Results for Tax
Daily Media Briefing
May 27, 2022- UK imposes 25% energy windfall tax to help households as bills surge
- Amazon shareholders vote against 15 historic investor-led proposals
- SEC targets greenwashing with new ESG Fund disclosure guidelines
- BlackRock opposes McDonalds racial audit while under one itself
- Research finds 6 in 10 women of colour ‘hide identity’ at workplace
Daily Media Briefing
May 26, 2022- HSBC suspends head of responsible investing for calling climate crisis ‘shrill’
- $80 billion at risk in forest supply chains due to lack of deforestation policies
- Glencore to plead guilty to bribery charges and pay a total $1.5 billion penalty
- Global multinational tax deal delayed until 2024 over ‘difficult decisions’
- Asia Pulp & Paper eyes 2060 net-zero goal aligned with Paris Agreement
Daily Media Briefing
May 11, 2022- UK must grow EV battery production more than fortyfold by 2030
- Malaysia considers tax cut to palm oil export amid global supply crisis
- Avoid using gas as ‘transition’ fuel in move to clean energy, study urges
- Starbucks announces fund for reusable & refillable packaging innovation
- Report finds 1.5 million UK households will struggle to pay future bills
Daily Media Briefing
May 05, 2022- Shell quarterly profits soar to $9.1 billion admit calls for windfall tax
- Data broker stops selling information on visits to abortion providers
- Barclays and Standard Chartered shareholders reject climate plans
- EU accuses Apple of breaking competition law over contactless pay
- US consumers recycle just 5% of their plastic waste, studies show
Daily Media Briefing
April 21, 2022- Apple to introduce child safety feature that scans messages for nudity
- Arla Foods to give methane-reducing feed to 10,000 cows across Europe
- Denmark proposes corporate carbon tax to meet its climate targets
- Thames Water discharged raw sewage into rivers 5,028 times in 2021
- World Bank to create $170 billion emergency fund to help poorest nations
Daily Media Briefing
April 19, 2022- Biden resumes oil and gas leases on federal lands to tackle energy prices
- BMW pledges not to cut a single job in transition to electric vehicle production
- Survey: employees more likely to accept jobs from sustainable companies
- G20 ministers urged to use Ukraine sanctions to tackle tax haven jurisdictions
- CEMEX and Sasol to use captured CO2 to generate sustainable aviation fuel
Daily Media Briefing
April 14, 2022- Report: hydrogen leaks twice as bad for climate as previously believed
- Canadian banks double financing of highly polluting tar to $16.8 billion
- Investigation: wealthiest Americans pay just 3.4% of income in taxes
- Australia's Rio Tinto exits industry association amid climate lobbying rift
- IMF board approves new trust to help states deal with climate change
Daily Media Briefing
April 01, 2022- Brussels targets greenwashing, planned obsolescence in EU rules
- Women-led UK firms struggle to attract equal capital investment
- Businesses fail to back net-zero with carbon reduction plans
- Starbucks pays £5m in UK corporation tax despite £95m in profits
- Meta paid consultancy to push negative media against rival TikTok
Daily Media Briefing
March 17, 2022- European Union countries agree to the world’s first carbon border tariff
- Singapore’s carbon market launches platform for carbon credit trade
- Google pioneers digital tool to monitor renewable electricity usage
- Government proposes legally binding targets on nature, air and water
- Microsoft leads a $34 million capital raise for shipping decarbonisation
Daily Media Briefing
February 21, 2022- Credit Suisse data leak unmasks criminal bank accounts
- Oil and gas firms have unlisted links to Westminster MPs
- Singapore raises carbon price to reach net-zero 2050 target
- Tesco touts removal of 500 million pieces of plastic in 2021
- US unveils tool to direct green capital to poor communities