Results for Environment
Daily Media Briefing
September 04, 2020- Biggest banks sustain coal financing despite defunding drive
- Apple commits to freedom of speech after criticism of China censorship
- German parliament launches inquiry into fraud scandal at Wirecard, with government in crosshairs
- HS2 rail project work begins with pledge of 22,000 jobs
- 'War on plastic' could strand oil industry's £300bn investment
Daily Media Briefing
September 02, 2020- Removing CO2 could spark big rise in food prices
- Unilever pledges to invest €1bn in eliminating fossil fuels from cleaning products by 2030
- Activists turn on Oatly vegan milk after stake sold to Trump-linked Blackstone
- UK seeks to ban supermarkets selling goods from deforestation
- Microplastic pollution devastating soil species, study finds
Daily Media Briefing
September 01, 2020- Businesses urged to harness 'nature-based solutions' to combat climate emergency
- Auditors raised minimum-wage red flags at Boohoo factories
- Climate change and agriculture driving record levels of deforestation, WWF report finds
- Humans' construction 'footprint' on ocean quantified for first time
- Defra announces plan to double 5p plastic bag charge and extend levy to all retailers from next year
Daily Media Briefing
August 27, 2020- Environmentalists celebrate Exxon Mobil being dropped from Dow Jones
- Up to half of world's water supply stolen annually, study finds
- Sky boss pledges to harness 'power of storytelling' to help drive climate action
- HSBC teams up with Pollination for 'natural capital' venture
- Deploy 'Blue Bonds' to align interests of fishing industry and marine life, study argues
Daily Media Briefing
August 26, 2020- Forest positive: Kingfisher pledges to plant more trees than it consumes
- RE100 Leadership Awards shortlist: companies going above and beyond on clean energy
- Study: Consumer carbon emissions have plummeted through 2020 - and some savings could continue
- Businesses including Glencore launch joint bid to improve conditions in cobalt supply chains
- Plastic Pact launches in the US as industry giants pledge action
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August 25, 2020- Consumer goods giants accused of sourcing palm oil from 'top deforester'
- Jaguar Land Rover turns to recycled aluminium to cut manufacturing CO2
- Over 80% of White employees see themselves as allies at work, but Black women and Latinas disagree
- Facebook agrees to pay France €106m in back taxes
- Climate fund for poor nations vows to drive green Covid recovery
Daily Briefing
August 20, 2020- BHP to exit thermal coal mining within two years
- Government seeks legally-binding environmental targets from 2022
- Most Europeans view climate change as more pressing issue than pandemic, according to poll
- Drilling lobby pours millions into Facebook and TV ads claiming natural gas is ‘climate friendly’
- Purdue Pharma escaped serious charges over opioid in 2006, memo shows
Daily Briefing
August 19, 2020- Ten times more plastic dumped in Atlantic than previously believed
- Retail giants prepare to launch TerraCycle's 'zero-waste' refill service in stores
- COP26: UK seeks corporate sponsors with 'strong climate credentials'
- Unilever touts supply chain mapping pilot in fresh bid to tackle deforestation
- Charity sector loses 25,000 jobs during pandemic - and 35,000 more likely to go
Daily Briefing
August 18, 2020- PwC and Schroders will allow staff to work from home after Covid crisis
- Amazon investigated by German watchdog for abusing dominance during pandemic
- Oil and gas giants take $87bn hit on assets in nine months
- Europe recorded record solar output amid Covid-19 lockdowns
- National Lottery funnels £14m into community-led climate action projects
Daily Briefing
August 17, 2020- Selfridges unveils vision to 'reinvent retail' as it commits to new sourcing standards
- Makers of M&S sandwiches faced pay dock if they self-isolated, says union
- Just Eat to stop using gig economy workers
- Tree planting can help tropical forests ‘recover 50% faster’ from logging
- National Grid kick-starts UK's first trials of grid-injected biomethane from cow manure