Results for Tax
Daily Media Briefing
October 02, 2018- Australian Government considering digital tax to target tech giants
- New research findings accuse H&M of failing to ensure living wages for its supply chain workers
- Bank of America pledges to help make EVs the ‘new normal’ by 2030
- UK government unveils new £15 million scheme to tackle retail food waste
- Singapore: MP calls for surcharge on all single-use bags
Daily Media Briefing
September 18, 2018- Oxfam claims pharmaceutical companies are avoiding significant tax liabilities
- IMF boss says it should be politically incorrect for firms not to have senior women
- US trumps Europe in a sustainability league table dominated by emerging markets
- Saudi Wealth Fund to invest $1 billion in Tesla's rival Lucid
- The UPS Foundation pledges $1 Million to Hurricane Florence relief efforts
Daily Media Briefing
August 16, 2018- Britain's CEO pay climbs 11% in one year — as working wages flatline
- Number of female CEOs at Fortune 500 companies drops by 25 percent
- Thailand to ban imports of high-tech trash and plastic waste
- Oil firms use secretive court hearing in bid to stop Vietnam taxing their profits
- UN Global Compact: Corporates must stop 'cherry-picking' the SDGs
Daily Media Briefing
June 22, 2018- Facebook should be dumped by all sustainable funds, Nordea says
- Shell joins Carbon Trust programme to drive lower offshore wind costs
- Wind and solar will reach 50% of global generation by 2050
- Netflix paid no UK corporate tax in 2017 – and received a €200k rebate
- MPs to examine environmental footprint of UK fashion industry
Daily Media Briefing
June 13, 2018- Goldman Sachs Asset Management launches exchange-traded fund to track JUST Capital’s Index
- UK MPs urge banks to end “alpha male culture” to close gender pay gap
- Seattle City Council repeals “head tax” following big-business opposition
- Asia Pacific computer users most vulnerable to cyberattacks due to high percentage of unlicensed software use
- Germany to miss 2020 climate target, government concedes in official report
Daily Media Briefing
May 08, 2018- Amazon pauses Seattle expansion in response to proposed tax that would help the homeless
- Walmart takes on Amazon in India with Flipkart deal
- Sainsbury’s drops project to halve food waste
- Report: Textile certification schemes slammed for false promises
- Tourism responsible for 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions
Daily Media Briefing
May 02, 2018- Companies ignore calls for greater disclosure on labour practices
- Apple to buyback $100 billion in stock, in line with wider trend following US corporate tax reform
- Ben & Jerry’s and 350.org campaign for a freeze on Australian fossil fuel investments
- UN Climate Change secretariat releases first annual report
- EDF plan for tallest UK onshore wind turbines prompts outcry
Key takeaways from JUST Capital’s rankings on corporate tax reform
April 26, 2018 Rob Du Boff explains the findings of JUST Capital’s rankings on the controversial US corporate tax reform. Read more >
Daily Media Briefing
April 19, 2018- IMF sounds alarm on excessive global borrowing
- Walmart to double charging network for electric vehicles
- P&G to buy German Merck’s consumer health unit for €3.4 billion
- Costa Coffee to recycle equivalent of all its takeaway cups each year
- EU circular economy plans clear major hurdle after MEP approval
Daily Media Briefing
March 23, 2018- Microsoft signs largest corporate solar agreement in US
- Britain intends to stay in Europe’s carbon market until at least 2020
- Mining companies struggle with wave of tax increases
- Great Pacific garbage patch found to be 16 times larger than previously thought
- Scientists use DNA-editing to dispense with the need for hops in brewing