Results for Corporate Citizenship
Daily Media Briefing
July 20, 2021- Global Alliance for a Green New Deal launches global campaign
- Investors increase pressure on top companies over racial issues
- UK food and drinks sector sets new sustainability goals for 2030
- UK’s FCA launches guidance to prevent ‘misleading’ ESG funds
- IEA warns global carbon emissions headed for record in 2023
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July 19, 2021- FSC expels palm oil giant Korindo amid rights and environmental violations
- EU eyes new legally-binding targets to protect forests
- Greenland scraps all future oil exploration on climate concerns
- U.S. CEO-to-worker pay ratio rose to 299:1 last year despite pandemic
- Seaspan issues $750m bond to tackle climate impact of ships
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July 16, 2021- SBTi increase minimum target-setting requirements by 2022 to 1.5C
- Shell & Scottish Power submit plans for floating offshore windfarms
- More than 150 companies urge US Congress to pass voting rights act
- Insurers plan sustainable replacements for car & property write-offs
- Net-zero Statement of Support signed by 14 major UK pension funds
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July 15, 2021- Food strategy calls for £3bn sugar and salt tax to improve UK’s diet
- Canada Commits to 40-45% Emissions Reduction by 2030
- Google fined €500m by France’s antitrust watchdog over copyright
- E-waste recycling boost 'needed to enable transition to net-zero'
- Joby, JetBlue team up to create credits for clean flight technology
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July 14, 2021- UK Government unveils its Transport Decarbonisation Plan
- NatWest launches a carbon footprint tracker for customers
- China plans July launch of national emissions trade scheme
- India states draft two-child policy & sterilisation incentives
- Moody’s launches small & medium enterprise ESG score tool
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July 13, 2021- UN publishes draft global treaty for tackling biodiversity loss
- Lidl sets sights on becoming carbon-neutral business by 2022
- Unilever developing sustainable enzymes for cleaning brands
- AXA, Aviva, Zurich & more launch UN-backed net-zero alliance
- Budweiser APAC signs $500 million sustainability-linked loan
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July 12, 2021- BlackRock CEO calls for stronger global climate finance plan
- Allianz unveils investment exclusions for coal and weapons
- Around 45% of UK businesses are yet to set net-zero targets
- AT&T supports new hotline in US to assist with mental health
- Asos reduced emissions by 13% in 2020 despite sales boom
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July 09, 2021- Global carbon offsetting governance body to be formed by end of 2021
- Lab-grown meat producer Aleph Farms raises $105 mn to go to market
- 'World's largest' sustainability-linked bond three times oversubscribed
- Britain must engage the public on net-zero climate goals for 2050 target
- US government adds more Chinese companies to blacklist over Xinjiang
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July 08, 2021- Britain's financial firms could see executive pay linked to workforce diversity
- Walmart, H&M, IKEA & Kingfisher launch ‘Race to Zero’ initiative for retailers
- TotalEnergies & Veolia partner to produce biofuels sourced from microalgae
- KFC UK & Ireland and Pilgrim’s set strategies for reaching net-zero by 2040
- WeChat deletes Chinese university LGBT accounts in new online crack-down
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July 07, 2021- Volvo, Daimler & TRATON invest €500 million in truck charging network
- Investors call on 63 top banks to improve environmental commitments
- FTSE Russell launches Paris Agreement-aligned index series for equity
- EU launches ‘European Green Bond Standard’ to help meet climate aims
- Top fashion brands found to be failing on gender equality in new index