Results for Equality
The golden age is before us, not behind us: ageism against jobseekers
March 10, 2022 Employers have been shown to have bias against hiring jobseekers aged 45+ and this demographic faces clear obstacles when looking for work. But the biases employers hold are easily debunked: they do use tech, upskilling can be facilitated by better programmes, and intergenerational collaboration actually makes for better workplaces. Read more >Daily Media Briefing
December 22, 2021- SASB project to set reporting standards for diversity & inclusion
- U.S. raises ambition on vehicle emissions reduction requirements
- Morgan Stanley to boost career outcomes for underrepresented groups
- Canada moves towards mandatory climate disclosures
- Contact with nature in cities reduces loneliness, study shows
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December 01, 2021- EU to start measuring embodied carbon emissions from buildings
- Bank of Canada to work with Indigenous groups on reconciliation
- Last-minute bid to stop Shell’s oil exploration in whale breeding grounds
- Rate of energy efficiency improvements needs to double for net-zero
- EDF and Google ink deals to buy power from offshore wind farms
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September 15, 2021- Just 13 out of FTSE 100 employers reveal ethnicity pay gaps
- World Green Buildings Council updates net-zero commitment
- Firms urge UK Government to strengthen Environment Bill
- Multi-trillion investors urge global raising of climate ambitions
- EU pledges extra €4 billion in international climate finance
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July 08, 2021- Britain's financial firms could see executive pay linked to workforce diversity
- Walmart, H&M, IKEA & Kingfisher launch ‘Race to Zero’ initiative for retailers
- TotalEnergies & Veolia partner to produce biofuels sourced from microalgae
- KFC UK & Ireland and Pilgrim’s set strategies for reaching net-zero by 2040
- WeChat deletes Chinese university LGBT accounts in new online crack-down
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July 07, 2021- Volvo, Daimler & TRATON invest €500 million in truck charging network
- Investors call on 63 top banks to improve environmental commitments
- FTSE Russell launches Paris Agreement-aligned index series for equity
- EU launches ‘European Green Bond Standard’ to help meet climate aims
- Top fashion brands found to be failing on gender equality in new index
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April 29, 2021- Business giants press EU to ban petrol and diesel car sales by 2035
- US solar industry unveils guidelines to free supply chain of forced labour
- Chanel and CISL partner Pushto champion sustainability solutions in business
- Air pollution disproportionately affects non-white communities in the US
- UK Office for National Statistics says nature contributes £12 billion to tourism spending
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April 07, 2021- Goldman Sachs and Starbucks among organizations pledging to close racial wealth gap in U.S.
- BNP Paribas Asset Management tightens green bond criteria to combat greenwashing
- UK public companies fail to report adequately on climate risks
- NHS director calls for tax on gambling firms to fund addiction treatment
- Danone-owned dairy giant unveils lifetime carbon emissions for its products
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January 20, 2021- UK Government votes to allow food imports with lower environmental standards
- EU set to adopt carbon border levy
- Fighting climate crisis made harder by Covid-19 inequality, says WEF
- Black and minority ethnic workers hit harder by Covid-19 job losses
- Online algorithms should face regulatory scrutiny, says UK watchdog
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December 10, 2020- Emissions hit new record, putting world on track for 3C warming
- BlackRock vows to back more shareholder votes on climate change
- Women running ethical businesses worse hit by COVID than men
- China to improve green finance standards to support carbon neutrality goal
- Unilever pledges to protect staff with afros and dreadlocks