Results for Ethics
Medtech – the debate we’re not yet having
January 18, 2019 With the digital health market predicted growth to $536.6 billion by 2025 it’s no surprise that tech brands like Apple are now investing in the shift from wellness to healthcare. Yet these medtech advancements raise serious challenges around data privacy, affordability, exclusivity and potential exploitation. Read more >
Ethics in tech now vital for investors
January 18, 2019 Ethics in tech has never been as important to investors nor as visible now that AI is enabling forensic analysis of big data. The outperformance of ESG investing highlights the appeal and need for standardised data, on which tech companies are falling short. Read more >
Tech companies appointing Chief Ethics Officers
January 18, 2019 Negative news stories around the poor behaviour of tech giants such as Deliveroo means that the tech sector is facing a crisis of trust. Will a proliferation of new executive roles, such as Salesforce’s first Chief Ethical and Humane Use Officer, be sufficient to stem the issue? Read more >
Daily Media Briefing
January 02, 2019- UK appoints food waste chief to target 'scandal' of 250 million binned meals
- Report: Huge costs of warming impacts in 2018
- Shell says it wants to double green energy investment
- Facebook’s leaked moderation rules show biases in policing hate speech
- Outrage after Netflix pulls comedy show criticising Saudi Arabia
Daily Media Briefing
November 16, 2018- Zuckerberg: I didn't know of Facebook ties to firm attacking George Soros
- New DNA sequencing service rewards users for sharing data
- Supermarkets flood Britain with 59 billion pieces of plastic each year
- Michael Gove declares he will stay on as UK Environment Secretary
- Brazil's new foreign minister believes climate change is a Marxist plot
Daily Media Briefing
November 07, 2018- Facebook and Google sign up to Tim Berners-Lee ‘contract’
- SASB codifies sustainability accounting standards
- Softbank chief stands by Saudi ties after Khashoggi murder
- Amazon plans to split HQ2 between two locations
- BHP Billiton facing £5bn lawsuit from Brazilian victims of dam disaster
Daily Media Briefing
August 03, 2018- Kraft Heinz unveils new circular packaging strategy in plastic reduction drive
- Elle UK dedicates September issue to sustainability
- Brands make 'mixed progress' on viscose pollution in Asia
- Twitter turns to academics to improve conversational health on the platform
- Analysts raise EU carbon price forecasts following market reforms
Daily Media Briefing
June 14, 2018- Volkswagen fined €1 billion by German state prosecutors
- Ben & Jerry’s joins campaign to support onshore windfarms
- Plastic waste export tide turns to south-east Asia following China ban
- Apple to undercut popular law-enforcement tool for cracking iPhones
- Tesla to cut nine percent of workforce in search of profitability
Daily Media Briefing
May 22, 2018- US top court backs companies over worker class-action claims
- BHP Billiton to be sued by investors over dam collapse that caused Brazil's worst ever environmental disaster
- Google quietly removes "Don't be evil" preface from code of conduct
- Airbnb partners with union to promote ethical labour standards in Australia
- First European trial for innovative carbon capture project
Daily Media Briefing
May 14, 2018- Google employees resign over controversial Pentagon drone AI project
- HSBC says trade deal shows blockchain to be viable for trade finance
- Tesco cuts operational emissions by 13 percent in one year
- Costa Rica to become the world’s first zero-carbon country, vows president
- Telstra refuses to rule out using Chinese company ZTE, amid claims of corruption