Results for Corporate Citizenship
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February 26, 2021- UK companies pressed to appoint more women executives
- Vanguard and BlackRock uncovered as largest investors in coal industry
- 600 business giants form new network on climate resilience and adaptation
- Facebook and Instagram ban Myanmar military as first pro-coup rally takes place
- Drax scraps plan for Europe's largest gas plant after climate protests
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February 25, 2021- Australia passes new law requiring Facebook and Google to pay for news
- Food and drink businesses meet carbon reduction goals five years early
- Deforestation for palm oil reduced ten-fold in Southeast Asia in 2020
- Boost for biofuels as E10 petrol given green light across UK
- Scottish craft brewer BrewDog announces B Corp certification
FTSE companies still show major gaps on climate reporting
February 25, 2021 With 90% of the FTSE making no reference to climate change factors in their financial and audit reports, why regulation may be what’s required to close the accountability gap. Read more >
European aviation players chart path to net-zero emissions that relies on undeveloped technological progress
February 24, 2021 How the industry’s recovery from Covid-19 is also tied to challenging net-zero ambition by 2050, reliant on undeveloped carbon neutralisation tech and synthetic fuel. Read more >
S&P warns 13 oil & gas companies of likely credit downgrading
February 24, 2021 How S&P’s move captures a looming reality: that businesses too slow to act on climate change will suffer financially in the approaching low-carbon economy. Read more >
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February 24, 2021- Virgin Media targets net-zero carbon operations for 2025
- HSBC and Barclays challenged over bond linked to Vietnamese coal project
- Half of UK electricity generation could be produced by renewables by next year
- Greggs serves up unveils new green energy and food waste goals
- UK councils still invest in fossil fuels despite declaring climate emergency
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February 23, 2021- UK companies face greater scrutiny on climate risks at upcoming AGMs
- Sainsbury's rolls out flexible plastic take-back and recycling scheme
- H&M, IKEA and Stora Enso backed TreeToTextile builds sustainable fibre demo plant
- Trinity College Cambridge to divest from fossil fuel companies this year
- Study finds global freshwater fish populations at risk of extinction
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February 22, 2021- GSK sets goal to advance gender and ethnic diversity at senior levels
- UK Supreme Court rules that Uber drivers are workers not self-employed
- UK backs Taiwan offshore wind project with £200m of credit guarantees
- H&M issues €500m bond tied meeting its CO2 and recycled garment goals
- British Gas targets fully electric fleet by 2025
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February 19, 2021- Anheuser-Busch InBev announces world’s largest sustainability-linked loan
- HSBC, Barclays, NatWest join Prince of Wales' net zero banking task force
- McDonald's looks for 'gender parity' by 2030 and ties executive pay to diversity
- Call to tax international flights to raise climate funds for poor countries
- Shoppers increasingly looking for 'eco' and 'sustainable' homewares
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February 18, 2021- Big businesses failing to protect human rights amid Covid-19
- BP and Chevron back geothermal pioneer Eavor Technologies
- Maersk aims for first carbon-neutral container ship in 2023
- Facebook will debunk myths about climate change
- Asda and Aldi expand plastic-free packaging efforts