Results for Technology & Innovation
Daily Media Briefing
April 08, 2022- Study finds microplastics in almost 90% of leading cosmetics products
- Countries that sanctioned Myanmar’s military, increase timber imports
- Meta targets new revenues with digital tokens and non-fungible tokens
- Pinterest bans posting of false and misleading climate-related content
- West Africa is facing its worst food crisis in a decade, aid groups warn
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April 05, 2022- IPCC: emissions must peak by 2025 to avoid worst of climate change
- US executives reap record pay as historic income gap between staff widens
- Investors warn European companies on climate accounting practices
- UK Treasury outlines plans to build cryptoasset hub and exploit blockchain
- Thousands of UK workers participate in the biggest four-day work week trial
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March 29, 2022- Supermarket Iceland reverts to palm oil as Ukraine war hits food
- Scottish Widows divests from tobacco, tightens exclusions for fossil fuels
- FSC-certified subsidiary linked to Indigenous land deforestation
- NGOs call for bitcoin code change to reduce energy consumption by 99%
- UK government orders a review of public sector Russian energy contracts
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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
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March 14, 2022- Investors launch global standard for corporate climate lobbying
- Siemens launches $100 million initiative for SME decarbonisation
- EU launches €300 million plan to accelerate hydrogen research
- UBS ties executive compensation to sustainability performance
- China condemns companies for falsifying carbon emissions data
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March 09, 2022- Business coalition commits to create 100,000 acres of UK-wide wetlands
- McDonald’s, Starbucks, Coca-Cola and Pepsi cease Russian operations
- US beef industry left almost “unscathed” by Biden’s methane pledge
- UK Online Safety Bill scope adjusted to target scam advertisements
- Net-Zero Technology Centre unveils funding for low-carbon tech
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March 04, 2022- FMCG giants launch initiative to scale flexible plastics recycling
- Agribusiness giants tried to thwart EU deforestation plan after Cop26
- TotalEnergies target of lawsuit to test ‘greenwashing’ in adverts
- Premier League considers adding human rights to new owners’ test
- Ford separates its EV business in drive to accelerate EV production
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February 22, 2022- Energy groups seek €3.7bn damages over fossil fuel projects
- UK wildlife campaigners call for legal right to access nature
- Volta Trucks raises €230m to begin all-electric haulage plans
- NatWest sees 21% drop in lending to fossil fuel firms in 2021
- UK solar market shows strongest capacity growth in six years