Results for Consumers
Daily Media Briefing 7th January
January 07, 2013 Fears of ‘catastrophic’ sea-level rise as ice sheets melt faster than estimated; Uruguay set to become world leader in wind power; More companies sign up to Sustainable Shipping Initiative; Upfront fees in green deal ‘will put people off’; Banks near $10bn foreclosure agreement; TV ads to show hidden danger in popular foods Read more >
Daily Media Briefing 12th December
December 12, 2012 Still too few women in boardroom, warns ABI; American Apparel ad ‘appeared to sexualise a child’; HSBC to spend $700m vetting clients; Northern Rock to refund £270m after blunder; DFID’s public-private partnerships under scrutiny Read more >
Daily Media Briefing 6th December
December 06, 2012 Unilever leads as companies increase climate transparency; H&M to launch global clothes collecting initiative; Starbucks considers £10m tax offer after sales slump; Waitrose urged to freeze links with Shell's Arctic drilling; Record €1.47bn fine for TV cartels Read more >
Daily Media Briefing 30th November
November 30, 2012 CEOs call to end HIV travel restrictions; Payday loan rates 'to be limited'; Supermarkets pledge fairer pricing, Asda holds back; European Parliament agrees €6bn for clean energy research; Burmese police break up copper mine protest Read more >
Daily Media Briefing 27th November
November 27, 2012 Samsung reveals Chinese labour breaches; Ofgem invests £45m in low carbon networks; Micro-donation scheme signs up more retailers, including Monarch Airlines and DFS; Friends of the Earth’s campaign for better reporting; Sustainability a key factor for consumers, survey finds Read more >
Daily Media Briefing 26th November
November 26, 2012 Oil services company first to strike bribery deal; FSA fines UBS £29.7m over rogue trader; Bangladesh workers protest over fatal fire; Consumers lose faith in business over ethical behaviour; Insurers tell top companies to curb executive pay Read more >
Daily Media Briefing 16th November
November 16, 2012 BP agrees $4.5bn Gulf spill settlement; FSA hands down record fine over the mis-selling of insurance; Walmart extends corruption inquiries; EADS inquiry into Saudi bribe claims; Ladbrokes to offer limits on machine use Read more >
Daily Media Briefing 26th October
October 26, 2012 Nigeria gas graft bill valued at $29bn; Ministers blamed after plans for green power plants halted; Whitbread takes new aim at the gender gap; Devon town says no to Costa; North Sea oil firms fined just seven times for more than 4,000 spills Read more >
Daily Media Briefing 25th October
October 25, 2012 Equal pay ruling opens door for women to take employers to court; Food industry balks at traffic-light code for food; Concern raised about finance scheme for malaria drugs; EU acts to end Amazon VAT loophole; Bank of America faces lawsuit over ‘fraudulent’ home loans Read more >