Results for Sustainable Investment
Daily Media Briefing
March 06, 2018- BlackRock puts pressure on gun makers and retailers
- Google and Facebook among giants “making profits” from pop-up brothels
- Report: Auto-enrolment pension savers could face significant losses due to poor climate risk practice
- Nigeria plans to scale-up green finance initiatives in 2018
- Amazon in talks to offer bank accounts with JPMorgan Chase
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March 05, 2018- Rio Tinto faces $84 billion shareholder revolt over membership of the Minerals Council of Australia
- Investment consultants questioned over climate change backing
- Amazon plans to expand into French grocery markets
- Benefits of US tax cut not trickling down to workers, says Just Capital
- Report: US telecoms industry lags on clean energy
Daily Media Briefing
March 02, 2018- BBVA responds to TCFD, pledges $100 billion of green finance
- JP Morgan Chase boss calls shareholder meetings “a complete waste of time”
- First sustainable Lego pieces to go on sale in 2018
- FedEx and UPS clash over relationships with NRA
- Uber launches new service in US allowing doctors to book rides for patients
ESG incidents and value destruction: insights from the Sustainalytics incidents integration study
February 22, 2018 New analysis from Sustainalytics indicates that incidents and, in particular, high- and severe-impact incidents, are associated with important share price effects. The authors of this report outline some of the findings. Read more >
Daily Media Briefing
February 22, 2018- Report: Facebook’s ad revenue to be heavily impacted by new European privacy rules
- Amnesty International accuse Trump of ushering in “a new era of human rights regression”
- Florida teachers union presses state pension to sell shares in gun manufacturers
- UK Government loses latest court case on reducing air pollution
- German federal court to decide on potential ban on diesel cars in German cities
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February 09, 2018- Top jewellery brands warned on ethics behind supply chains
- UK government launches initiative to tackle unpaid internships
- AT&T announces wind power deal
- Google fined by Indian antitrust watchdog for abusing dominant position
- Church Investors Group warns UK firms it will take a hard line over pay, gender and climate change
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February 08, 2018- Global investment community launches Investor Agenda for low-carbon world
- NGOs call on Singapore’s banks to stop financing coal
- The EU will only make trade deals with nations that ratify the Paris climate agreement
- Lack of change in UK employment law angers gig economy workers
- Nestlé to stop buying palm oil from Guatemalan company accused of corruption
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February 06, 2018- Federal Reserve places growth restrictions on Wells Fargo following fraudulent behaviour
- Report: EU urged to set out clear sustainable investment criteria
- Barron’s release first ranking of the 100 most sustainable companies
- UNICEF launch cryptocurrency pilot project, as part of UN effort to revolutionise aid with blockchain technology
- UK built half of Europe’s offshore wind power in 2017
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January 22, 2018- Report: World’s most successful companies have a larger proportion of women in senior roles
- Tim Hortons franchise owners cut benefits and tell workers to “not vote Liberal”
- MPs call on UK supermarket chains to eliminate plastic packaging by 2023
- Nike US sites to be run on renewable power following Texan wind power deal
- Lloyd’s of London to divest from coal
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January 19, 2018- Culture of sexual harassment and assault at United Nations, staff claim
- BNY Mellon shares fall following plan to use tax savings on employee wages
- UK retailers voice concerns about the sustainability of tuna fisheries
- ING launches sustainable investments arm, backed with €100m of capital
- Saudi Arabia to push for local renewable energy projects but will continue to sell oil abroad