Results for Inequality
Daily Media Briefing
May 31, 2022- JPMorgan collects data on borrowers’ race in wealth gap push
- Vanguard exec refuses to end new fossil fuel investments
- Women’s promotions at financial services firms lag behind
- EU missed climate spend target, despite claiming it was met
- Amazon investor plastics review proposal narrowly fails to clear
Daily Media Briefing
May 27, 2022- UK imposes 25% energy windfall tax to help households as bills surge
- Amazon shareholders vote against 15 historic investor-led proposals
- SEC targets greenwashing with new ESG Fund disclosure guidelines
- BlackRock opposes McDonalds racial audit while under one itself
- Research finds 6 in 10 women of colour ‘hide identity’ at workplace
Daily Media Briefing
May 11, 2022- UK must grow EV battery production more than fortyfold by 2030
- Malaysia considers tax cut to palm oil export amid global supply crisis
- Avoid using gas as ‘transition’ fuel in move to clean energy, study urges
- Starbucks announces fund for reusable & refillable packaging innovation
- Report finds 1.5 million UK households will struggle to pay future bills
Daily Media Briefing
May 04, 2022- Roe v Wade leak: US Supreme Court may overturn abortion rights
- IFS: biggest boom in City bonuses for years risks driving up inequality
- Philippines' BDO Unibank blue bond gets US$100 million investment from IFC
- Lidl debuts pioneering ‘smart’ refill plastic-free station in UK store
- Survey reveals disparity between business leaders and public on ESG issues
Daily Media Briefing
April 29, 2022- HSBC faces greenwashing accusations from UK advertising watchdog
- Credit Suisse joins growing list of banks shunning deep-sea mining financing
- Global warming risks most cataclysmic extinction of marine life in 250m years
- Canadian government removes its ban on blood donations from gay men
- Inequality: England’s life expectancy gap grows to almost a decade
Daily Media Briefing
April 28, 2022- Asda launches new initiatives to cut food waste with suppliers
- Global oil demand could peak by 2025, and fossil fuels by 2030
- Sustainable finance set to fund burning waste in cement kilns
- Asthma research disadvantages women by disregarding hormones
- E-commerce company criticised for greenwashing promotion
Daily Media Briefing
April 06, 2022- UK gender pay gap: women paid 90p for every £1 earned by men
- Climate change to cost budget $2 trillion a year says White House
- Trans people can be excluded from single-sex services, says UK’s EHRC
- Almost all the world’s population breathes harmful air, says WHO
- BofA doubles sustainable finance activity, mobilising $250 billion
Daily Media Briefing
April 01, 2022- Brussels targets greenwashing, planned obsolescence in EU rules
- Women-led UK firms struggle to attract equal capital investment
- Businesses fail to back net-zero with carbon reduction plans
- Starbucks pays £5m in UK corporation tax despite £95m in profits
- Meta paid consultancy to push negative media against rival TikTok
Daily Media Briefing
March 30, 2022- British Airways to begin operating flights with sustainable aviation fuel
- UK authority warns organisations of use of Russian antivirus software
- Nasdaq launches world’s first indices tracking price of carbon removal
- UK sport’s governing bodies fail to make grade in landmark race report
- UN launches coalition for CFOs in bid to catapult sustainable investment
Daily Media Briefing
March 16, 2022- Beta framework launched on nature-related financial disclosures
- Goldman accused of breaching coal pledge with Peabody deal
- ECB says banks fall short on climate risk disclosure expectations
- Most US companies are not disclosing gender pay gap analysis
- Reckitt launches a ‘living lab’ decarbonisation initiative in Hull