Results for Policy & Research
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March 25, 2021- Big banks provided over $3trn in finance for fossil fuels since Paris Agreement
- Net-zero emissions targets adopted by one-fifth of world's largest companies
- Key UK financial regulators mandated to consider climate issues
- Northern Gas Networks and Hitachi UK launch green bonds
- Trade unions call for greater regulation on AI use in the workplace
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March 17, 2021- Uber to pay drivers a minimum wage, holiday pay and pensions
- Campaign group asks S&P to cut Adani Ports from Dow Jones Sustainability Index
- Brunel Pensions Partnership targets net-zero as Nest accelerates renewable energy investment
- Chevron accused of ‘greenwashing’ in complaint lodged with FTC
- SEC calls on public for input in crafting new ESG disclosure rules
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March 16, 2021- Major French energy group Total to help build forest in Republic of Congo
- Volkswagen plans six European battery factories by 2030
- Study finds UK Ministers watering down green pledges post-Brexit
- Global aluminium industry must cut emissions by 77% by 2050 to meet climate goals
- FW and Fartech reveal circular economy models success
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March 10, 2021- Major investors apply net-zero alignment framework to $8trn of assets
- Pearson targets net-zero carbon by 2030
- Instagram recommendation algorithms are pushing anti-vaxx and QAnon posts, NGO report says
- EU prepares to turn the screw on asset managers over greenwashing
- The Fashion Pact launches new push to help curb industry's impact on biodiversity
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March 02, 2021- Banks in EU to publish world's first 'green' yardstick from 2022
- UN warns nations' CO2 emissions pledges 'far away' from Paris target
- Swedish carmaker Volvo Cars to only sell electric vehicles by 2030
- Plant-based Beyond Meat signs deals with McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut
- UK government to launch interim environmental watchdog and emissions trading scheme
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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