Results for August, 2022
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August 31, 2022- G20 host Indonesia urges cooperation to tackle climate change
- Honda, LG partner to invest $4 billion in US EV battery plant
- UBS signs deal with start-ups to sequester 40,000 tons of CO2
- Kochava faces legal action over sale of consumer location data
- UK government to ban retailers from selling peat by 2024
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August 30, 2022- Moderna accuses BioNTech/Pfizer of covid vaccine plagiarism
- BHP shareholders seek consistent climate policy, submit resolutions
- Indonesia investigates claims fruit pickers indebted in UK
- Anglo-Australian venture plans to plant 100 million trees by 2024
- Florida bans ESG investing across $228 billion state pension funds
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August 26, 2022- SEC: US companies to disclose CEO pay versus performance
- Google found airbrushing carbon emissions in flight results
- Twitter whistleblower raises security concerns on data handling
- Ofgem confirms price cap to rise to £3,549 from October 2022
- Lidl & Waitrose to sell ‘wonky’ fruit & vegetables amid drought
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August 25, 2022- British Gas to donate 10% of profits to struggling customers
- Climate activists take UK government to court over food strategy
- Vietnam tells medical departments being LGBTQ is ‘not an illness’
- Britain imports no energy from Russia for first time on record
- California plans to ban sales of gas-powered cars by 2035
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August 24, 2022- Fossil fuel advertising ban comes into force in France
- World Bank backs carbon credit blockchain for investors
- UK & US banks biggest backers of Russian ‘carbon bombs’
- Grain firms report record profits amid global food crisis
- Qatar deports migrant workers following wage protest
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August 23, 2022- Ceres calls on world’s largest investors to respond to water crisis
- Ben & Jerry’s loses attempt to block ice cream sales in West Bank
- Walmart expands abortion coverage for its 1.6m US employees
- Goldman Sachs’ long-running gender bias lawsuit set for June 2023
- Apple workers launch petition over firm’s return-to-office stance
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August 22, 2022- P&O Ferries not to face criminal proceedings for mass sackings
- Singapore ends ban on gay sex, enshrines heterosexual marriage
- City of Sydney to ban fossil fuel advertising on public property
- Number of unemployed over-50s in the UK surges by 10%
- EU watchdog backs ESG ‘quality label’ for market benchmarks
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August 19, 2022- Coca-Cola EP unveils sustainability-linked finance for suppliers
- Google employees petition for abortion policy to include contractors
- Researchers develop new method that destroys ‘forever chemicals’
- Leading grain traders ‘sourcing soy beans from farm linked to abuse’
- Bonuses for water execs up 20% despite worst year of performance
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August 18, 2022- Oil majors’ global climate scenarios to breach Paris Agreement
- TikTok to teach influencers about US mid-term election rules
- Battery-farmed eggs to be phased-out by 2036 in Australia
- Eighteen US states join Missouri probe into Morningstar ESG
- Ofgem board director Christine Farnish quits over price cap
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August 17, 2022- P&G faces investor pressure over raw material procurement policy
- Entain fined £17m for failing to monitor gambling addiction
- Apple tells staff to come into the office for at least 3 days a week
- Canadian firm vows to employ indigenous people at potash mine
- Dry weather and worker shortages lead to £22m in wasted crops