Results for Corporate Citizenship
Daily Media Briefing
July 02, 2020- Novartis reaches $642m settlement with US authorities
- New laws in Singapore appear to give employers ‘almost unfettered power’ over migrant workers’ movements, say NGOs
- Up to 1.6 million new jobs could be created through green Covid-19 recovery
- Rainforest Alliance aims to help ethical growers get climate-smart
- UN agrees to airlines' Covid-19 pleas on offsetting scheme
Daily Media Briefing
July 01, 2020- Netflix launches $100 million plan to boost black lenders
- McDonald's to install EV chargers at all UK drive-thrus
- Philanthropies pump US$50 million into clean energy projects in Southeast Asia to address Covid-19 funding gaps
- South Korea to pump public money into new Indonesian coal despite green election pledges
- YouTube bans prominent white supremacist channels
Daily Media Briefing
June 30, 2020- US to join summit on global green recovery from Covid-19 crisis
- China’s CO2 emissions surged past pre-coronavirus levels in May
- Finance giants must urgently set biodiversity targets and aim for 'net-positive'
- Environmental experts criticise plan for 'New Deal' in UK
- A new study finds evidence of microplastics in the air
Daily Media Briefing
June 29, 2020- Coca-Cola suspends social media advertising despite Facebook changes
- Business giants vow to build back better post-Covid-19
- World’s biggest renewables firms earn abysmal scores on human rights performance
- Coronavirus weakens defences against Indonesian forest fires as severe haze risk deemed 'moderate'
- Green Investment Group and Enso Energy team up on 1GW solar-plus-storage pipeline
Daily Media Briefing
June 26, 2020- Unilever to change name of Fair & Lovely skin lightening cream
- Environment groups urge Nippon Paper to scrap Victorian timber from supply chain
- Most oil majors' net-zero strategies are greenwash, with US firms faring the worst, according to report
- Reserve Bank warns of 25% GDP loss by 2100 unless action taken on climate change
- New report by the Committee on Climate Change for green transformation
Sustainable funds are outperforming their peers during the pandemic, according to BNP Paribas
June 25, 2020 How investors have been “doubling down” on companies that embrace ESG and are taking stewardship responsibilities seriously. Read more >
Australia’s oldest brewing family shows how responsible business builds resilience against shocks
June 25, 2020 How Coopers Brewery, Australia’s oldest family owned and run brewery, has proved that strong principles can serve as a compass and create loyalty in a downturn. Read more >
Asset managers forced to disclose pandemic failures under new Stewardship Code
June 25, 2020 Will the revised UK Stewardship Code 2020 ensure asset managers, investors and companies fulfil their stewardship responsibilities, and accelerate the shift to stakeholder capitalism? Read more >
Daily Media Briefing
June 25, 2020- Ben & Jerry's joins Facebook ad boycott against racist content
- Just 39% of businesses think they are taking enough action on SDGs, UN survey finds
- Tech giants partner with UN Women to provide life-saving information to survivors of domestic violence during COVID-19
- China and EU appetite for soy drives Brazilian deforestation, study says
- New initiative to help corporates tackle air pollution as lockdown lifts
Daily Media Briefing
June 24, 2020- Amazon debuts $2bn Climate Pledge Fund to back 'visionary' green innovators
- New report sets our leadership priorities for board beyond the Covid-19 crisis
- Black women scientists missing from textbooks, study shows
- Post-Brexit trade policy must encourage 'race to the top' on environmental standards, business giants urge
- UK Government delivers £73.5m electric vehicle innovation boost