fossil finance
- Private equity investor asks portfolio companies to set GHG reduction targets
- Canada sets mandatory climate disclosure as priority for industry council
Daily Media Briefing
May 20, 2022- New pilot launched for household collection of consumer plastic
- Canada to ban China's Huawei and ZTE from its 5G infrastructure
- Odey urges Shell to drop appeal against order to slash emissions
- Starbucks fired over 20 union leaders in anti-union efforts in US
- Lab-grown meat firms say post-Brexit UK could be at forefront
Daily Media Briefing
May 19, 2022- Shell executive faces investor rebellion over £13.5m pay package
- Cost of living crisis becomes greatest worry for UK Millennials and Gen Z
- Microsoft seeks to dodge EU cloud computing probe with service changes
- Finance giants ‘concerned’ at reports that UK Taxonomy will include gas
- EU prepares to sell more carbon permits to pay for exit from Russian gas
Daily Media Briefing
May 18, 2022- Number of working people in UK with disability up 1.3 million in five years
- Starbucks to cover travel costs for abortions, gender-affirming visits
- Oil and gas giants challenged by investor coalition on just transition
- China issues first ESG disclosure standard based on Ping An offering
- UK government releases application to spot online spying behaviour