Results for Technology & Innovation
Daily Briefing
August 13, 2020- Facebook and Instagram ban antisemitic conspiracy and blackface
- UN investigator says Facebook has not shared 'evidence' of Myanmar crime
- Bloomberg launches ESG scores
- European battery makers power up for a green recovery
- U.S. companies should consider slavery reparations, Vista Equity CEO says
Daily Briefing
August 05, 2020- BP pledges to reduce fossil fuel portfolio in beefed up net zero strategy
- WhatsApp pilots new fact-check feature to spot fake news
- Tesco urged to ditch meat company over alleged links to Amazon deforestation
- New Zealand adds gender-neutral title for voters ahead of polls
- Investors launch climate plan to get to net zero emissions by 2050
Daily Media Briefing
July 29, 2020- Tech giants Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon to face Congress
- Sustainalytics makes its ESG ratings and data on over 4,000 companies publicly accessible
- Governments underestimating global coal phase-out challenge, energy experts warn
- Aceleron secures £2m boost in quest for waste-free batteries
- Duterte’s Covid-19 recovery plan criticised for excluding clean energy policies
Daily Media Briefing
July 21, 2020- Morgan Stanley pledges to measure CO2 impact of loans and investments
- New report identifies 27 countries heading for Covid-19-driven food crises
- Uber in final UK court appeal that its drivers are not employees
- UK Government unveils £400 million green aviation funding as it touts 'FlyZero' R&D initiative
- Vertical Future inks £4.5 million licensing deal for 'fully automated' vertical farming technology
Daily Media Briefing
July 20, 2020- Air conditioning curbs could save years' worth of emissions – study
- Electrical waste costing UK £370m in lost valuable raw materials each year
- Australia's environment in unsustainable state of decline, major review finds
- Government confirms £24m agri-tech funding boost
- Philippine court dismisses OceanaGold’s bid to keep mining on expired permit
Daily Media Briefing
July 13, 2020- UN Secretary-General: Coal has no place in COVID-19 recovery plans
- Japan vows to slash financing of coal power in developing world
- Indonesian lawmakers to probe pulpwood firm’s dispute with indigenous group
- Cambodia tightens repression under virus cover according to rights groups
- Covid-induced food insecurity has exposed underinvestment in food tech, says sustainability entrepreneur
Daily Media Briefing
June 24, 2020- Amazon debuts $2bn Climate Pledge Fund to back 'visionary' green innovators
- New report sets our leadership priorities for board beyond the Covid-19 crisis
- Black women scientists missing from textbooks, study shows
- Post-Brexit trade policy must encourage 'race to the top' on environmental standards, business giants urge
- UK Government delivers £73.5m electric vehicle innovation boost
Daily Media Briefing
June 18, 2020- Aunt Jemima joined by Uncle Ben and Mrs Butterworth in racial review
- World has six months to avert climate crisis, says energy expert
- Justice Department urges rolling back legal shield for tech companies
- Logitech to roll out carbon labelling
- World’s biggest liquid air battery starts construction in UK
Daily Media Briefing
June 12, 2020- Paypal, Apple, YouTube unveil funding worth hundreds of millions to support racial equality causes
- Microsoft bars facial recognition sales to police in wake of Black Lives Matter protests
- Despite pandemic, new U.S. solar capacity will grow 33% in 2020
- Climate crisis to blame for $67bn of Hurricane Harvey damage, says study
- Businesses outline key asks for Covid-19 recovery policy
Daily Media Briefing
June 11, 2020- Inequality will worsen unless ministers act, says thinktank
- Supertrawlers ‘making a mockery’ of UK’s protected seas
- Ecover directs coronavirus windfall to catalyse climate action
- Landmark million-mile battery to power electric vehicles is ready for production
- Robots could be coming for pandemic-hit jobs, McKinsey says