Results for Human Rights
Daily Briefing
August 12, 2020- Sustainable investment funds just surpassed $1 trillion for the first time on record
- New rules may force online political adverts in UK to carry labels
- Apple imported clothes from Xinjiang firm facing US forced labour sanctions
- New platform to help corporates forge circular economy partnerships
- Brand leaders have a duty to pay a premium for sustainability to improve industry, says L'Oréal supply chain chief
Daily Briefing
August 11, 2020- Garment workers seen losing up to $5.8 bln in wages during coronavirus
- Oil spill threatens ecological disaster as Mauritius declares emergency
- Big U.S. companies form group to boost hiring of minorities in New York
- HelloFresh to offset entire carbon footprint
- Diageo toasts halving of greenhouse gas emissions
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 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
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 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 23, 2020- Apple and Nike among companies urged to cut 'China Uighur ties'
- Fiat sites raided in German diesel-emission investigation
- Apple commits to be 100 percent carbon neutral for its supply chain and products by 2030
- Best- and worst-case scenarios of climate change less likely than thought
- Bank of the West launches new account designed for climate action
Daily Media Briefing
July 13, 2020- UN Secretary-General: Coal has no place in COVID-19 recovery plans
- Japan vows to slash financing of coal power in developing world
- Indonesian lawmakers to probe pulpwood firm’s dispute with indigenous group
- Cambodia tightens repression under virus cover according to rights groups
- Covid-induced food insecurity has exposed underinvestment in food tech, says sustainability entrepreneur
Daily Media Briefing
July 07, 2020- Facebook, Google, Twitter and TikTok among firms 'pausing' police help in Hong Kong
- Fujitsu announces permanent work-from-home plan
- Fear over rise in animal-to-human diseases
- Three quarters of UK businesses feel threatened by climate crisis
- Covid-19 lockdown gives rise to deforestation across Asia and South America
Daily Media Briefing
July 02, 2020- Novartis reaches $642m settlement with US authorities
- New laws in Singapore appear to give employers ‘almost unfettered power’ over migrant workers’ movements, say NGOs
- Up to 1.6 million new jobs could be created through green Covid-19 recovery
- Rainforest Alliance aims to help ethical growers get climate-smart
- UN agrees to airlines' Covid-19 pleas on offsetting scheme