Results for Campaigns & Activism

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March 30, 2021- One-third of the UK's biggest businesses signed up to 'Race to Zero'
- Volvo is set to give all employees 24 weeks of paid parental leave
- Vanguard commits to achieve net zero emissions by 2050
- Global warming could cut over 60 countries' credit ratings by 2030
- Amazon hit with series of allegations over workers’ rights

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March 17, 2021- Uber to pay drivers a minimum wage, holiday pay and pensions
- Campaign group asks S&P to cut Adani Ports from Dow Jones Sustainability Index
- Brunel Pensions Partnership targets net-zero as Nest accelerates renewable energy investment
- Chevron accused of ‘greenwashing’ in complaint lodged with FTC
- SEC calls on public for input in crafting new ESG disclosure rules

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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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October 26, 2020- Oil and gas lobby moves to embrace green investors
- Brazil prosecutors accuse BHP and Vale of colluding to reduce disaster victims pay-outs
- Businesses across UK pledge to provide free school meals over holidays
- WSP to halve carbon footprint of engineering designs and advice by 2030
- Exports of used cars are a pollution problem, UN warns

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August 24, 2020- Dixons Carphone becomes first tech retailer to join EV100
- 'Melting faster and faster': Greenland lost 1 million tonnes of ice for each minute of 2019
- Australian insurer Suncorp to ditch coverage for oil and gas projects
- Rio Tinto bosses lose bonuses over Aboriginal cave destruction
- Samsung faces youth climate protests over involvement in new Vietnam coal plant

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August 14, 2020- Wind and solar produce record 10% of world’s electricity, but scientists warn faster change is needed
- BHP to steer mining lobby groups' climate change policies
- Flora owner to introduce carbon labelling across its products
- China's billion-dollar pig plan met with loathing by Argentinians
- Cartier faces scepticism over China ring ads featuring same-sex couples

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July 22, 2020- UK and banking giants spearhead drive to combat nature-related financial risks
- EU's recovery deal lacking climate spending accountability, green groups warn
- Additional coal supply in Philippines will increase electricity costs for consumers, experts say
- Student accuses Australia of misleading investors on climate risk in ‘world-first’ legal case
- South Korea backtracks on green promise

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July 13, 2020- UN Secretary-General: Coal has no place in COVID-19 recovery plans
- Japan vows to slash financing of coal power in developing world
- Indonesian lawmakers to probe pulpwood firm’s dispute with indigenous group
- Cambodia tightens repression under virus cover according to rights groups
- Covid-induced food insecurity has exposed underinvestment in food tech, says sustainability entrepreneur

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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

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June 17, 2020- Norway wealth fund must have wider human rights view when blacklisting firms: commission
- Technology leaders lobby Prime Minister to fund £100m AI, climate, and energy centre
- Investor coalition unveils plans for new climate change lobbying framework
- Ikea planning to repay furlough payments
- UN warns coronavirus may push millions of children into underage labour