Results for Policy & Research
Daily Media Briefing
February 15, 2021- ISS updates proxy voting policy against directors who fail to address climate crisis
- Bank of America targets net-zero financed emissions and supply chains by 2050
- Goldman Sachs issues first sustainability bond at $800m
- Michelin rolls out plans for pioneering tyre recycling plant
- Lloyds Bank and Woodland Trust hit one million tree-planting target
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January 28, 2021- Hundreds of transport and industrial businesses form ‘Mission Possible Partnership’ climate coalition
- US President Biden signs executive orders on climate change as national security priority
- UK pension schemes face new climate risk reporting rules
- Mastercard commits to net-zero carbon by 2050
- UKRI announces £24 million of funding for projects to curb plastic waste
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January 20, 2021- UK Government votes to allow food imports with lower environmental standards
- EU set to adopt carbon border levy
- Fighting climate crisis made harder by Covid-19 inequality, says WEF
- Black and minority ethnic workers hit harder by Covid-19 job losses
- Online algorithms should face regulatory scrutiny, says UK watchdog
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November 25, 2020- Purdue Pharma pleads guilty to federal criminal charges related to nation's opioid crisis
- US and China stay atop EY's renewables market attractiveness ranking
- MAS launches world's first grant scheme for green and sustainability-linked loans
- G20 urges preparedness to tackle climate crisis in light of the pandemic
- Mayors vow all-out drive against gender inequality in pandemic
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November 19, 2020- Food firms neglecting climate resilience in supply chains, CDP warns
- Apple to pay $113m to settle iPhone 'batterygate'
- Canada set to table landmark net zero legislation
- Just 3 in 10 European businesses are properly disclosing their climate impact
- One in five people in UK in lower-status jobs than parents, according to study
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November 18, 2020- Morningstar formally integrates ESG into its analysis of stocks, funds, and asset managers
- UK Government announces 10-point plan for a Green Industrial Revolution
- Unilever sets €1bn sales target for plant-based food alternatives
- ESG falls down the investment agenda
- 1% of people cause half of global aviation emissions – study
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November 13, 2020- Global corporate net zero drive 'resembles Wild West', BNEF warns
- Top business groups urge government to plot 'just transition' to net zero
- Almost half Goldman Sachs’ new partners are women or minorities
- Charity sector faces £10bn funding shortfall and 60,000 job losses
- EU launches LGBT protection strategy as homophobia rises in east
Daily Media Briefing
October 22, 2020- Purdue Pharma to plead guilty in $8bn opioid settlement
- Global energy networks join forces to boost renewables rollout
- Electric cars 'as cheap to manufacture' as regular models by 2024
- Dentsu International sets 2030 net-zero target
- Crackdown on UK gambling ads expected to ban use of celebrities
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October 06, 2020- Levi’s Launches Its own recommerce site and buyback program
- Total to increase annual renewables investments to $3bn by 2030
- UK Government pledges wind farms to power every home by 2030
- ‘Dramatic’ plunge in London air pollution since 2016, report finds
- More than 14m tonnes of plastic believed to be at the bottom of the ocean
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October 01, 2020- Global poll of views on environment and science finds sharpest divide in US
- Mining giant accused of poisoning rivers in Papua New Guinea
- Science-based targets verification for financial sector unveiled
- ASOS unveils 'circular' fashion collection
- Ban on plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds comes into force in England