Results for Policy & Research
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January 23, 2018- World Economic Forum: 11 leading brands commit to move towards new plastic economy
- US places “America First” tariffs on washing machines and solar panels
- Theresa May plans for tougher sanctions to prevent UK company pension abuse
- Former KPMG partners charged with fraud
- Intel advises customers to stop patching for chip bug due to fault
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January 18, 2018- Apple to create 20,000 new US jobs and pay $38bn to repatriate overseas cash
- Facebook launches investigation into claims of Russian influence on EU referendum
- South Korean ban on cryptocurrency trading easy to circumvent, say experts
- UK likely to miss its legally binding carbon targets, warns official advisors
- Evian to make all water bottles from 100% recycled plastic
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January 15, 2018- French salmonella baby milk scandal 'affects 83 countries'
- Malaysia leads the way with new guidelines
- Loss of US retail industry jobs is hitting women hardest
- Open Banking 'revolution' to challenge banks' dominance
- Russia and US join global pact to restrict fishing in thawing Arctic in deal to protect marine life
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January 11, 2018- New York City sues Shell, ExxonMobil and others over climate change damages
- South Korean government to prepare bill to ban bitcoin trading
- Report: Attempts to prevent forced labour fail to address root causes of exploitation
- World’s biggest thermal solar plant to be built in South Australia
- China to enforce new standards for the import of foreign solid waste
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January 10, 2018- Report: Sustainalytics examine the occurrence of ESG incidents
- Bonyunyu Dam project in Kenya met with protests
- Plastic microbeads ban comes into force in UK
- Exxon claims “civil conspiracy” in California climate change lawsuit
- Chinese government to plant 6.6 million hectares of trees in 2018
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December 21, 2017- Global disasters in 2017 caused an estimated $306 billion in economic losses, says Swiss Re
- China to require polluters to pay for environmental damage
- Uber to face stricter EU regulation after ECJ rules it is transport firm
- New York Pension Fund to explore strategy to divest from fossil fuels
- A small number of farms are responsible for the majority of antibiotic use
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December 19, 2017- Boost for fossil fuel divestment as UK eases pension rules
- Twitter's hate speech rules are expanded
- Top British firms named and shamed on PM's fat cat pay list
- Wendy’s to cut antibiotic use in beef supply chain
- Chile bans bottom sea trawling in 98% of its exclusive economic zone
Tax strategy reporting among the FTSE 50 – slow to surface
December 15, 2017 New analysis has found that the majority of FTSE 50 companies have not followed Government and HMRC Guidance on publishing their tax strategies. Despite many businesses being slow on the uptake, there are still some examples of excellence writes Paul Monaghan. Read more >
SDGs versus Trump: Who will triumph?
December 14, 2017 Can the SDGs, and the progressive and collaborative mind-set they represent, successfully bridge a fractious political landscape? Fiona Roberts writes. Read more >
Daily Media Briefing
December 12, 2017- ExxonMobil bows to shareholder pressure on climate
- Surveillance firms spied on campaign groups for big companies, leak shows
- Meat tax "inevitable" as governments strive to meet Paris Agreement requirements
- Former Facebook executive: social media is ripping society apart
- Penzance hailed as UK's first 'Plastic Free' community