Results for Circular Economy
Daily Media Briefing
January 27, 2021- BlackRock pushes companies to adopt 2050 net zero emissions goal
- S&P warns 13 oil and gas companies they risk downgrades as renewables pick up steam
- Two-thirds of global population think climate change is an emergency, UN finds
- 2 in 3 banks have no commitments to stop financing deforestation
- Ikea to sell spare parts in sustainability push
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January 26, 2021- Firms with science-based targets make great progress towards the Paris Agreement
- MPs push Bank of England to improve green standards in bond purchases
- Circular economy can slash global emissions by 39%, says major new report
- Shell acquires UK's largest electric vehicle charging network
- UK supermarkets not doing enough to cut plastic use, says report
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January 08, 2021- CEOs and business groups condemn US Capitol Hill riot
- China prepares to launch its first emissions trading scheme
- M&S backs call to stop forced labour in China's Xinjiang
- Air Protein raises $32 million to spur commercialisation of lab-made meat
- Circular economy businesses outperform those linear economy businesses, says survey
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November 12, 2020- Government funds five 'state of the art' circular economy R&D centres
- Banks around world in joint pledge on 'green recovery' after Covid
- UK Government ramps up social value requirements
- Investors target French companies over lack of women in top jobs
- Top $5 trillion investor group pushes firms to cut out thermal coal
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October 14, 2020- Ikea unveils national buy-back scheme for used furniture in drive to become 'fully circular'
- Top asset owners commit to big carbon emissions cuts
- UK urged to force firms to publish plans for closing gender and ethnicity pay gap
- Tesco links £2.5bn loan to key emissions, energy and food waste targets
- Australia's Great Barrier Reef might lose ability to recover from warming
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September 30, 2020- Blackrock's circular economy fund has raised $900m in its first year
- Two-fifths of plants at risk of extinction, says report
- World Bank announces $12 billion plan for poor countries to buy Covid vaccines
- Half of rubber trade agrees new policies to cut deforestation and human rights abuses from supply chains
- Tesco to increase sales of meat alternatives by 300% to reduce environmental impact of products
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August 12, 2020- Sustainable investment funds just surpassed $1 trillion for the first time on record
- New rules may force online political adverts in UK to carry labels
- Apple imported clothes from Xinjiang firm facing US forced labour sanctions
- New platform to help corporates forge circular economy partnerships
- Brand leaders have a duty to pay a premium for sustainability to improve industry, says L'Oréal supply chain chief
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June 19, 2020- Companies give employees the day off to celebrate Juneteenth
- Colgate reviews China's Darlie brand amid Black Lives Matter movement
- Businesses urged to give refugees more jobs in Covid-19 era
- Farfetch's new tool to highlight the environmental impact of clothing
- Lyft pledges to shift its two million drivers to electric vehicles by 2030
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June 05, 2020- Bank of America pledges $1 billion over 4 years to fight racial inequality
- World’s largest rooftop farm to open in Paris
- Ribena launches hunt for climate resilient blackcurrants
- Swiss to vote on companies' global liability for human rights abuses
- Indonesian activists condemn jailing of indigenous farmer in conflict with paper giant APP
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June 03, 2020- Brands criticised for 'hypocritical' support for the Black Lives Matter movement
- Pandora vows to ditch mined silver and gold for its jewellery by 2025
- Open for feedback: Social transformation draft methodology and proposed indicators
- Google in $5bn lawsuit for tracking in 'private' mode
- Pristine rainforest the size of football pitch destroyed every six seconds last year