Results for Climate Change
Daily Media Briefing
May 15, 2018- Human rights activists name and shame giant companies
- Amazon adopts new policy to promote board diversity
- World Health Organisation pushes for ban on trans fats
- Lloyds Bank announces further £2 billion funding for sustainable investment
- Fears for post-Brexit climate laws as UK green watchdog plans revealed
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May 14, 2018- Google employees resign over controversial Pentagon drone AI project
- HSBC says trade deal shows blockchain to be viable for trade finance
- Tesco cuts operational emissions by 13 percent in one year
- Costa Rica to become the world’s first zero-carbon country, vows president
- Telstra refuses to rule out using Chinese company ZTE, amid claims of corruption
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May 09, 2018- Facebook to block foreign spending on Irish abortion vote ads
- Report: Oxfam calls for stronger aid to help poor countries adapt to climate change
- California heads toward requiring solar panels on all new houses
- Nissan to phase out diesel cars in Europe
- Wales unveils ambition to become world’s first “refill nation”
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May 08, 2018- Amazon pauses Seattle expansion in response to proposed tax that would help the homeless
- Walmart takes on Amazon in India with Flipkart deal
- Sainsbury’s drops project to halve food waste
- Report: Textile certification schemes slammed for false promises
- Tourism responsible for 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions
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May 02, 2018- Companies ignore calls for greater disclosure on labour practices
- Apple to buyback $100 billion in stock, in line with wider trend following US corporate tax reform
- Ben & Jerry’s and 350.org campaign for a freeze on Australian fossil fuel investments
- UN Climate Change secretariat releases first annual report
- EDF plan for tallest UK onshore wind turbines prompts outcry
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May 01, 2018- Report: All countries in the Paris Agreement now have policies to fight climate change
- Unions at Disneyland, California push for vote on living wage
- Tetra Pak to develop paper straws for drinks cartons
- Australia pledges largest single investment to save Great Barrier Reef
- Venezuela stops paying $1 billion debt to Canadian gold miner
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April 26, 2018- Artificial intelligence research in the UK to be boosted by £300 million of public money
- Citigroup & Bank of America criticised by US senator for their firearms bans
- UK supermarkets launch voluntary pledge to cut plastic packaging
- Seven member states push for EU to raise climate targets
- Telstra ordered to pay AU$10 million after misleading billing charges
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April 24, 2018- FIFA launches new carbon offset campaign for 2018 World Cup
- Singapore’s first zero-waste grocery store to open
- KPMG faces rare shareholder protest over General Electric and Wells Fargo audits
- YouTube reveals it removed 8.3 million videos from site over 3-month period
- Fortune 500 companies join AFF, GreenBlue on Forest Sustainability Tool
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April 23, 2018- Report: Unilever, Tesco, Diageo top in Modern Slavery Act compliance study
- UK set to force companies to reveal ratio of CEO pay to workers
- Michael Bloomberg to write $4.5 million cheque for Paris Climate Agreement to cover decrease in funding from US
- Lyft says every ride will be carbon neutral with clean-air plan
- Bola Adesola, Standard Chartered – Nigeria, and Paul Polman, Unilever, appointed UN Global Compact Board Vice-Chairs
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April 20, 2018- Standard Chartered pulls out of funding 1,200-megawatt Vietnam coal plant over climate policy conflict
- Wells Fargo said to be target of $1 billion US fine
- Facebook moves 1.5 billion users out of reach of new European privacy law
- British firms boost spending on businesses doing good
- SP Group to launch platform for home owners to sell solar energy certificates