Results for Campaigns & Activism
Daily Media Briefing
July 17, 2014- Report: Africa “drained” of $192 billion per year
- Brics nations to create $100bn development bank
- Female-led businesses beat the stock market, but numbers remain low
- Australia scraps 'useless, destructive' carbon tax
- Germany pledges $1 billion to UN climate fund
Daily Media Briefing
July 11, 2014- Nando’s tax avoidance structure revealed
- Amazon sued for improper billing on app store purchases
- Ford bumps Toyota as world's greenest brand, survey shows
- Tetra Pak campaign to encourage greater commitment to renewable packaging
- Advocacy organisations back Vermont in suit against GMO labelling
Daily Media Briefing
July 07, 2014- Report: UK climate change policies have not harmed economy
- World Bank email leaks reveal internal row over 'light touch' $50bn loans
- Ikea bumps up minimum wage for US workers
- M&S and Sainsbury's unite to increase plastic tray recycling
- Insurers to cover withdrawal of solar and wind subsidies
Daily Media Briefing
July 04, 2014- Climate change to ‘substantially’ impact on coffee production this decade
- LEGO claims it is being used as ‘tool’ in Greenpeace dispute with Shell
- Walmart to introduce 'Women-Owned' labels
- Google reverses decision to delete British newspaper links
- Salvadorean farmers protest against US aid grant
Tax: they said it couldn’t be done
July 04, 2014 Real transparency about tax payments at a country-by-country level just took a big step forward, says Mike Tuffrey. Read more >
The GMO dilemma
July 04, 2014 Nick Jackson calls on bold companies to help tackle the controversies around genetic modification. Read more >
Daily Media Briefing
July 03, 2014- EU sets 70% recycling target in new Circular Economy Package
- GE generates $28 billion from sustainability R&D
- Barclays reports profits of £100 million per worker in Luxembourg
- China takes first steps towards ‘cruelty-free’ cosmetics after law changes
- European unions to discuss how to engage with Amazon
Football: it’s NOT just a game
June 05, 2014 Hugh Macpherson discusses the important role large scale sporting events like the World Cup play in highlighting social and environmental injustices around the world. Read more >
Daily Media Briefing
May 27, 2014- Fairtrade accused of failing to deliver benefits to African farmworkers
- IBM to provide improved access to life-saving drugs in Zambia
- UN climate fund sets November goal for first cash pledges
- UK-China deal opens up £200 million green building opportunity
- Wind now cheapest form of power generation, says EDP
- India hits US, China with solar imports anti-dumping duties
Daily Media Briefing
May 19, 2014- Greenpeace: Brazil laundering illegal timber on a 'massive and growing scale'
- ‘Keep dirty energy out of Green Climate Fund’, demand activists
- Food should be regulated like tobacco, say campaigners
- Coca-Cola and McDonald's sign up to UK litter prevention pledge
- Apple and Google's Motorola announce patent truce, agree to work on reform