Results for Campaigns & Activism

Daily Media Briefing
March 16, 2015- Chinese premier vows tougher regulation on air pollution
- UN backs fossil fuel divestment campaign
- Train operator pledges staff training after lesbian couple’s “humiliation”
- Facebook report shows rise in government requests for data
- Report: Indonesian peatland fires inflict billions of dollars in losses

Daily Media Briefing
March 12, 2015- Fairtrade International seeking industry feedback on new textile labour standard
- UK Parliament backs plain cigarette packaging
- Fukushima Water: the fictitious energy drink goes on sale
- SunEdison to offer free solar installations to homeowners
- Mayor of London told to divest £4.8 billion pension fund from fossil fuels

Daily Media Briefing
March 10, 2015- WWF: Nature is the €300+ billion investment plan to kick-start Europe
- Trade deal must not allow companies to sue countries for green laws, say UK MPs
- Fairtrade calls on businesses to address gender equality in smallholder agriculture
- 3M and ForestEthics end multi-year conflict over paper sourcing policy
- Apple’s ResearchKit turns iPhone users into medical test subjects

Daily Media Briefing
February 17, 2015- Green Investment Bank launches £100m community renewables push
- DHL joins Circular Economy 100 to collaborate on reverse logistics
- Shareholders to Chevron: Bar All Political Contributions
- Biofuel from trash could create green jobs bonanza, says report
- Information black hole suppresses supply chain sustainability, says CDP

Daily Media Briefing
February 13, 2015- Burlington, Vermont now runs on 100 percent renewable energy
- Coastal communities dumping 8 million tonnes of plastic in oceans every year
- Small islands will not accept weak Paris climate deal
- Facebook and LinkedIn join to help women in tech
- Code REDD's new crowdfunding mobile site encourages concerned citizens to 'Stand for Trees'
- Big banks spend £1 billion per year and give 1m hours to community causes

Daily Media Briefing
February 11, 2015- Santander under fire for financing controversial Indonesian logging company
- British gold mining firm agrees settlement over deaths of Tanzanian villagers
- Driverless car review launched by UK government
- GE launches platform to explore tools, trends in water reuse, energy efficiency
- German entrepreneurs launch ethical and sustainable condom company

Daily Media Briefing
February 10, 2015- Activist groups challenging Signet to show its supply chain some love this Valentine’s Day
- Qualcomm to pay record $975 million in China antitrust case
- Cutting mining and aviation tax breaks could save Australian Government £2.65 billion a year
- Straw eco homes spark rush of interest from prospective buyers
- Report: Japanese automakers leading the world in developing low emissions models

Note to bosses: workers perform better if you give to charity
February 05, 2015 Corporate philanthropy can inspire employees to knuckle down just as much as a pay hike, say Mirco Tonin and Michael Vlassopoulos, University of Southampton. Read more >
Daily Media Briefing
January 27, 2015- Stella Artois and Water.org team up to 'Buy a Lady a Drink'
- Tate gallery criticised for “embarrassingly small” scale of BP sponsorship
- Nike, NASA bring green chemistry ideas to market
- MeterHero offers cash incentives for water and energy conservation
- China coal production falls for first time this century

Daily Media Briefing
January 15, 2015- Report: Ten pioneering companies taking action on biodiversity
- Asda's 'Wonky Veg' Campaign aims to show ugly produce is 'beautiful on the inside’
- UN Global Compact expels 657 companies in 2014
- Palm oil risk to Africa as prospectors eye swaths of land
- London campaigners put pressure on overseas property investors