Results for Corporate Citizenship
Daily Media Briefing
October 14, 2022- Royal Mail threatens 10,000 jobs over strike action
- Total accused of being complicit in Russian war crimes
- EU border agency accused of serious rights violations in leaked report
- FMCG giants signal demand for 800k tonnes of recycled plastics
- Four in five cities facing ‘significant’ climate risks in 2022
Daily Media Briefing
October 13, 2022- World Bank to launch trust fund for emissions reduction grants
- Indigenous groups push palm oil plantation out of UNESCO site
- LeapFrog looks to smartphones to address financial exclusion
- Corporate carbon offsets market ‘not working’, CCC warns
- Half of the poorest countries cut health & welfare spending
Daily Media Briefing
October 12, 2022- ECB: Gender-diverse banks lend less to most polluting firms
- German union calls on Amazon workers to strike during sale
- Net-zero by 2050: aviation sector reaches global agreement
- Uber and Lyft shares slump on US ‘gig’ economy labour plan
- Coal-fired power plants in Texas bypassing pollution controls
Daily Media Briefing
October 11, 2022- Germany to pay December gas bills for households & businesses
- London Stock Exchange finalises voluntary carbon market rules
- UK firms conducting human rights and climate abuses overseas
- Credit-focused harmonised ESG reporting tool launch imminent
- Truss’s plan to ban solar on farmland risks £20bn of investment
Daily Media Briefing
October 10, 2022- Companies lack targets for employee mental health, study shows
- UK government funding awards to save 300,000 tonnes of CO2
- Octopus Energy launches new energy-savings incentive for customers
- Austria launches challenge against EU taxonomy over gas & nuclear
- Amazon to invest €1 billion in European electric van, truck fleet
Daily Media Briefing
October 07, 2022- Report finds $7.4 trillion of global trade dependent on nature
- UK’s nature sector launches diversity & inclusion roadmap
- Arla Foods launches €500m sustainable farming incentive
- US senators ask Starbucks for information on union busting
- South Africa submits plan for $8.5 billion in climate aid
Daily Media Briefing
October 06, 2022- Tesco brings target to halve food waste forward to 2025
- Google launches circular economy accelerator for start-ups
- Nestle pledges $1 billion towards coffee sustainability pledge
- Bank of America to invest $100m in minority-owned banks
- Bolt to face court battle over drivers’ employment rights
Daily Media Briefing
October 05, 2022- GDPR to be scrapped in favour of UK data privacy alternative
- 1 in 7 ESG funds has higher than average carbon emissions intensity
- Germany’s RWE aims to phase out coal by 2030, 8 years early
- Philippines raises minimum renewable capacity to 2.5% in power mix
- People of colour far likelier to live in England’s high air pollution areas
Daily Media Briefing
October 04, 2022- World Bank climate-related spending lacks independent verification
- Waste management reform could reduce 1.4bn tonnes of emissions
- Investigation finds Drax sources pellets from Canadian primary forests
- UK sanctions Russian businesses from buying professional services
- EU countries agree power demand reduction targets to reduce costs
Daily Media Briefing
October 03, 2022- Nestle to stop sourcing from Indonesian palm oil producer AAL
- Nord Stream rupture may mark biggest single methane release
- Virgin Atlantic staff now free to choose which uniform to wear
- New climate risk methodology released for asset owners & investors
- Most US corporates do not link executive pay to climate action