Results for July, 2022
Daily Media Briefing
July 29, 2022- UK to investigate Asos, Boohoo and Asda's “green” claims
- US mortgage lender to pay $20 million in redlining settlement
- Leak: power companies spending millions to fight clean energy
- UK employees increasingly seek temp work for extra income
- China issues principles to align green bonds with global market
Daily Media Briefing
July 28, 2022- Singapore issues ESG fund guidelines for retail investors
- Ethical Consumer rates popular travel companies least sustainable
- Senator Manchin backs Senate deal on key climate legislation
- New Yorker editor allegedly fired for highlighting racial inequality
- Air pollution ‘likely’ to raise dementia risk, finds government body
Daily Media Briefing
July 27, 2022- Schroders establishes fund to invest in nature-based solutions
- BlackRock pulls back support for climate and social resolutions
- Bosses at City firms to face fines for not prioritising consumers
- Facial recognition cameras in retailer challenged by privacy group
- Long Covid costing UK workers £1.5bn yearly in lost income
Daily Media Briefing
July 26, 2022- T-Mobile settles to pay $350M to customers in data breach
- UBS participates in US probe into unapproved staff messaging
- Quarter of firms reach Lloyd’s of London female leadership target
- Illegal Brazil gold tied to Italian refiner and US tech giants
- University of Cambridge poised to drop BP from its institute
Daily Media Briefing
July 25, 2022- Pharma companies begin payment of $26bn opioid settlement
- IMF creates first global gender strategy to address inequalities
- Government reveals £3m funding boost for space solar project
- DRC to auction oil and gas permits in endangered gorilla habitat
- Businesses report surge in food waste due to supply chain issues
Daily Media Briefing
July 22, 2022- Pfizer & Flynn fined for overcharging NHS for life-saving drug
- Australia environment report finds rapid species extinction
- UK FCA sets up ‘safe space’ for ESG research & development
- Airlines must meet their consumer obligations, say regulators
- UK ministers unveil vision for boosting ‘transition minerals’
Daily Media Briefing
July 21, 2022- Rio Tinto to pay $613m to settle Australian tax office dispute
- Wellcome Trust sells stakes in large oil and mining companies
- OS-Climate releases open-source climate tools for companies
- Amazon launches $20,000 green grant for sustainable retailers
- President Biden resists calls to declare climate change emergency
Daily Media Briefing
July 20, 2022- Amazon handed £1m UK tax credit as profits reach £204m
- Investors plan Just Transition label for investments
- UK people of colour 4 times more ‘at risk’ from heatwaves
- IKEA injects $25 million into climate-friendly air conditioning
- New Vatican policy orders foreign investment accounts closed
Daily Media Briefing
July 19, 2022- US CEO pay far outstrips median pay, UK wages drop to inflation
- FTSE 100 firms outpace US and Canadian businesses on diversity
- Court rules UK plan to hit net zero target for emissions too vague
- Google may face £920m in damages over anti-competition class action
- Boeing and Alder Fuels launch partnership to 'make SAF a reality'
Daily Media Briefing
July 18, 2022- M&S to remove ‘best before’ labels from 300 fruit & veg
- Court of Appeal overturns Tesco ‘fire and rehire’ ruling
- Aviation sector supports new net-zero transition strategy
- Brazilian court recognises Paris Agreement as human rights treaty
- One in five cases of ESG risks linked to greenwashing