Results for Technology & Innovation
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January 19, 2021- First electric car batteries with five-minute charging times produced
- Mining firms face probe over environmental damage and human rights abuses
- Ineos gives Oxford £100 million to set up antibiotic research institute
- Bank of France to exit coal and cap oil and gas investments
- Nuveen to acquire specialist renewables investor Glennmont Partners
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January 15, 2021- Health and tech groups aim to create digital Covid ‘vaccination passport’
- Concern grows over WhatsApp's privacy disclaimer
- Chevron and Shell-Exxon invest in carbon capture and storage
- PepsiCo sets net-zero by 2040 goal
- Toyota settles US probe into delayed emissions defect reports for $180 million
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January 12, 2021- Britain tightening laws on imports linked to Chinese human rights abuses
- Corporate America pulls political donations after Capitol assault
- Unilever and Alibaba launch 'world first' AI-powered closed-loop recycling system
- Boris Johnson promises £3 billion of climate finance for nature by 2026
- OnePlanetCapital launches specialist green economy investment fund
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January 11, 2021- Investors file climate resolution at HSBC
- State Street to insist companies disclose diversity data
- Parler social network drops offline after Amazon pulls support
- Chile threatens legal action to get Albemarle to disclose lithium reserves
- Garnier to launch digital sustainability labelling this month
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November 05, 2020- Singapore eateries that use sustainable palm oil asked to carry 'haze-free' signage
- UK health professions call for climate tax on meat
- China's forest carbon uptake 'underestimated'
- Consumer goods makers trail on plastic recycling
- Google launches phones and thermostats with recycled plastics
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October 22, 2020- Purdue Pharma to plead guilty in $8bn opioid settlement
- Global energy networks join forces to boost renewables rollout
- Electric cars 'as cheap to manufacture' as regular models by 2024
- Dentsu International sets 2030 net-zero target
- Crackdown on UK gambling ads expected to ban use of celebrities
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September 28, 2020- World leaders pledge to halt Earth’s destruction ahead of UN summit
- Bank of America issues $2 billion bond to promote racial equality
- Climate technology investments growing five times faster than average market rates
- UK regulator says Google not doing enough about scam ads
- Robeco to ban fossil fuel investments across all of its funds
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September 22, 2020- Airbus unveils futuristic designs for zero-emission hydrogen planes
- General Electric will stop building coal-fired power plants
- Big businesses face mandatory digital modern slavery reporting
- Walmart aims to become a regenerative company
- Global banks seek to contain damage over $2 trillion of suspicious transfers
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September 17, 2020- World misses all UN biodiversity targets
- Plug-in hybrids are a 'wolf in sheep's clothing', according to new report
- Carbon prices to climb 50% over next decade following raised EU climate targets
- Novartis ties bond sale to malaria treatment access in sustainability push
- Device to curb microplastic emissions wins James Dyson award
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September 04, 2020- Biggest banks sustain coal financing despite defunding drive
- Apple commits to freedom of speech after criticism of China censorship
- German parliament launches inquiry into fraud scandal at Wirecard, with government in crosshairs
- HS2 rail project work begins with pledge of 22,000 jobs
- 'War on plastic' could strand oil industry's £300bn investment