Results for Deforestation

Daily Media Briefing
February 25, 2021- Australia passes new law requiring Facebook and Google to pay for news
- Food and drink businesses meet carbon reduction goals five years early
- Deforestation for palm oil reduced ten-fold in Southeast Asia in 2020
- Boost for biofuels as E10 petrol given green light across UK
- Scottish craft brewer BrewDog announces B Corp certification

Daily Media Briefing
February 08, 2021- Carrefour signs onto Brazil’s plan to protect the Amazon
- Corporate clean energy buying grew 18% in 2020
- Energy networks and Ofgem earmark £300m for green grid project
- Firmenich targets 'carbon-positive' operations by 2030
- Mainetti signs The Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Global Commitment

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

Daily Media Briefing
December 01, 2020- Temperature analysis shows UN goals 'within reach’
- Nike and Coca-Cola lobby against Xinjiang forced labour bill
- Mckinsey proposed paying pharmacy companies rebates for OxyContin overdoses
- Amazon deforestation surges to 12-year high under Bolsonaro
- Blue chips team up to launch climate tech accelerator

Daily Media Briefing
November 23, 2020- Investors step up pressure on companies over use of antibiotics
- Germany agrees ‘historic’ mandatory boardroom quota for women
- New rule clears Indonesia’s protected forests for agribusiness
- Vodafone brings forward net-zero commitment to 2040
- Kellogg's and Britvic attack plan to ban junk food ads online

Daily Media Briefing
November 20, 2020- Asia overtakes United States in corporate climate disclosure, Arabesque says
- Megaprojects risk pushing forests past tipping point – report
- Apple and Facebook trade accusations over data privacy
- UKRI doles out £8m to innovative plastic packaging waste projects
- E.ON: 7 in 10 Brits want air pollution information in daily weather forecasts

Daily Media Briefing
November 17, 2020- Indian factory workers supplying major brands allege routine exploitation
- Palm oil industry failing to honour 2020 no-deforestation pledges
- Jeff Bezos unveils first cohort of recipients of $10 billion Earth Fund
- Biden urged to protect US digital rights
- Bank of England needs more powers to decarbonise economy, say experts

Daily Media Briefing
October 08, 2020- Climate change is key topic during first US Vice Presidential debate
- Prince William and Sir David Attenborough join forces on 'Earthshot' Prize
- Nitrogen emissions from rising fertiliser use threaten climate goals
- Ÿnsect attracts $372m backing as it gears up 'world's largest' insect farm in France
- Forestry Corporation of NSW could face $1m in fines for alleged illegal logging in koala habitat

Daily Media Briefing
October 05, 2020- BlackRock criticised over drop in climate votes
- Aldi to remove single-use plastic bags from fruit and veg aisles
- Food firms in the UK urge tougher deforestation rules
- Global poll shows social media abuse drives girls off Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
- Italy's Enel to help build green hydrogen plant in Chile

Daily Media Briefing
October 02, 2020- Aviva, Deloitte and Microsoft to set new boardroom racial diversity targets
- Almost 20,000 Amazon workers in US test positive for Covid-19
- Big investors fall short on policies to halt Amazon deforestation
- NHS becomes world's first health system to commit to net zero
- Cambridge University to divest £3.5bn fund from fossil fuels as part of net-zero ambition