Daily Media Briefing

• Alibaba founders launch charitable trust to inspire Chinese philanthropy
• Unilever expands sustainable living ambition
• General Electric invests $24 million in giant Indian solar plant
• Sustainability: New ball game for palm oil firms
• Inflexible employers blamed as 430,000 disabled people quit their jobs in the UK

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• Shareholders spring back into action over top pay
• UK’s largest building society Nationwide announces it will sign up to Living Wage campaign
• Record amount of US electronics recycled in 2013
• Fairtrade jewellery scheme launched for ‘ethical’ gold and silver
• Starbucks suffers first UK sales fall after tax row

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• Fashion Revolution Day marks first anniversary of Rana Plaza disaser
• Pioneering companies make commitments on conflict minerals amid legal uncertainty
• Barclays faces rough ride at AGM over tax havens and bankers' bonuses
• Google inks major wind energy deal for green data centre push
• Lufthansa develops taste for 'alcohol to jet' fuel

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• New EU law to help investors pick good corporate citizens
• British Airways gives green light to use waste for jet fuel
• New toolkit helps US businesses cut food waste
• EU moves to sustainable fisheries

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• China set to elevate environment over economy in new law
• Women make more rigorous supply chain auditors, study says
• Environmental activists being killed in increasing numbers
• Campaigners call for clarity in Green Bond Principles

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• IPCC climate change report: averting catastrophe “will not cost the world”
• Coal will be a main energy source for decades, says Australian environment minister
• Investors predict executive pay protest against UK banks
• New scheme to help Singapore construction companies go green
• Business must 'ramp-up' understanding of built environment issues

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• BP shareholders rebel against $8.7 million pay package
• European Commission announces proposals to encourage shareholder engagement;
• Stationer Ryman pens new “eco font”
• Wal-Mart announces low-cost organic food range
• French probe alleged drug collusion

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• Researchers, regulators and Roche row over stockpiled drug Tamiflu
• Hewlett-Packard to pay $108 million to settle scandal over bribery of public officials
• Over 75% of Unilever's factories achieve zero waste to landfill
• Harvard and Green Investment Bank sign Principles for Responsible Investment
• Next CEO shares good fortune with £4 million bonus handout

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• Big investors seek global standard for sustainability reporting
• Global organisations sign up to international water stewardship standard
• Procter & Gamble bows to pressure on palm oil deforestation
• Investors increasingly using shareholder power to create change
• By-product of coffee production turned into gluten-free 'coffee flour'

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