Results for Environment
Daily Media Briefing
July 08, 2019- Paul Polman co-founds Imagine venture to drive corporate action towards SDGs
- British Airways faces record £183 million fine for data breach
- Tree planting 'has mind-blowing potential' to tackle climate crisis
- LGBT+ scientists affected by discrimination
- Centrica, SSE, and Mitie pledge to turn vehicle fleets electric
Daily Media Briefing
June 18, 2019- UK government rejects mandatory environmental targets for big-name fashion brands
- World’s top 500 companies set to miss Paris climate goals
- Mastercard’s ‘true name’ card aims to revolutionise banking for trans and non-binary communities
- Malaysian banks lead Southeast Asian peers for board diversity
- G20 launch new framework for combating marine plastic pollution
Daily Media Briefing
June 14, 2019- Singapore emerges as one of the most sustainable investment markets globally
- UK’s NEST divests from tobacco
- HSBC Women in UK Are Paid Bonuses 70% Below Male Staff
- Amazon gets sued for recording children’s voices via its Echo Dot
- Cargill warns goal of halting deforestation will be missed
Daily Media Briefing
June 12, 2019- UK government agrees legally binding net-zero emissions target for 2050
- Business Urge for a Robust New Global Law to End Violence and Harassment at Work
- Forest twice size of UK destroyed since 2010 by big consumer brands
- Deutsche Bank threatens to axe 1,000 clients in compliance push
- ESG groups try to thin a thicket of sustainability metrics
Daily Media Briefing
May 28, 2019- Drax deal with energy giants promises “carbon negative” power by 2025
- EU plans first satellite fleet to monitor CO2 in every country
- Asian consumers increasingly aware of biodiversity
- World’s rivers “awash with dangerous levels of antibiotics”
- Report: World falling short on SDGs’ clean energy agenda
Daily Media Briefing
May 09, 2019- Federal Reserve readying financial system for climate-change shocks
- Raise taxes on firms that harm nature, OECD tells G7 countries
- Singapore passes bill to tackle spread of false information online
- Drugmakers told to disclose prices in US TV ads
- Google and Carbon Tracker to use AI to track emissions from world's power plants
Daily Media Briefing
May 07, 2019- UN’s landmark biodiversity report generates response from global governments
- Official petition calls for jet fuel to be taxed
- Brunei halts gay sex death penalty
- Kraft Heinz to restate earnings as accounting probe widens
- Sustainability rating for space debris to be created
Daily Media Briefing
May 02, 2019- UK Parliament becomes first in the world to declare a “climate emergency”
- Malaysia minister lambasts Singapore’s stance on palm oil
- Pret to list ingredients on fresh food after customer deaths
- Dubai hotels to go greener thanks to new initiative
- AB Sugar launches global innovation challenge to address water stewardship
Daily Media Briefing
April 24, 2019- Landsec and RBS become first companies in the world to join RE100, EV100 and EP100
- UK Prime Minister approves Huawei involvement in UK 5G network
- VW joins blockchain network for sustainable mineral sourcing
- Dumped plastic waste in Asia destroying crops and health
- Report warns oil and gas investment plans blow a hole in 1.5⁰C ambition
Daily Media Briefing
April 18, 2019- Chile joins Plastics Pact network
- Microsoft turned down facial-recognition sales on human rights concerns
- US owner of KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell to pursue science-based climate targets
- Finnish businesses set up 'world's first' marketplace for carbon removal certificates
- European Parliament backs rules to protect whistle-blowers