Results for Human Rights
Daily Media Briefing
June 17, 2020- Norway wealth fund must have wider human rights view when blacklisting firms: commission
- Technology leaders lobby Prime Minister to fund £100m AI, climate, and energy centre
- Investor coalition unveils plans for new climate change lobbying framework
- Ikea planning to repay furlough payments
- UN warns coronavirus may push millions of children into underage labour
Daily Media Breifing
June 16, 2020- End of lockdown could trigger ‘extreme’ congestion and worse air quality
- Women stage 'mass scream' in Switzerland over domestic violence and gender pay gap
- Civil rights law protects gay and transgender workers, Supreme Court rules
- Goldman Sachs Increases Small Business Commitment to $775 Million
- The Body Shop owner unveils 2030 net-zero commitment
Daily Media Briefing
June 15, 2020- Unilever to invest €1 billion in climate change fund over 10 years
- World's largest ICT companies failing to tackle human rights abuses in supply chains
- Corporates step up calls for nature restoration policies
- Google's new rules clamp down on discriminatory housing and job ads
- Remote working means UK businesses will underreport 470,000 tonnes of carbon in 2020
Daily Media Briefing
June 12, 2020- Paypal, Apple, YouTube unveil funding worth hundreds of millions to support racial equality causes
- Microsoft bars facial recognition sales to police in wake of Black Lives Matter protests
- Despite pandemic, new U.S. solar capacity will grow 33% in 2020
- Climate crisis to blame for $67bn of Hurricane Harvey damage, says study
- Businesses outline key asks for Covid-19 recovery policy
Daily Media Briefing
June 10, 2020- MP plans law to force employers to reveal Ethnicity Pay Gap
- Russian mining firm accused of using global heating to avoid blame for oil spill
- Twitter to make Juneteenth a company holiday
- Google partners with WWF on platform for fashion brands to track sustainable raw materials
- Britain goes 60 days without coal-fired power generation
Daily Media Briefing
June 09, 2020- Adidas North America readies response to concerns of black employees
- British scientists bypass drug giants to sell potential coronavirus vaccine
- TEPCO Renewable to spend $9-18 billion by 2035 on green power
- Coronavirus waste ending up in the ocean
- Top investors publish list of companies that have failed to disclose climate data
Daily Media Briefing
June 05, 2020- Bank of America pledges $1 billion over 4 years to fight racial inequality
- World’s largest rooftop farm to open in Paris
- Ribena launches hunt for climate resilient blackcurrants
- Swiss to vote on companies' global liability for human rights abuses
- Indonesian activists condemn jailing of indigenous farmer in conflict with paper giant APP
Daily Media Briefing
June 03, 2020- Brands criticised for 'hypocritical' support for the Black Lives Matter movement
- Pandora vows to ditch mined silver and gold for its jewellery by 2025
- Open for feedback: Social transformation draft methodology and proposed indicators
- Google in $5bn lawsuit for tracking in 'private' mode
- Pristine rainforest the size of football pitch destroyed every six seconds last year
Daily Media Briefing
June 01, 2020- Corporate voices get behind ‘Black Lives Matter’ cause
- Investors, scientists urge IEA head to take bolder climate stance
- U.S. Treasury unveils rules for carbon capture tax credits
- Trafigura investigated for alleged corruption, market manipulation
- World leaders warn coronavirus could roll back progress for women
Daily Media Briefing
May 27, 2020- Twitter tags Trump tweet with fact-checking warning
- Rio Tinto blasts 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site to expand iron ore mine
- Food waste start up Apeel Sciences snags $250m backing
- CORONAVIRUS: Pakistan garment workers fight for rights amid Covid-19 crisis
- Copenhagen Airport spearheads green hydrogen project for transport fuel