Results for Policy & Research
Daily Media Briefing
August 24, 2020- Dixons Carphone becomes first tech retailer to join EV100
- 'Melting faster and faster': Greenland lost 1 million tonnes of ice for each minute of 2019
- Australian insurer Suncorp to ditch coverage for oil and gas projects
- Rio Tinto bosses lose bonuses over Aboriginal cave destruction
- Samsung faces youth climate protests over involvement in new Vietnam coal plant
Daily Briefing
August 20, 2020- BHP to exit thermal coal mining within two years
- Government seeks legally-binding environmental targets from 2022
- Most Europeans view climate change as more pressing issue than pandemic, according to poll
- Drilling lobby pours millions into Facebook and TV ads claiming natural gas is ‘climate friendly’
- Purdue Pharma escaped serious charges over opioid in 2006, memo shows
Daily Briefing
August 14, 2020- Wind and solar produce record 10% of world’s electricity, but scientists warn faster change is needed
- BHP to steer mining lobby groups' climate change policies
- Flora owner to introduce carbon labelling across its products
- China's billion-dollar pig plan met with loathing by Argentinians
- Cartier faces scepticism over China ring ads featuring same-sex couples
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 07, 2020- Rio Tinto chief faces calls to resign after Aboriginal site demolition
- Government vows to make all new homes 'zero carbon ready', but campaigners fear disaster for nature
- Facebook purges ads for illegal wildlife in Southeast Asia as online trade surges
- ITV commits to 46% reduction in emissions through 1.5C science-based targets
- Economic meltdown threatens Europe's war on plastic
Daily Media Briefing
July 29, 2020- Tech giants Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon to face Congress
- Sustainalytics makes its ESG ratings and data on over 4,000 companies publicly accessible
- Governments underestimating global coal phase-out challenge, energy experts warn
- Aceleron secures £2m boost in quest for waste-free batteries
- Duterte’s Covid-19 recovery plan criticised for excluding clean energy policies
Daily Media Briefing
July 28, 2020- Expand conserved areas to boost global economy ravaged by Covid-19, says report
- Moody’s says Lloyds’ ethnic diversity plan is ‘credit positive’
- France to ban heated terraces in cafes and bars
- 'E-highways' could slash UK road freight emissions, says study
- 'Eat Out to Help Out' risks undermining obesity campaign, say experts
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 22, 2020- UK and banking giants spearhead drive to combat nature-related financial risks
- EU's recovery deal lacking climate spending accountability, green groups warn
- Additional coal supply in Philippines will increase electricity costs for consumers, experts say
- Student accuses Australia of misleading investors on climate risk in ‘world-first’ legal case
- South Korea backtracks on green promise
Daily Media Briefing
July 16, 2020- Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned
- Scientists concerned by ‘record high’ global methane emissions
- Indonesia approves coal road project through highly biodiverse forest
- Invest in nature-led Covid-19 recovery to reap $10trn economic opportunity, says WEF
- Coca-Cola eyes European plastic bottle recycling plant with CuRe investment