Results for Environment
Daily Briefing
August 10, 2020- U.N. hails 'historic' milestone in global drive to end child labour
- EU, Switzerland to link emissions trading platforms from September
- An opportunity to bring about a better future': Top economists call for the end of the carbon economy
- After ditching Boohoo, ASOS sets new sustainability and ethics requirements for brands
- Green groups in Singapore call for fairer treatment of migrant workers
Daily Briefing
August 07, 2020- Rio Tinto chief faces calls to resign after Aboriginal site demolition
- Government vows to make all new homes 'zero carbon ready', but campaigners fear disaster for nature
- Facebook purges ads for illegal wildlife in Southeast Asia as online trade surges
- ITV commits to 46% reduction in emissions through 1.5C science-based targets
- Economic meltdown threatens Europe's war on plastic
Daily Briefing
August 06, 2020- Facebook and Twitter punish Trump over video where he says children ‘almost immune’ to Covid-19
- Microsoft vows to become a 'zero-waste' business by 2030
- Almost half of UK charities for world's poorest set to close in a year
- Japan's climate change efforts hindered by biased business lobby, research shows
- Helping the poor can protect forests too, Indonesian welfare programme finds
Daily Media Briefing
August 04, 2020- Google owner issues largest corporate sustainability bond in history
- Vodafone and Defra launch IoT tree monitoring system to inform climate policy
- Bangladesh may ditch 90% of its planned coal power
- Migrant workers on farms across Canada are being told they can’t leave, raising human rights concerns
- KLM's biofuel advertisements were greenwashing, regulator rules
Daily Media Briefing
August 03, 2020- Credit Suisse earmarks more than $300 billion for sustainable finance
- Patagonia ups regenerative agriculture efforts
- Adverts for large polluting cars 'should be banned'
- Bank of America to disclose climate impact of its lending and investments
- Barely a quarter of charities' coronavirus fund for England allocated
Daily Media Briefing
July 30, 2020- Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google face claims of 'harmful' power
- Primark kicks off nationwide clothes recycling scheme
- One in three children have dangerous levels of lead in their blood
- ‘Criminalising’ dissent and martial law fuel attacks on Filipino environmental defenders
- Quarter of native UK mammals at imminent risk of extinction
Daily Media Briefing
July 29, 2020- Tech giants Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon to face Congress
- Sustainalytics makes its ESG ratings and data on over 4,000 companies publicly accessible
- Governments underestimating global coal phase-out challenge, energy experts warn
- Aceleron secures £2m boost in quest for waste-free batteries
- Duterte’s Covid-19 recovery plan criticised for excluding clean energy policies
Daily Media Briefing
July 28, 2020- Expand conserved areas to boost global economy ravaged by Covid-19, says report
- Moody’s says Lloyds’ ethnic diversity plan is ‘credit positive’
- France to ban heated terraces in cafes and bars
- 'E-highways' could slash UK road freight emissions, says study
- 'Eat Out to Help Out' risks undermining obesity campaign, say experts
Daily Media Briefing
July 24, 2020- Nature protection critical to preventing pandemics, study finds
- Amount of plastic spewed into ocean on track to triple by 2040
- Labour abuse fears rise for Thai migrant workers in Israel under new deal
- America's oldest conservation group denounces racism of its founder
- £350 million commitment to fuel green recovery in the UK
Daily Media Briefing
July 22, 2020- UK and banking giants spearhead drive to combat nature-related financial risks
- EU's recovery deal lacking climate spending accountability, green groups warn
- Additional coal supply in Philippines will increase electricity costs for consumers, experts say
- Student accuses Australia of misleading investors on climate risk in ‘world-first’ legal case
- South Korea backtracks on green promise