Results for Policy & Research
Daily Media Briefing
April 09, 2020- Coronavirus: EU privacy watchdog calls for pan-European mobile app for virus tracking
- Coronavirus: EasyJet secures £600m coronavirus loan from UK Treasury and Bank
- Global leaders urge G20 to tackle twin health and economic crises
- EU-funded wave energy trial delivers cost and efficiency advances
- Scientists create ‘mutant’ enzyme that recycles plastic bottles in hours
Daily Media Briefing
April 06, 2020- Coronavirus: Google releases location data to measure success of coronavirus lockdowns
- Coronavirus: Apple to ship 1 million face shields a week for medical workers
- Coronavirus: UK Government issues £3m grant to tackle food waste during outbreak
- EU carbon market emissions excluding aviation fell 8.7% in 2019
- Prioritise small-scale technology to deliver affordable net-zero transition, researchers claim
Daily Media Briefing
April 03, 2020- Coronavirus: Fashion brands' cancellations of £2.4bn orders ‘catastrophic’ for Bangladesh
- Coronavirus: BrewDog hand sanitiser turned down by local hospital in Scotland
- H&M reaches clothing take-back target early, collecting 29,000 tonnes of used garments
- Green Alliance calls for carbon offset regulatory revamp
- Gravitricity secures £300,000 to scope out South African mines for energy storage potential
Daily Media Briefing
March 31, 2020- Coronavirus: GE workers walk off the job and demand they build ventilators
- Coronavirus: Warehouse workers speak out on virus protection
- Barclays sets net zero carbon target for 2050 after investor pressure
- Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Unilever and Nestlé plastics waste fuelling climate change
- Japan submits updated emissions plan, leaving carbon target unchanged
Daily Media Briefing
March 30, 2020- Coronavirus: EU leaders back 'green transition' in coronavirus recovery plan
- Coronavirus: Carmakers accused of trying to use crisis to avert emissions crackdown
- Monsanto predicted crop system would damage US farms
- Microsoft to divest in facial recognition company
- California sets goal to double clean energy by 2030
Daily Media Briefing
March 06, 2020- Contacts of 1m Virgin Media customers left on unsecured database
- South Korean trading giant to compensate for past deforestation in Papua
- Corporate leaders want decarbonisation as central focus for Europe's Industrial Strategy
- Goodyear develops self-regenerating 'spider-silk' tires for electric cars
- Volkswagen and British Gas team up to drive electric vehicle charging push
Daily Media Briefing
March 03, 2020- Coronavirus could devastate gig economy workers
- Tech companies take down 3 million online listings for trafficked wildlife
- Greenpeace ‘shuts down’ 100 Barclays branches over fossil fuel funding
- Rich countries could be asked to pay billions to protect biodiversity
- Gender employment gap costs EU 360 billion euros a year
Daily Media Briefing
February 28, 2020- Lush offers public free hand washes to help prevent coronavirus spread
- Cellphone carriers may face $200 million in fines for selling location data
- Coke and Pepsi sued for creating a plastic pollution ‘nuisance’
- Drax confirms 2021 end for coal power operations
- Consumers torn between sustainability and convenience, research shows
Daily Media Briefing
February 27, 2020- Heathrow third runway ruled illegal over climate change
- Ride-hailing services found to increase emissions in US cities
- New Zealand makes first donation to Fiji climate relocation fund
- Just Eat trials plastic-free takeaway boxes lined with seaweed
- William Hill gambling site Mr Green to pay £3m penalty
Daily Media Briefing
February 24, 2020- G20 sounds alarm over climate emergency despite US objections
- Barclays scraps 'Big Brother' staff tracking system
- Female cocoa farmers paid as little as 23p a day
- Negotiations start on global 'Paris-style' deal to avert Earth's sixth mass extinction
- 'Greta effect' boosting demand for climate change careers, RSC claims