Results for Sustainable Development
Daily Media Briefing
February 16, 2018- France aims to ban fake news in lead up to election
- Banks told their responses to climate risks are lacking
- EU & US business lobbies seek closer access to UN climate talks
- Lloyds Bank becomes first UK FTSE 100 firm to set ethnic diversity target for senior roles
- Report: Best-practice guide for business action on SDGs launched by WWF and Gold Standard
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February 12, 2018- More than 120 workers from charities, including Oxfam, accused of sexual abuse in the last year
- Unilever threatens to pull ads from Facebook and Google
- Purdue Pharma to stop promoting opioid drugs to US doctors
- Barclays charged by UK authorities over Qatar fundraising
- New slavery risk tool enables businesses to identify human rights violations in seafood supply chains
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February 05, 2018- UK government presses tech companies to sign gender diversity charter
- ExxonMobil plans to produce all of its proved oil & gas reserves, despite projected impact on emissions
- African Development Bank plans to use solar power to provide 29.3 million people with electricity by 2020
- Americans abroad impacted by new repatriation tax rules
- Lloyds Bank bans customers from using credit cards to buy bitcoins
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January 10, 2018- Report: Sustainalytics examine the occurrence of ESG incidents
- Bonyunyu Dam project in Kenya met with protests
- Plastic microbeads ban comes into force in UK
- Exxon claims “civil conspiracy” in California climate change lawsuit
- Chinese government to plant 6.6 million hectares of trees in 2018
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January 09, 2018- BBC faces human rights probe over gender pay gap
- Google sued amidst claims of discriminating against conservative white men
- More than half of Singaporeans want sustainable supply chains
- Apple investors call for action to prevent iPhone addiction in children
- Olam CEO named chair of World Business Council for Sustainable Development
SDGs versus Trump: Who will triumph?
December 14, 2017 Can the SDGs, and the progressive and collaborative mind-set they represent, successfully bridge a fractious political landscape? Fiona Roberts writes. Read more >
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November 03, 2017- Hotels must cut carbon footprint by 90 per cent to meet Paris goals, industry admits
- Canopy releases viscose producer deforestation progress
- UN forum closes with the spotlight on entrepreneurs for sustainable development
- SC Johnson honoured with Global Conservation Hero Award
- UK environment body outlines plans to address post-Brexit 'governance gap'
Unlocking the power of companies through capital markets and society
October 25, 2017 The World Benchmarking Alliance represents a new opportunity to measure and compare corporate performance on the SDGs. Gerbrand Haverkamp outlines the transparent and dynamic approach the index is taking to its development to ensure it’s relevant and credible. Read more >
Daily Media Briefing
October 18, 2017- The majority of listed companies fail to report comprehensively on tax
- Greenpeace: Tech giants neglecting environmental responsibility
- Rabobank with U.N. launch $1 billion fund to boost sustainable farming
- PRI threatens to strip members of signatory status in 'greenwashing' purge
- US charges Rio Tinto and former chiefs with fraud
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October 16, 2017- Shell buys European electric vehicle charging pioneer NewMotion
- California to require broad disclosure of chemicals in cleaning products
- Australia: Shareholder resolutions call for listed companies to act on social and environmental issues
- Super-sized chocolate bars to be driven out of hospitals to tackle obesity
- Gold Standard offers 'one click' access to carbon credits